In the game, Hercules' wife is kidnapped by Hades, and you help Hercules on his journey to save his wife. In this game, you complete 4 of Hercules' 12 missions in ancient Greece and save his wife. Each mission has 10 parts. So the game consists of a total of 40 chapters and several bonus chapters. The games "12 Labors of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull" and "12 Labors of Hercules III: Girl Power" were made for the other 8 missions.

The game is played with the mouse only. You have workers in each section and there are three different resources on the map as gold-wood-food. In order to perform the task given to you (for example, clearing the rocks on the road), you need to employ your workers in the fastest and most logical way, and use the resources you have obtained logically. Although it is easy to finish the game normally, if you want to compete with the Developer scores, the game manages to lock you in front of the screen, although it can only be played with the mouse. I had to put in a pleasant effort to complete all the achievements.

It was by far the most enjoyable of the games that went on sale and bought. After finishing the game, the first thing I did was buy the sequels of the series and start them.