12 Labours of Hercules is the best Time Management game I've ever played. The extremely tight tuning, flexibility of play and excellent presentation makes the game incredibly fun and rewarding, especially for those who aim for perfection.

As with other titles in the genre, you're tasked with completing a set of goals in order to proceed to the next level. While the goals vary, the general concept is the same; collect resources and construct buildings to beat the timer. Efficiently managing your workers is at the heart of the gameplay, although it's by no means necessary if you want to play more casually, but doing so adds strategic depth to what is in essence a very simple game. Ultimately, the more effort you put into challenging yourself, the more reward you'll get out of it.

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There are multiple ways to complete each level, but to earn gold, especially on Expert, not only are your multi-tasking skills put to the test but strategic planning as well. Figuring out which routes need to be cleared first, the order buildings are to be constructed (and whether to level them fully or at all), and which of the multiple power-ups are most beneficial to reaching your goal is what makes the game so fulfilling. You can tear your hair out spending dozens of tries on a single level, but when you make that one small change that brings your +5 second run to a -5, the feeling of accomplishment is like nothing else.

A handful of mini-boss levels breaks up the standard gameplay with Hercules fighting off mythical beasts and smashing through barriers on his quest to save Megara. These are enjoyable little interludes that add variety and humor to an already fun game.

Presentation is great as well. I generally don't expect much graphically from these games, but the artwork is cute and the animations fun. Musically, the soundtrack is a joy featuring plenty of classically inspired themes that are quite impressive for a casual title. Topping it off is full Steam integration with achievements, cards, cloud saves, and even leader boards, something ALL casual games benefit from on the platform.

It's not often that I walk away from a game with not a single complaint, but 12 Labours of Hercules has managed that feat. My only worry is that I will now hold all future Time Management games to the excellent standard of this gem, and that's a high precedent to reach. But excellence always comes at a price. Unless you absolutely abhor the genre, there's no excuse not owning this gem, especially considering the very generous sales it often receives.

Bottom Line: A must have gem that belongs in every gamer's library.

This game is a good definition for casual games. Although it is a time management one, yet you never feel stressed in any way while playing it. 12 Labours of Hercules story based on Greek Mythology, it starts with our hero Hercules, chilling in his temple while listening to the beautiful melody of his wife's music, but he wasn't the only one there as Hades showed up and abducted Megara. Our hero started his journey to save his wife while he is, of course, chilling on his hammock while his servants do all the hard work.
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Just like any time management game, you do have a time limit to finish some tasks and gather resources in order to remove obstacles and build a couple of resources buildings which provide food, woods. You also have to think strategically because in one of the levels I got stuck since I didn't clear the path to the mine before removing the other stuff, this made it impossible to progress and I had to restart the level.
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Music is really good as well as the artwork in all 40 levels. The gameplay may be too repetitive to some people, but the challenge in each level is different. I liked those short voiced cutscenes between the episodes.

Pros:
+Very nice artwork.
+Relaxing music.
+Fun gameplay (Can be repetitive to some people)
+40 Different levels.
+Voiced cutscenes.
+Family friendly.
+Addicting gameplay. (This is one of those games which you forget about but once you play you can't stop playing)
+Steam achievements.

Cons:
-No replay value.
-Few mini-games.

The game is amusing, a fun one to play with young children or if you want to play something relaxing after a long day at work. I do recommend it to people who enjoy this genre.

𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑎'𝑠 𝐶𝘩𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒

Casual and rewarding time-management game

With this, the first installment in the 12 Labours of Hercules series, Zoom Out Games hit bull's eye upon release in March 2015. The mere fact that only half a year later the fourth game in the series has already been greenlit, speaks tons about the game's success.

12 Labours of Hercules is being advertised as a casual strategy game, but in reality it's a time-management game with very limited strategical options or choices. The story, although rooted in Greek mythology, is shallow and serves merely as a framework for the 40-odd levels. These levels are almost all based upon the same principle: control your workers (and now and then a very lazy Hercules or some other mythological figure) in order to clear the path towards the objective. In order to do so, you'll need three resources: food, materials & gold. These can be found or collected in several different ways, such as constructing and upgrading appropriate buildings.

Since each level is timed, it's quite important to take a look at the map before rushing off, noticing the places where buildings can be put or gold can be found. Playing on "casual" difficulty let me progress through the game without much of a hassle, collecting "gold score" on almost every level at the first try (and I am a complete noob at this type of game). But the higher difficulty setting was an entirely different story: all of sudden every second counted, and one wrong action early on in a level could ruin it. An extra difficulty level in between these two extremes would have been nice, but that's a very minor criticism.

During the course of a level, the player can activate one or more "powers" which boost some aspect of the gathering & building process. This provides a neat extra layer of gameplay, something the game needed more and more while progressing since the levels are nearly all built upon the same principle. Happily, the levels are never too long: most of them last somewhere between 5 and 10 minutes, which makes the game perfectly suited to be consumed as a gaming snack.

12 Labours of Hercules comes with full Steam integration such as trading cards, leaderboards and a varied bunch of achievements. These are not very difficult but still entertaining, and the game can be completed to 100% really easily or without any tiresome grinding.

Highly recommended to everyone with an even remote interest in time-management games. Or to all of you looking for a quick but very tasteful snack.

12 Labours of Hercules is a cheap, entertaining casual game. If you have 5-10 minutes only you can always go for a level and finish it. Its not hard, not require special focus or following specific strategies, you will likely finish all levels easily just by playing it and having a common sense.

In the game you need progress through levels. The road usually blocked by obstacles and their removal required. Removing these obstacles usually costs you food, wood or other resources. To get these resources you need the help of your friends, whose collecting these items or building farms, mines or other buildings. As you progress in the game you will unlock other, mythological helpers whose will aid you in your journey by killing other mythological enemies like minotaurs.

The game is on sale quite many times each year, but the full price also worth the 4-5 hours gameplay this game offer.

As your Average Achievement Hunter ill write some infos about achievements aswell:
This game has 22. I think none of the achievements could be called as special. All could be acquired easily just by playing the game, perhaps you need replay the mini game maps to finish them perfectly, but they are not hard. Levels replayable, so even if you miss out something, they could be easily acquired. Easy perfect game in 5-6hours max.

Picked the game up last year during the summer sale for £0.19 and was one of the best games i bought, couldnt stop playing loved every level and every minute spent on the game. Very easy to play, great achievements and they have release another 4 of them....Great Game

12 Labours of Hercules is a fun little resource and time management game by Jetdogs Studios which was designed for iOS and ported into PC due to its popularity later on. This first one in the series is fun, relaxing and a point on choice for a couple of easy achievements as the rest of the series. If you feel like sparing time for a series of automated actions to meet certain challenges and have a smile now and then, keep reading.

First and foremost, these games are vaguely based on the actual 12 Labours of Hercules, an epic poem written by Peisander in 600 BC, narrating the 12 years that legendary Greek hero spent in service to King Eurystheus to atone for killing his own family whence he was maddened by Hera. As you can see, these kiddy versions of the legend are not as gruesome as the actual tale. For the content of the game, there is little to no story. All we know is that Hades abducted Megara - Hercules' wife - for unknown reasons and we are to take her back by building a path between Hellas and the Underworld with the aid of our servants and some monster buddies of ours. The game - as the rest of its instalments - mostly consists of thrown around mythological figures and a most required happy ending.

As for the display, art is cartoonish and enjoyable; not the worst that I've encountered in these kind of casual games. Icons and animations are cute. Everything’s pretty much Disney-ish actually. Music is cute, but with this amount of repetition in each and every level you may prefer muting it down after some time.

As for the gameplay, you basically drive some servants to collect resources, build paths and activate certain encounters within a limited time while you and your monster 'buddies' overcome some challenges. Game mechanics are real simple and easy to master, and your abilities to buff certain conditions makes this a casual game with little strategic planning. The most you'd find to be challenging is the achievement to complete all levels on Gold Time. It is possible to finish all quests within 3-4 hours anyhow.

If you feel like taking a break from some serious business that you've been attending, this is the perfect game with little to no brain involvement. You mostly play it with your reaction rate. All these games do go for a decent sale most of the time, so you may prefer getting it in one of those times. Enjoy!

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Good action-puzle game !

Surprisingly good!
As it seems, and turns out REALLY quickly, this game is a port of a mobile game. But it's quite a decent port, I have to say. Fullscreen and widescreen support, works well with the mouse, there's no limitation that comes from it's port form.
The game itself is a fast paced time management game, with very little puzzle elements - by puzzle I mean that on some levels you need to carefully plan your actions, because you'll run low on certain resources, and you won't be able to finish the game on time. Speaking about "on time": there's a casual difficulty - it's quite easy to get gold time each of the levels, and even if you run out of time, the level doesn't end, you can finish it, so while the timer is there as a goal, there's no punishment if you happen to be slower
If you happen to love similar games, I absolutely recommend this game to you. It's fun, nice colourful, child-friendly (When the Medusa kills the minotaur, it simply fades away) and overall nice game - usually with deep discount every now and then.
Also, while I'm not exactly sure about that, but I think the commentary between chapters is done in in traditional, ancient Greek form of verse [en.wikipedia.org]

12 Labours of Hercules is an very easy, strategic path clearing, time managing, puzzle, clicker game that reminds me of games you normally play on your mobile.
I'ts simple, fun to play and addictive to achieve an perfect score.
The 40 levels take only a few minutes each to clear, and some can be a challenge.

However, I personally would have liked it if Hercules was more involved instead of sleeping most of the game.
There wasn't much variation in the levels and most of the time the levels were way to easy.

Even though i recommend this game, i won't recommend it for a price of 2,99.
I bought this game when it was on sale for only 0,14 cent, and for that price i can't really complain.
If you see this game on sale for a few cents i would recommend buying it since it's a great timekiller.

Oh, and one last thing i just have to mention... Since when does cheese grow on bushes? lol

12 Labours of Hercules is a Greek mythology based 2D game where you control Hercules, his workers and other mythical friends, collect resources, and clear the path to the next level as fast as possible. This is a casual clicking game.

• Cute, Simple Fun - The game's concept is simple, but enjoyable. Clicking the screen and queuing up your actions would be boring, but it's fast paced, and while time doesn't press you, you will want to be as fast as possible. The levels themselves are repetitive to a degree, but if played in short bursts, it is actually a fun time killer.
  
  
• Decent # of gameplay elements - You have to divide your attention between getting resources, clearing paths, upgrading your buildings, and meeting special requirements to clear obstacles. Different levels contain a different mix of such elements.
  
  
• Game Length - Each level will take you between 6 and 10 minutes to complete, and there are 40 levels in total. All in all it took me 5 and a bit hours to casually stroll through the game while also getting all the achievements.
  
  
• Achievement Hunter Material - 22 very easy achievements that (most of them) come naturally during gameplay.

• Very Easy - While playing on normal, you have to be brain dead to not finish the game in gold time. Expert mode is a bit harder, but still lacks the "ultimate challenge" flare. If you are looking for a casual game, you've come to the right place.
  
  
• Misleading Title - The game should be called "1 to 4 Laborers of Hercules", since all he does is swing in his hammock and only every so often gets out to kick a boulder or win the level. Slacker...

Get this game while on sale. It often runs for as low as 0.14€, that's a steal, and it even has Steam Trading Cards. That's a tough deal to match.