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Hades

Supergiant Games · 2020-09-17

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ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 17, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 13, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Aug 13, 2021 (Xbox One), Aug 13, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 19, 2024 (iOS), Sep 17, 2020 (Mac)

Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.

Hades is an Action, Indie, RPG game released in 2020, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive (98% of 308438 reviews) sentiment.

3,455
playing now
98%
positive of 310k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
247
twitch viewers (latest)
41.2
viewers/channel (concentration)
94/100
critic score (17 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (1735 ratings)
203
Nexus mods (1.3M downloads)
4.83★
PlayStation Store rating (19,303 ratings)
94/100
opencritic · mighty · 99% recommend · from 191 critics
70h
to beat · rushed 39h · completionist 160h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

3,455 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Hades is a 2020 roguelike action role-playing game developed and published by Supergiant Games. It was released for macOS, Nintendo Switch, and Windows on September 17, 2020, following an early access release in December 2018. It was later released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in August 2021, and was released for iOS in March 2024 through Netflix Games.

Trailer

Hades trailer thumbnail

Hades - Official Animated Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3,455 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13,019 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,627/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,533 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 6.2M–14M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 309,918 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$6.24-75%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.24 at Steam (2025-09-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 14 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
34k34k20192026Week of 2019-12-01: 5,652 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4,820 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,239 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,914 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 790 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2,222 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,689 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,252 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,051 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10,487 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12,427 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 34,152 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 17,157 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 12,799 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6,739 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6,816 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4,108 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3,112 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3,763 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5,939 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3,483 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2,760 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3,300 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5,302 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4,305 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4,170 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3,406 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2,784 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,273 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,866 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2,079 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3,510 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,964 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2,679 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2,135 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3,793 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6,183 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4,907 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2,172 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2,383 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,455 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,688 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,408 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,739 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,585 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,744 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,582 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,071 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,958 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,428 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,041 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,023 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,850 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9,001 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 315 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,965 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3,072 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,560 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,156 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,050 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,758 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,393 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,807 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,464 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,681 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,108 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 999 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,205 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,231 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,162 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2,741 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3,685 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,263 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2,286 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,338 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,405 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,735 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2,049 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,558 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,267 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,091 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,255 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,051 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 30 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8.5k1.8k2026-09-14 19:00 — 2,817 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 1,992 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 2,311 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 2,898 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 2,576 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 1,991 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 2,701 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 2,102 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 2,127 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 5,346 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 3,778 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 3,474 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 6,611 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 3,861 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 5,448 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 8,473 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 4,180 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 4,610 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 6,247 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 4,732 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 5,214 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 4,290 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 4,105 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 3,455 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20k998Dec 2019Aug 2026Dec 2019 — avg 4,389 · peak 6,196Mar 2020 — avg 2,077 · peak 5,941Jun 2020 — avg 1,755 · peak 5,646Sep 2020 — avg 11,326 · peak 37,586Dec 2020 — avg 17,602 · peak 29,764Mar 2021 — avg 9,738 · peak 18,007Jun 2021 — avg 5,296 · peak 14,563Sep 2021 — avg 5,373 · peak 8,308Dec 2021 — avg 6,371 · peak 11,055Mar 2022 — avg 4,961 · peak 10,310Jun 2022 — avg 3,942 · peak 10,020Sep 2022 — avg 5,217 · peak 12,105Dec 2022 — avg 11,018 · peak 20,050Mar 2023 — avg 5,049 · peak 10,812Jun 2023 — avg 2,922 · peak 5,205Sep 2023 — avg 3,636 · peak 8,221Dec 2023 — avg 5,676 · peak 9,428Mar 2024 — avg 4,209 · peak 7,875Jun 2024 — avg 7,484 · peak 16,753Sep 2024 — avg 2,870 · peak 4,598Dec 2024 — avg 4,748 · peak 7,978Mar 2025 — avg 3,812 · peak 7,246Jun 2025 — avg 2,943 · peak 8,563Sep 2025 — avg 6,069 · peak 18,630Dec 2025 — avg 5,290 · peak 10,607Mar 2026 — avg 3,760 · peak 7,702Jun 2026 — avg 3,190 · peak 7,798Aug 2026 — avg 3,340 · peak 5,809
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1081082026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 21 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 7 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 18 new positive2026-09-25: 25 new positive2026-09-26: 17 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 108 new positive2026-09-27: 8 new negative2026-09-28: 65 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 49 new positive2026-09-29: 4 new negative2026-09-30: 54 new positive2026-09-30: 5 new negative2026-10-01: 59 new positive2026-10-01: 4 new negative2026-10-02: 48 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 70 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new negative2026-10-04: 79 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 80 new positive2026-10-05: 6 new negative2026-10-06: 74 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 57 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 55 new positive2026-10-09: 49 new positive2026-10-09: 4 new negative2026-10-10: 49 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 65 new positive2026-10-11: 6 new negative2026-10-12: 106 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 61 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$31.49$6.242018-12-082026-10-092018-12-08 — best price $19.992019-10-18 — best price $21.242020-01-21 — best price $19.992020-04-16 — best price $24.992020-07-09 — best price $24.992020-10-29 — best price $19.992020-12-09 — best price $19.992021-02-11 — best price $19.992021-03-29 — best price $24.992021-07-08 — best price $24.992021-11-24 — best price $17.492021-12-13 — best price $24.992022-02-03 — best price $24.992022-03-26 — best price $16.242022-04-01 — best price $24.992022-05-30 — best price $16.242022-06-06 — best price $16.242022-07-17 — best price $24.992022-09-26 — best price $24.992022-11-22 — best price $14.992022-12-15 — best price $12.492023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-05-02 — best price $24.992023-06-29 — best price $12.492023-10-17 — best price $24.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-05-02 — best price $8.492024-07-16 — best price $24.992024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-01-30 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $8.492025-10-06 — best price $24.992026-01-08 — best price $24.992026-04-28 — best price $24.992026-09-04 — best price $24.992026-09-28 — best price $6.242026-10-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k6602026-05-30 — 722 pageviews2026-06-03 — 774 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,025 pageviews2026-06-11 — 718 pageviews2026-06-15 — 784 pageviews2026-06-19 — 660 pageviews2026-06-23 — 733 pageviews2026-06-27 — 918 pageviews2026-07-01 — 760 pageviews2026-07-05 — 863 pageviews2026-07-09 — 855 pageviews2026-07-13 — 785 pageviews2026-07-17 — 857 pageviews2026-07-21 — 980 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1,015 pageviews2026-07-29 — 927 pageviews2026-08-02 — 957 pageviews2026-08-06 — 845 pageviews2026-08-10 — 792 pageviews2026-08-14 — 669 pageviews2026-08-18 — 735 pageviews2026-08-22 — 802 pageviews2026-08-26 — 830 pageviews2026-08-30 — 871 pageviews2026-09-03 — 704 pageviews2026-09-07 — 809 pageviews2026-09-11 — 755 pageviews2026-09-15 — 751 pageviews2026-09-19 — 688 pageviews2026-09-23 — 823 pageviews2026-09-27 — 940 pageviews2026-10-01 — 864 pageviews2026-10-05 — 966 pageviews2026-10-08 — 702 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

30302026-09-30 18:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 134 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 217 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 185 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 101 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 125 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 131 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 182 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 124 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 74 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 286 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 87 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 259 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 247 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
81.9%
earned "Escaped Tartarus"
19.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-12-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)117,58111%49
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)39,5906%49
PS5 (PlayStation)28,12028%50
PS4 (PlayStation)7,96425%50
PS4 (PlayStation)6,54228%50
Switch (Nintendo)5,6190%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGIndieActionDifficultIsometricMythologyRogue-likeRogue-liteStory RichReplay Value

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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