Jug Riddles offers 848 unique levels where players engage in liquid extraction challenges. The game progressively increases in difficulty, presenting various riddles to solve. Players can enjoy different types of challenges as they advance, aiming to achieve the highest number of stars to secure a spot on the global and game center leaderboard. When stuck, hints are available to aid in progressing through the levels.

In Jug Riddles, players face goals such as extracting specific amounts of liquid, separating colored liquids, and sorting different colored liquids into separate jugs. The gameplay involves selecting jugs with liquid and pouring them into others until the set goal is achieved.