Hades II News

We are honored and grateful that Hades II earned two nominations in the 2024 Steam Awards, for the Best Game on Steam Deck Award as well as the Outstanding Visual Style Award!

These nominations were chosen by Steam players such as you from all over the world, so they really mean a lot to our team, especially knowing how many great games you had to choose from.



We appreciate that you've recognized us in these particular categories. From the start of our Early Access, we have worked to ensure Hades II is a perfect fit on Steam Deck, and the specific visual style of our game is essential to transporting you to the ancient and mystical Underworld. Yet we have plenty more to do in Early Access, and will keep striving to make Hades II the best it can be in these regards and all others that count. To that end, please look forward to our next Major Update in early 2025!

For now, if you've enjoyed Hades II thus far and would be willing to lend us your support, we would greatly appreciate your vote in the Awards. In the name of Hades!

This patch includes targeted fixes and improvements we could make relatively soon after last week's big launch of the Olympic Update. We're continuing to monitor your feedback as we look ahead toward what's next, as outlined in our Roadmap. Thank you for playing, and good luck with the climb!

Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback!


· You now can break urns and other objects when you Sprint into them
· Increased the attack range of Lone Shades, including ones trapped in Ephyra Pylons
· Sister Blades: Omega Special shots now pierce foes (excluding the Aspect of Pan's homing shots)
· Moonstone Axe: Omega Attack channels faster
· Black Coat: Omega Special locks on faster; works more reliably when used in quick succession


· Happy Haze (Dionysus): Festive Fog effect now also repeatedly stuns susceptible foes


· Reduced Gold value of Infusion Boons


· Prometheus: adjusted Flame Strike patterns; slightly reduced uppercut speed; kick and flurry not quite as punishing; improved visual clarity of some of his moves; he is now perhaps more fittingly Titan-sized...
· Eris: reduced number of phases; improved feedback on where she is aiming with some Rail attacks; reduced duration of her temporary damage bonus
· Talos: slightly reduced Life
· Mega-Dracon: slightly reduced Armor; fixed issues with it flying out of bounds
· Auto-Watcher: reduced damage; reduced tracking speed; reduced Elite Armor
· Snow-Shambler: reduced Life
· Harpy Raptor: reduced Life
· Satyr Sapper: reduced tracking speed; fewer should appear at once
· Satyr Raider: reduced damage of some attacks
· Satyr Goldpike: reduced damage of some attacks
· Charybdis: reduced tentacle damage; slightly reduced Life; slightly reduced frequency of ranged attacks
· Headmistress Hecate: her Twilight Curse can no longer be blocked using the Black Coat


📢 Significantly reduced how quickly Nemesis and Heracles sometimes snatch items from Charon
· Reduced chances of not having any foes to drop in on when launching into Olympus Encounters


· Raki the Raven: no longer has hidden damage bonuses against certain types of foe; fixed incorrect text for Marked effect duration, though the duration itself is unchanged
📢 Hecuba the Hound: no longer as prone to waiting around prior to digging


· Vow of Shadows: now affects Charybdis and Talos, so beware!


📢 Improved look and clarity of Harpy cyclone attack
· Various other minor visual improvements


· Adjusted how often Headmistress Hecate and Chronos speak during battle
· Adjusted priority and requirements for various voice lines and narrative events
· Numerous other minor fixes and improvements


📢 Fixed Sister Blades (Artemis) sound not playing for the Riposte effect
📢 Adjusted some sound effects for Black Coat (Nyx), though these are still in progress
· Adjusted some sound effects for Charybdis; improved music timing at the end of the fight
· Adjusted sound effects when Eris gets dragged back to the Underworld
· Improved blast sound for Beach Ball (Poseidon x Apollo)
· Other minor fixes and improvements


📢 The Crossroads Renewal menu now re-opens after unlocking new decorations
· Added menu text for unlocking, swapping, and removing decorations
📢 The Music Maker menu likewise now re-opens after unlocking new music


📢 The Victory Screen now reveals your current Life if you have Worry Free (Dionysus)
· You now can interact with the exits in the Mourning Fields from farther away
· Aspects of the Black Coat are no longer revealed immediately after you unlock the weapon
· The moon beam surrounding the Pitch-Black Stone now dims if you have no uncleared Chaos Trials
· Added feedback when attempting to block unblockable attacks using the Black Coat
· Improved collision near the exit from the Training Grounds back to the rest of the Crossroads
· Added more contextual hints for why various comrades may be uninterested in your various gifts
· You now can re-map the commands when using the Tablet of Peace to compel Shades
· Clarified descriptive text for several Boons
· Various other minor text changes


· Fixed an issue with the Wretched Broker where you could keep using Sell All without selling all...
📢 Fixed Dora unexpectedly never showing up night after night despite claiming to enjoy the tent
📢 Fixed Silken Sash (Arachne) removing added Armor if you switched to a different Keepsake
📢 Fixed Shrine of Hermes expedited deliveries sometimes dropping out of bounds in the new Region
📢 Fixed Sureshot Flurry (Daedalus - Blades) not increasing Special range
📢 Fixed Furious Rockets (Daedalus - Coat) not increasing Omega Special speed
📢 Fixed Burnt Offering (Hestia) sometimes purging a different Boon than indicated
📢 Fixed Satyr Raider not taking damage from opposing Automatons
📢 Fixed Auto-Forcer damaging itself while afflicted with Charm
📢 Fixed Toula sliding around uncontrollably during the final confrontation with Chronos
📢 Fixed reward in the Rift of Thessaly Fountain Chamber being unalterable
📢 Fixed several Boons not showing Offering Requirements in the Book of Shadows
· Fixed exit sounds in the Rift of Thessaly and the new Region cutting off unexpectedly
· Fixed Music Maker music playing unexpectedly during the Hypnos dream sequence and while fishing
· Fixed a visual issue in the destruction animation for Talos
· Fixed various minor visual issues in some Locations
· Other minor fixes

'There is no way of deceiving or evading the mind of Zeus, since not even Iapetos' son, sly Prometheus, escaped the weight of his wrath, and for all his cleverness a strong fetter holds him in check.'

~Theogony (Hesiod; M.L. West translation)

Our first Major Update for Hades II is finally here, featuring spectacular new places to explore, colorful new characters to meet, a wild new weapon to master, and much, much more! Take a peek:

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Hades II takes a big step forward with the following new features:

• Battle across the surface through an all-new Region where the gods themselves are desperate for your aid! Can you vanquish the deadly new Guardian?
  
  
• Unlock the last of the Nocturnal Arms: Xinth, the Black Coat, a devastating new weapon with its own unique Aspects!
  
  
• Spruce up the Crossroads with dozens of unlockable decorations and music tracks, adding a personal touch to your home between the realms!
  
  
• Meet two new Allies! Gain their blessings, learn their secrets, and use their unique Keepsakes!
  
  
• Bond with two new Animal Familiars, loyal companions who will serve you through thick and thin!
  
  
• Feeling tough? Take on new Challenges, including new Vows for the Oath of the Unseen, and the mysterious new Moon Monument and Unseen Sigil!
  
  
• Discover more of the story, with close to 2,500 new voice lines for the game's big, colorful cast!
  

This update also adds native support for Mac systems with Apple M1 or later, numerous quality-of-life improvements, plenty of new art and audio, and other little surprises we're excited for you to find!

The Olympic Update is a free, automatic download as part of the Early Access development of Hades II. If you've come directly to this post, check out the game here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145350/Hades_II/

You may need to restart your Steam client to initiate the download. If you run into any technical issues with the update or the game in general, please check our Technical Support FAQ for solutions.

The complete Patch Notes are available here on Steam, in the game client, in the form of a dramatic reading (see below), and in our official Discord, where you can join a welcoming community of Hades II players and Supergiant fans.
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Our first Major Update introduces a third Region and Guardian to the Surface Route, bringing it closer to the Underworld route's level of completion. We've also added the game's sixth and final main weapon, and iterated on a number of key systems. But there's plenty more to come, and we can safely say that our next Major Update in Early Access will not be our last!


Once we're sure The Olympic Update has stabilized and we've addressed major feedback as much as possible, we'll then focus on these major initiatives:

• Climactic Confrontation: What awaits further beyond the newly-added Region? Once we add that, we will consider the main structure of the Surface Route to be complete.
  
  
• New Boons: Boons are integral to the experience of Hades II, so we have some more additions planned on this front. Surely the Olympians deserve no less!
  
  
• New Foes: We plan to add even more combat encounter variety. Having lots of exciting and varied encounters helps keep Hades II feeling fresh for as long as you play it.
  

We are planning our next Major Update to launch sometime in early 2025, in a little less development time overall than The Olympic Update. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we press on!


Early Access has already been an invaluable and eye-opening experience for our team as we continue working to complete this game. As we move forward, we intend to keep making additions, changes, and improvements in an effort to create the biggest, most replayable, most feature-rich game we've made yet, and — most importantly — a worthy successor to the original Hades.

We're very grateful that you've taken the time to play Hades II thus far, and hope you find it's getting closer to fulfilling its potential with the launch of The Olympic Update. Your feedback is always welcome, and thank you for playing.