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Hades II

Supergiant Games · 2025-09-25

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 16, 2024 (Mac), May 06, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 25, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 25, 2025 (Nintendo Switch 2), Apr 14, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 14, 2026 (PlayStation 5)

Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.

Hades II is an Action, Indie and RPG game released in 2025, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 123,235 reviews).

2,876
playing now
96%
positive of 124k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
142
twitch viewers (latest)
20.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
93/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (157 ratings)
93
Nexus mods (314k downloads)
4.89★
PlayStation Store rating (8,458 ratings)
94/100
opencritic · mighty · 99% recommend · from 145 critics
37h
to beat · completionist 89h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

2,876 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Hades II is a 2025 roguelike action role-playing game developed and published by Supergiant Games, serving as a sequel to Hades (2020), making it the studio's first sequel. Announced in December 2022, it initially released in early access for Windows in May 2024 and for macOS in October 2024. The full game released in September 2025 for both platforms alongside Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, and later for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in April 2026. The game follows Melinoë, Princess of the Underworld and sister to Zagreus, the protagonist of the first game. Melinoë aims to defeat Chronos, the Titan of Time, with the aid of other Olympian Gods. Hades II received critical acclaim for its gameplay, art style, music, and voice acting, although its ending on release received some criticism.

Trailer

Hades II trailer thumbnail

Hades II – v1.0 Launch Trailer

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

Health check

Cooling
  • · 2,876 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11,032 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,379/week).
  • · Review velocity down 76% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (37,332 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 2.5M–5.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 124,221 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $20.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 10 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
35k35k20242026Week of 2024-05-01: 35,108 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,224 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3,965 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,734 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 961 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 677 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,625 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5,787 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3,028 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 990 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,263 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,394 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 790 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,463 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,335 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 869 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7,624 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 405 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9,957 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 643 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14,849 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 266 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4,163 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3,238 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,605 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,616 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,685 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,302 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,040 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,371 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,053 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 810 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 19 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6.7k2.1k2026-09-15 11:00 — 2,670 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 3,714 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 2,847 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 3,471 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 4,529 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3,006 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 2,114 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 3,482 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 3,162 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 4,172 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 4,994 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 3,368 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 3,305 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 5,186 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 5,010 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 3,780 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 4,963 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 4,235 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 3,429 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 4,697 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 5,595 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 3,639 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 2,876 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
41k1.6kMay 2024Aug 2026May 2024 — avg 41,375 · peak 102,386Jun 2024 — avg 9,874 · peak 21,468Jul 2024 — avg 4,006 · peak 6,826Aug 2024 — avg 2,290 · peak 4,041Sep 2024 — avg 1,621 · peak 2,597Oct 2024 — avg 5,634 · peak 18,878Nov 2024 — avg 3,948 · peak 7,822Dec 2024 — avg 2,849 · peak 5,055Jan 2025 — avg 2,493 · peak 4,550Feb 2025 — avg 5,135 · peak 17,712Mar 2025 — avg 5,380 · peak 11,129Apr 2025 — avg 2,996 · peak 5,010May 2025 — avg 2,245 · peak 3,533Jun 2025 — avg 5,755 · peak 16,883Jul 2025 — avg 5,439 · peak 9,703Aug 2025 — avg 3,321 · peak 5,734Sep 2025 — avg 14,966 · peak 112,300Oct 2025 — avg 36,119 · peak 82,924Nov 2025 — avg 17,335 · peak 32,576Dec 2025 — avg 12,327 · peak 19,958Jan 2026 — avg 11,772 · peak 22,376Feb 2026 — avg 6,679 · peak 11,959Mar 2026 — avg 5,254 · peak 9,169Apr 2026 — avg 6,260 · peak 11,555May 2026 — avg 5,269 · peak 9,116Jun 2026 — avg 4,206 · peak 8,030Jul 2026 — avg 5,304 · peak 9,038Aug 2026 — avg 4,328 · peak 7,334
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
67672026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 15 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 26 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 18 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 26 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-26: 26 new positive2026-09-27: 64 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 31 new positive2026-09-28: 5 new negative2026-09-29: 24 new positive2026-09-30: 31 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 40 new positive2026-10-01: 4 new negative2026-10-02: 32 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 33 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 37 new positive2026-10-05: 16 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 23 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 29 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 37 new positive2026-10-09: 39 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 28 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 27 new positive2026-10-11: 6 new negative2026-10-12: 67 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 24 new positive2026-10-14: 24 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$20.992024-05-062026-07-272024-05-06 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $26.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992024-12-12 — best price $26.992024-12-20 — best price $26.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-01-09 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $26.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-06-17 — best price $26.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-11-13 — best price $23.992025-11-20 — best price $29.992025-12-11 — best price $23.992025-12-18 — best price $22.492026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-01-08 — best price $29.992026-02-17 — best price $23.992026-02-24 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $22.492026-03-26 — best price $23.992026-04-14 — best price $23.992026-04-16 — best price $23.992026-04-28 — best price $29.992026-06-25 — best price $20.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-07-21 — best price $20.992026-07-27 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9195162026-05-30 — 801 pageviews2026-06-03 — 803 pageviews2026-06-07 — 900 pageviews2026-06-11 — 650 pageviews2026-06-15 — 687 pageviews2026-06-19 — 591 pageviews2026-06-23 — 683 pageviews2026-06-27 — 880 pageviews2026-07-01 — 681 pageviews2026-07-05 — 719 pageviews2026-07-09 — 635 pageviews2026-07-13 — 739 pageviews2026-07-17 — 721 pageviews2026-07-21 — 847 pageviews2026-07-25 — 856 pageviews2026-07-29 — 737 pageviews2026-08-02 — 714 pageviews2026-08-06 — 658 pageviews2026-08-10 — 738 pageviews2026-08-14 — 622 pageviews2026-08-18 — 608 pageviews2026-08-22 — 612 pageviews2026-08-26 — 599 pageviews2026-08-30 — 716 pageviews2026-09-03 — 518 pageviews2026-09-07 — 666 pageviews2026-09-11 — 592 pageviews2026-09-15 — 610 pageviews2026-09-19 — 516 pageviews2026-09-23 — 611 pageviews2026-09-27 — 833 pageviews2026-10-01 — 678 pageviews2026-10-05 — 780 pageviews2026-10-08 — 606 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

92602026-09-30 22:34 — 91 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 926 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 167 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 94 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 151 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 227 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 126 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 99 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 180 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 139 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 691 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 167 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 550 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 111 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 221 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 217 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 100 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 67 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 116 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 142 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
67.5%
earned "Witch of the Woods"
16.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Cloud1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-05-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)29,21111%50
PS5 (PlayStation)6,34231%50
Xbox Series (Xbox)5,2667%49
Switch, Switch 2 (Nintendo)2,6620%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

RPGActionIsometricMythologyAction RPGHand-drawnRogue-likeRogue-liteStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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