Nerf Legends is a shooting game where you use Nerf guns to defeat enemies and bosses. It offers a gameplay experience similar to games such as Call of Duty, but without the realism of those games, making it more suitable for younger teens.

The main story is about defeating the five Nerf Masters and becoming the ultimate champion. You explore 6 different areas, completing puzzles and defeating all the enemies, then face off against one of the Masters in each area.

Gameplay consists of shooting mostly bug-like robotic creatures and unlocking doors by finding buttons and keys. You need to reload your gun when you run out of ammo, and you can restore your health by defeating enemies. The game leans into the Nerf theme by providing your with an array of real-world Nerf guns to use in the game. Each gun has different stats so you need to find the right one to defeat particular enemies depending on range, damage, fire rate and the like. Then there are darts to collect with abilities like magnetic push, magnetic pull, seeker darts, and freeze.

While you explore each world, you need to run and jump across gaps and find the best hiding spots to ambush your enemies, injecting a level of strategy into the gameplay. You can double jump to reach seemingly out-of-reach areas, and crouch to make yourself less of a target.

Difficulty and death is handled with younger players in mind. Dying in the game has a points-related penalty that will reduce your medal at the end of the round, but this doesn't stop or hamper your progression. This means that youngsters who die often are more likely to get back up and try again.

It's a game that (although criticised by many adult reviewers) offers a great experience for young Nerf fans. Not only do they get to use some of the best real-world Nerf guns, but in a first-person shooter that avoids the extreme realism of older rated games.