Welcome to the jungle is a multiplayer racing game where players play as jungle animals (monkeys, frogs, parrots, lemurs and sloths) who are racing on the backs of other jungle animals (alligators, ostriches, elephants, lion and a zebra). Players race against each other on different levels avoiding obstacles such as fallen tree logs, large boulders and small river streams. Obstacles can be avoided by dodging them or jumping over them, if you do not jump over the stream it will slow you down. Players also collect power ups they can use against their opponents to gain an edge. Power ups include bananas which you can throw at other players to slow them down, a lightning bolt which strikes down from above the tree tops to stun someone, a thick rain cloud that will hover over your opponent to obscure their view, and a bee hive you can throw that will get stuck on your opponent's head and have bees swarm them and make them randomly jump up and down also slowing them in the process. Players play through the levels collecting as much trophies as they can upon reaching first place.