Untitled Goose Game is a puzzle stealth game in which players control a goose that bothers the inhabitants of an English village. The player must use the goose’s abilities to manipulate objects and non-player characters to complete objectives. The game originated from a stock photograph of a goose that an employee posted in the company’s internal communications, which sparked a conversation about geese.

Gameplay is a slapstick-stealth-sandbox, where you are a goose let loose on an unsuspecting village. You make your way around town, from people’s back gardens to the high street shops to the village green, setting up pranks, stealing hats, honking a lot, and generally ruining everyone’s day. The game is designed to be simple and intuitive, with a focus on the goose’s abilities to manipulate objects and non-player characters to complete objectives.

The objectives of the game are to complete a to-do list of tasks given to the player at the start of each area. The tasks are usually simple, such as “get into the garden”, “steal the groundskeeper’s keys”, or “make the boy wear the wrong glasses”. The player must use the goose’s abilities to manipulate objects and non-player characters to complete these objectives. The game is designed to be open-ended, allowing the player to complete the tasks in any order they choose.