The game is presented through a top-down town map, first-person investigation scenes, dialogue screens, and action minigames. The main objective is to gather evidence about the ant infestation, question residents, visit important locations, and determine how the threat can be stopped.

Time advances as the player travels, investigates, rests, and participates in events. Different actions can open or close opportunities, so planning the daily schedule is important. Progress depends on discovering clues and completing key encounters rather than on conventional experience levels.

Explore systematically and keep track of locations, clues, and people who may provide new information. Important events are time-sensitive, so avoid wasting whole days on low-value activities.

Save before major investigations and action sequences when possible. Try alternative dialogue and travel choices if a lead appears to go nowhere; the game’s schedule and branching events can make an apparently minor decision significant.