The goal in Hungry Animals is fairly simple, all the user has to do is drag the different kinds of falling food and drop it over the Giraffe, Monkey or Lion depending upon what they eat. The game starts of fairly easy and gets more challenging over time as some of the foods get infested by insects and the speed at which it falls keeps increasing. The player gets help in the form of special powers that appear from time to time and allows for the falling food to be slowed down, frozen or even changed to a particular type. For every mistake made the health gets reduced, however it can also be replenished from time to time when the bonus life line power appears.