The title can be played online at several different sites, and is also available for purchase for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.

Players do this primarily by shooting additional spheres from a winged scarab which they guide back and forth along the bottom of the screen.

During gameplay, the on-screen spheres continuously move forward, pushed by additional small scarabs.

If any sphere reaches the player's pyramid, he or she loses a life and is forced to restart the stage.

Unlike every other difficulty, getting a game over on Challenge of Horus does not send the player back to the beginning of the stage they were on.

Beating the game on Challenge of Horus allows players to see the ending, where Set is decisively defeated.

In contrast to the behavior of coins, jewel and ring values increase in a simple pattern as play progresses.

Unlike the original Luxor 2, the remake introduces blessings to help the player on his or her journey to the Temple of Set.

The game has a story where a songstress speaks with Thoth about the adventures of a hero who stopped Set from destroying the world.