In the game, the player must rotate rings of a cylinder to prevent an astronaut from being sucked into space.

In Spin Up, the player controls a cylinder to help an astronaut escape from being sucked into space.

The player must rotate the rings of the cylinder to align ladders for the astronaut to keep climbing.

Occasionally, aliens will invade the play area; if they are either below or above the player, a game over occurs.

[1] On Metacritic, the game received a "generally favorable" rating of 89 based on five critics.