Link Animal Puzzle, also known as Animal Link-Connect Puzzle and just Animal Link, is a timed, connect-style tile-matching game. Across more than 5,000 levels, the player's goal is to earn a high score and clear playfields of block tiles.
The game distributes mixed tiles in rows and columns on the field. The tiles feature more than 50 domestic and wild animals in front, side and back views. The player selects two matching tiles to remove the blocks. A blue-white electrified line appears across close tiles and any gaps between distant tiles before the tiles disappear. The player can only select tiles within two turns of the line or two 90-degree angles, which makes the line appear as three lines on the screen.
Animal Link helps the player in multiple ways. It displays a rainbow-colored timer bar at the top-center of the screen to help them track the remaining time. The player can monitor their score at the upper-left corner. When they click or tap a tile, the selected tile gains a neon green outline to confirm the selection. They can also use rocket tiles on the field to remove a random pair of animal tiles.
The player can use four separate boosters located below the field. They initially receive one heart that allows them to continue if they run out of time, one double-arrow that shuffles all tiles, and two magnifying glasses that find and remove a pair of tiles. If they want to continue to use boosters, they must watch ads. A booster of bundled rockets also exists. It removes a pair of matching tiles as well, but the player must watch a video from the start to use it.