This is an action game in which players assume the roles of new Ghostbuster recruits attempting to save Manhattan from ghostly forces. From a top-down perspective, players move characters through several levels while zapping and trapping a variety of ghosts and ghouls. Players use gun-like weapon to shoot fantastical enemies (e.g., flying books, banshees, zombie-like ghouls) in frenetic combat. Players can also use their proton packs to trap ghosts, stun/smash them on the ground, and then lower them into traps. Several enemies emit large amounts of slime that can cover the Ghostbusters, and one boss character vomits large jets of green slime.