The world of Electrocorp's Leader Project has turned into chaos when an EGO virus infected the Supervisor Droid, a machine capable of assuming any form and accessing any database. The robot now considers its need above that of the company, infecting other robots in the plant and declaring itself their leader.
Rise of the Robots is a versus fighting game where the player controls the ECO32-5 Cyborg and must fight all the other robots in the plant until finally meeting the Supervisor Droid. The game features 3 buttons for punches, 3 buttons for kicks, jumping, moving, crouching, and blocking performed with the directional pad. The Cyborg has two super moves, the Turbo Head Butt and the Shoulder Barge, which can be turned off.
The game includes three modes: mission, where the player fights each robot in a fixed order; training, where the player can fight any robot in any desired order; and versus mode, where a second player chooses any of the enemy robots to fight with. The game features an AI system that reacts to the player's style, 3D rendered cutscenes, and a title song composed by Brian May.