Hades
Fast action roguelite where failed escapes make you stronger
Supergiant Games · Released Sep 17, 2020
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 98% of 309K
- Recent reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 95% of 1,039 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 1,961
- peak 24h 2,147
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 11 months ago
- Sep 25, 2025
Metacritic: 93/100 (critic reviews)
What is Hades?
A single-player action roguelite dungeon crawler set in the Greek mythological Underworld. As its immortal prince, you fight enemies and bosses across repeated escape attempts, choosing Olympian boons and mythic weapons while permanent upgrades and character relationships carry across deaths.
For you if...
- +you enjoy fast combat built around dodging and attacking
- +you like mixing weapons and boons into different builds
- +you want story scenes between repeated escape attempts
Not for you if...
- −you dislike replaying the same areas and bosses
- −you prefer every run to start from a blank slate
- −you want quick story closure without extended grinding
What players say
98% of 308,642 reviews are positive · 95% of 1,039 in the last 30 days
Players most often praise the responsive combat, varied builds, character writing, art, voice acting, and soundtrack. The most common complaints are repetitive areas and enemies, plus a long grind and reliance on random progression to reach the story's full resolution.
Screenshots and trailer
Hades system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 SP1
- Processor
- Dual Core 2.4 GHz
- Graphics
- 1GB VRAM / DirectX 10+ support
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 15 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 SP1
- Processor
- Dual Core 3.0 GHz+
- Graphics
- 2GB VRAM / DirectX 10+ support
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 20 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 49
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Japanese.
Tags
- Action Roguelike
- Roguelite
- Hack and Slash
- Indie
- Mythology
- Action
- Roguelike
- Singleplayer
- Great Soundtrack
- Story Rich
- Dungeon Crawler
- RPG
- Replay Value
- Isometric
- Difficult
- Hand-drawn
Recent updates
- Sep 25, 2025 · Hades II v1.0 Is Now Available!
- Feb 15, 2022 · Post-Launch Patch - February 2022
- Jul 27, 2021 · Post-Launch Patch - July 2021
- Apr 21, 2021 · Post-Launch Patch - April 2021
- Apr 1, 2021 · Post-Launch Patch - March 2021
1 DLC available.
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