In the game, the player must control a surfer as they move across a body of water while also collecting power-ups and evading obstacles and a kraken.

[3][4] Microsoft also hosts a version of the game with limited features that is playable from any modern web browser.

[6][7] Users can also play the game while waiting for Windows 11 setup to finish.

In 2021, a limited-time only seasonal theme was added that changed the surfer to a skier on a snowy mountain as an homage to SkiFree.

[8] The kraken normally in the game was also replaced by the Abominable Snowman (Yeti), also from SkiFree.