Tiger of Mysore is a shooting game. You take control of a cannon defending your castle, and shoot the attackers that take the form of infantrymen, mounted attackers, and even cannons.

While in some ways this is a straight forward shooter, there is also an element of resource management, in that when you kill your attackers, a coin or number of coins appear on the spot they were killed for a limited time. You need to make sure to collect coins while still shooting attackers. Sometimes your gun needs to reload, so if you can time things well you don't lose much shooting time while collecting coins.

Money in the game is good for repairing your castle, but it also can be used to purchase reinforcements, such as cannons and rockets.

The game can be played in a One Man Show mode where you fight an ongoing rush of attackers, or in Story mode where you fight waves of attackers with brief interludes of a page of text telling the story of your fight.