LEGO Jurassic World

The gameplay involves smashing objects and solving environment-based puzzles, with various characters having different abilities to use specific actions like digging, cutting foliage, gliding, climbing walls, grappling, interacting with technology panels, scanning tracks, shooting targets, taking pictures, opening locks and more. There are over 100 characters to unlock, including 20 playable dinosaurs also with specific abilities.

Short dinosaur sections allow the player to take on the 'villain' side in quick time event battles against other dinosaurs. Local cooperative games are possible with a second player able to join through a drop-in drop-out system. Mr. DNA often appears as a helper to explain what to do next.

The game introduces a weather system that affects the environment, and some parts of the levels are locked off until the correct character or dinosaur is unlocked. The additional characters introduce new abilities to progress or ways to find hidden items. After completing levels, they can be replayed in a free play mode with different characters and free exploration in large hub locations.

The island hubs can be populated with dinosaurs by locating a piece of amber with a mosquito inside, hidden in each of the 20 story mode level. Characters and dinosaurs can be customized, and for dinosaurs DNA strains can be mixed to create genetic hybrids. Red bricks can be collected and sold at Holoscape terminal to unlock new abilities.