Secret Service: In Harm's Way is a budget first person shooter incorporating some tactical elements. Players take charge of a bodyguard to various political bigwigs. Aside from keeping himself alive, he also can't let his charge be killed.

Shooting out lights and through walls and doors is possible, and the game uses rag-doll physics. When enemies are shot, they slump against walls, fall out of windows, etc. rather than following pre-scripted animation.