Story and characters woven into death
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“The only game i've seen that makes death not a punishment but an oppurtunity.”
Steam review · 19.5 h played ↗
Hades
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 98%Supergiant Games2020Action Roguelike · Roguelite · Hack and Slash
The verdict
Hades is a polished, stylish action roguelite with excellent combat, music, voice acting and a story told through death. Skip it if you dislike repeating runs or grinding for the full ending.
Great for
Roguelite fans and newcomers who want fast combat, Greek myth, charming characters and "one more run" loops
Main risk
Repetitive runs and a long grind for the true ending can feel tedious
What players love
Gorgeous art and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“beautiful art style and designs. i could stare at every detail for hours.”
Steam review · 11.7 h played ↗
Fast, smooth, satisfying combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Combat is incredibly smooth and satisfying, with each weapon having a completely different playstyle.”
Steam review · 50.2 h played ↗
Great replayability and build variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Lots of different weapons + lots of different blessings + heat levels = very high replay values.”
Steam review · 99.5 h played ↗
Addictive "one more run" loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Just gonna check out the next room and then call it quits tonight. *3+ hours later*”
Steam review · 69.9 h played ↗
Excellent soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“the soundtrack for this game is 10/10”
Steam review · 143.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive runs, same areas and enemies
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“after making run after run of the same four levels, it quickly lost its appeal for me”
Steam review · 11.6 h played ↗
Heavy grind to reach the ending
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the story's full resolution is gated behind a huge slog of grinding and rng”
Steam review · 60.2 h played ↗
Too punishing, RNG-dependent and no checkpoints
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Hades requires to play from the first level EVERY time. you literally start from the very beginning even if you die at the final boss.”
Steam review · 17.2 h played ↗
Shallow boons and weak build variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“There's no build variety with the boons. Each boon just buffs something.”
Steam review · 8.3 h played ↗
Cluttered screen and hard-to-read combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“Too much happening on screen and somehow confusing whether it's you abilities or enemy attack.”
Steam review · 8.9 h played ↗
Controller, macOS and save bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“controller support is extremely broken on macOS”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support15 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 SP1
ProcessorDual Core 2.4 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
Graphics1GB VRAM / DirectX 10+ support
Storage15 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 SP1
ProcessorDual Core 3.0 GHz+
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics2GB VRAM / DirectX 10+ support
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows 7 SP1
ProcessorDual Core 2.4 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
Graphics1GB VRAM / DirectX 10+ support
Storage15 GB available space
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