Players take the role of reluctant robot hero Rodney Copperbottom, in this platform adventure based on the computer-animated Twentieth Century Fox feature film. Rodney's mechanical world is in danger of being taken over forever by an evil tyrant robot, so he must travel to the city, and somehow stop the villain, before it is too late. Robots features a number of important characters from the movie, as well as more than 40 original characters created specifically for the game. The adventure includes open environments for players to explore, puzzles for them to solve, and challenging robot opponents who must be defeated through combat.