Visco's Puzzle de Pon is inspired by Taito's Puzzle Bobble. It was released a year after Taito's puzzler and bears similar gameplay, but offers a few new ideas to set itself apart from its inspiration. The goal of the game is to progress through a series of levels freeing symbols trapped in various bubble formations. These symbols can be freed by eliminating all the bubbles around them, especially the bubbles above the symbol attaching it to the top of the board. Bubbles can be popped when players shoot a bubble so that it forms groups of three or more similarly colored bubbles. Each level has a time limit within which players must free the symbols. The game ends if players are unable to do so.
The game offers several power-up bubbles. One power-up, when shot into a bubble, will eliminate all bubbles of that color on the screen. Another power-up gives players a temporary line marker showing where their bubbles will end up.