Gameplay takes place across six levels: Jellystone Park, a forest, a Wild West setting, a marsh, a fun fair, and New York City.

The player also has a time limit on each level and must evade Ranger Smith, who will find Yogi if the timer runs out.

A higher number of bonus points can be earned by collecting cowboy hats, bags of money, and pieces of Yogi's car.

[4][6][7][8] Crash called the game fun and addictive, but noted that the monochrome colour scheme of the ZX Spectrum version made it difficult to see things such as snakes.

[5] Rich Pelley of Your Sinclair described the gameplay as "very simple, pretty uninspiring and extremely repetitive," further writing that the game "looks very dated and boring, even for £2.99.