Hades
A rogue-lite hack and slash dungeon crawler in which Zagreus, son of Hades the Greek god of the dead, attempts to escape his home and his oppressive father by fighting the souls of the dead through the various…
Hades is an adventure developed by Supergiant Games, released 17 September 2020 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 70.3 hrs to finish.
What Hades is
Hades is an adventure game developed by Supergiant Games and released in 2020. It was published by Netflix. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Proprietary Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Zagreus, the son of Hades, has discovered that his mother, which he was led to believe was Nyx, Night Incarnate, is actually someone else, and is outside Hell. He is now attempting to escape his father's domain, with the help of the other gods of Olympus, in an attempt to find his real mother.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, drama and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 49 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Hades holds a critic score of 94 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 21 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 91, across 1,785 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 70.3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 160 hrs, roughly 2.3 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual Core 2.4 GHz, 4 GB RAM and 1GB VRAM / DirectX 10+ support. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 15GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Hades launched on 17 September 2020, within three weeks of Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Genshin Impact and Mafia: Definitive Edition. It reviewed better than all of them. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Genshin Impact, Mafia: Definitive Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Hades yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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