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Hades

Hades is Supergiant Games' roguelite dungeon crawler set in the Greek underworld, where Zagreus attempts to escape Tartarus while navigating his fraught relationship with his father Hades. Each run develops the narrative through conversations with Olympians, shades, and contractors, making the story progress through failure as much as success. Weapon variety and boon combinations from Olympian gods define each run's feel.

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Hades

Steam reviews

302,500 of 308,658 Steam user reviews are positive (98%) and Steam's own label is “Overwhelmingly Positive”, according to Steam's review summary for Hades at the last data refresh.

Good for

  • Roguelite players who want narrative integration that makes death feel purposeful rather than punishing
  • Those who enjoy a high-polish character action combat system with run-to-run build variety
  • Players who want a complete, authored story in a roguelite — Hades has a defined ending
  • Quick session players — individual runs are 20-40 minutes

Avoid if

  • You dislike the boon-selection format of roguelites where runs can feel luck-dependent
  • You want an open-ended roguelite rather than one with a story endpoint
  • Isometric hack-and-slash with fast-paced combat is not your preference
  • No multiplayer — this is single-player only

Is Hades an indie game?

Yes. Steam lists Hades under the "Indie" genre, and its publisher is not on this site's major-publisher list.

  • Steam genre tags on record: Action, Indie, RPG — includes "Indie".
  • Developer: Supergiant Games.
  • Publisher: Supergiant Games — same as the developer, i.e. self-published; not on this site's major-publisher list.

The rubric, its limits and the publisher list: methodology.