The weather was fine, and everyone decided it was a great day to be outside. Elephant dressed up in his finest bowler cap. But while walking through the meadow, that big bully Wolly decided he like Elephant’s hat better than his! Wolly took the hat from Elephant, cackling menacingly as he ran away! The thief! But Elephant knew he had to get his hat back, and would stop at nothing to get it!
Elephant Quest is a side-scrolling action role-playing game wherein the Elephant explores various environments to find the keys needed to reach Wolly and reclaim his hat. Elephant has a laser beam as a weapon, which the player aims by moving the cursor around Elephant. Upon leveling up, Elephant gains skill points, which the player can use to unlock upgrades to his attributes using a skill tree, which can then be assigned to sub-attributes which unlock various abilities, such as higher jumping or companion weapons. Throughout the game, there are multi-coloured elephants who will provide Elephant with side-quests such as collecting certain objects scattered throughout the game world.
When the game is completed, there is a New Game Plus mode wherein the player can start the game with the attributes from their previous save carried over.