Conan is a third-person action-adventure game with the majority of the action being real-time hack and slash combat, with additional puzzles.

There are more than 70 levels, spanning from volcanoes to jungles, in which Conan faces 12 bosses and collects pieces of a legendary Atlantean sword.

When Conan sees his home village of Grannach burnt to the ground by the mysterious Vulture cult, he begins his quest for revenge against them.

Publisher TDK Mediactive Europe obtained the licenses for Robert E. Howard's works, enabling them to make a game based on the intellectual property.

The plot was written by Jan Kanturek, a Czech translator of Howard's work, and was inspired by the novels and comics.