The game was published by Wanadoo Edition and based on the 1998 French film Kirikou and the Sorceress.

Kirikou is a 3D platformer in which progression is performed on a horizontally scrolling two-dimensional plane.

An evil sorceress named Karaba has inflicted terror upon the protagonist Kirikou's village and on the environment surrounding it.

To ensure that her scheme for dominance over the region is fulfilled, she has transformed all the men of the village into fetiches.

Unbeknownst to him, though, Kirikou has decided to follow his uncle and join him in foiling Karaba's machinations.