Flesh Feast is a third-person action game with the in-game camera showing a top-down perspective in most instances.

The game's plot concerns a secret ingredient invented by the food company Nutrition Applied Science and Technology Inc. (NASAT), which has been released and has infected the entire island's water supply.

The citizens are dying and rising as flesh-hungry zombies, buried dead, break through the ground to attack the living.

Completing each sector involves locating the exit; typically this also entails obtaining keycards and other items to remove barriers.

"[11][a] Next Generation, however, said, "even though much of Flesh Feast's appeal comes from the bloodshed – imparted from 30 plus weapons ranging from human limbs to uzis – it's the puzzle-solving that keeps it interesting.