Rolandos must be directed to safety by tilting the iPhone or iPod Touch and using different bonus items like conveyor belts and elevators.

Players can manipulate objects in the world and can tilt an iPhone or iPod Touch to move the Rolandos through the stage.

The player gets help from the Rolando commandos, an elite group of sticky balls who grip surfaces and defy gravity.

Such songs include "Spandex Man" (from Keep It Unreal), "Shrimp", "Ug" (from Trouser Jazz), "Donkey Ride", "Kalimba", "Stockport Carnival" (from Ninja Tuna), and "Mice at the Organ" (from the Large Pies EP).

Oliver sent Walamies videos, level layouts, and other development media without ever meeting the illustrator in person.

[14] An enhanced PC port titled Rolando Deluxe was released onto Windows via Steam platform on 17, April 2024, featuring "fanciest, most polished and snappy version of Rolando" that the developer has "ever released, with redesigned levels, speedrunning challenges, new visual effects, support for mouse & keyboards and joypads and tightened up controls and balancing".

[5] Edge Online gave Rolando a 7 out of 10 rating, criticizing the game for using graphics and ideas similar to LocoRoco.

Rolando 2: Quest for the Golden Orchid is similar to its predecessor in that it is a puzzle-based platformer, however, new characters and settings allow new types of movement and some offensive action against the antagonists.