The kingdom of the Levini Islands is a small snow-clad country. It's populated by strange sentient beings - isicles. Our characters, the research group, whose task is to freeze adjacent lands for further study and settlement. But another civilizations get in the way of the group. They don't share sentiment towards isicle's work. One small conflict turns to a big confrontation. "Jicem: Lower than Zero" is a side-scroller shoot'em up. You control an isicle named Dmitry, the member of the research group. Your arsenal consists of futuristic plasmic guns and your enemies are militant furry creatures.