Gunbarich is an action-packed, arcade-style, breakout-like shooter game that was first introduced in arcades inThe game's objective is to control the flipper and shoot the pink ball = puck to break all the blocks to clear the stage. You can also shoot back enemy bullets with the flipper, and hitting an enemy character can cause massive damage. The game offers a variety of options, including difficulty level, life, number of continues, controls, screen orientation, item dropping speed, enemy bullet speed, and more.

Gunbarich has a unique online ranking feature that allows players to compete for the highest scores and score attacks against players from all over the world. The game has two characters: "Little great wizard" MARION, with power, speed, and magic ratings of , , and respectively, and "Flying pirate" GRUTAN, with power, speed, and magic ratings of , , and respectively. The game also has a vertical screen mode that allows players to play in arcade style, and a new "Arrange" option that allows players to set item drop speed and enemy bullet speed to be slower than normal.