The object of Ice Climbers is to recover some stolen vegetables from a Condor living on the top of an ice mountain. Player one control Popo, the blue dressed eskimo boy, while player two control Nana, the eskimo girl dressed in pink. They are equipped with hammers to open the ice layers and club enemies.

Being a platforming game it consist of several mountains, each mountain built on eight colorful levels of ice and a bonus stage.