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Yuletide Greetings from Supergiant!

As the year draws to a close, we wanted to reflect on the times gone by, but mostly to say THANK YOU for supporting Hades II and our team!


Featured here are some of the familiar faces from the Crossroads, under more-festive circumstances than those that Princess Melinoë finds herself in at the beginning of the game. Illustration by our environment artist Joanne Tran.

Yuletide Greetings

From all of us at Supergiant, we hope you have a happy, relaxing holiday season!



We invite you to bask in the warmth and magick of Hecate's cauldron, just in time for any Yuletide festivities, in our 12-hour Witch of the Crossroads Yule Log video! May your nights be enchanting.

Hades II Sale & Accolades!

The Steam Winter Sale is on now, so you can get Hades II for 25% off — its lowest price yet!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145350/Hades_II/
Hades II is the biggest game we've ever made, and the best-reviewed game of the year, as well as recipient of accolades such as Best Action Game at The Game Awards. It's also in the running for Best Game on Steam Deck here in the Steam Awards, if you'd do us the honor of giving us your vote!

See You Next Year!

Our team started back in 2009, and the seven original members who created our first game, Bastion, have stuck together and worked on each of our games since, now alongside close to 20 additional team members who were instrumental in the making of Hades II (a decent portion of whom attended The Game Awards recently, as you can see below!).


As an independent studio, our games are made possible by players of our previous titles — so, the simple reason we're still here after all this time is you. We'll always be grateful for your support. While it's too early to say what's next for our team, we look forward to pressing on together, and sharing our progress with you when possible. Until then, may moonlight guide you and all of us!

Vote for Hades II in the Steam Awards!

Thank you everyone who helped nominate Hades II in the category of Best Game on Steam Deck in this year's Steam Awards! Voting has officially begun, thus we beseech you to cast your vote for Hades II!


We got Hades II running smoothly on Steam Deck early in development and worked to make sure the game met the system's highest standards. Not only does it run fast and smooth on Valve's portable gaming system, it should be rather merciful to the battery, letting you enjoy lengthy sessions between charges. The game is designed with on-the-go play in mind, with ultrafast loading times and autosaved progress at every turn, making it easy to play for minutes at a time as well as in longer stretches.



We hope you've had an excellent experience with Hades II on Steam Deck and that we've earned your vote, though we encourage you to vote no matter what! After all, the Steam Awards are a powerful way to show your support for your favorite games here. We're grateful to be in the running at all, and appreciate your consideration!

Hades II Wins Best Action Game!

We are very grateful and honored to have earned the award for Best Action Game for Hades II at The Game Awards! Watch our acceptance moment here. Hades II is not just the culmination of nearly five years of development, but of our studio's entire history aiming to craft fast, responsive, reactive games filled with interesting and surprising moments.


Likewise, what an honor it was to be in contention for Best Independent Game, Best Score and Music, Best Artistic Direction, Best Game Direction, and even Game of the Year... especially since we were in the company of such an amazing group of wildly different and beautiful games.

We salute all our fellow nominees (most of which are available here on Steam!), and congratulate Sandfall Interactive's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for earning that highest honor and many more.


Credit to our illustrator Jeremy Anninos for the red carpet tribute to all the nominees!

Featuring from left to right:
🖼️ Maelle (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
🌖 Melinoë (Hades II)
📿 Hornet (Hollow Knight: Silksong)
🍌 Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong Bananza)
📦 Sam Porter Bridges (Death Stranding 2: On the Beach)
🛡️ Henry of Skalitz (Kingdom Come: Deliverance II)

Hades 2's Melinoë can now run through Zagreus' underworld escape from the original Hades, thanks to modders

Open your mouth, Hades 2. Ah, it's as I suspected, you've eaten the original Hades! Don't worry, I don't blame you. You were only hungry, and the modders controlling your great maw were keen to see how Melinoë would cope with taking on the roguelike run through the underworld which Zagreus blazes through in the first game.


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Steam Points Shop Goods, Frinos Plush, & More!

It's been an exciting few weeks since we launched Hades II! We wanted to share details on a couple of related announcements.

[h2]Steam Points Shop Goods[/h2]
We have new items available here in the Steam Points Shop, if you'd like to take a look!


There's a new Steam Deck Startup Video, Animated Stickers, Profile Backgrounds, and more. Chances are you might have some Steam Points available, so we hope you enjoy these! Visit the Steam Points Shop to browse the selection.

[h2]Official Merchandise[/h2]
We're excited to offer the first set of official Hades II merchandise, in collaboration with our friends at Fangamer.com!


Now you can confide in your very own Frinos plush (or just squeeze him repeatedly), and we also have a Melinoë poster to adorn your walls if you so desire. We hope you enjoy these and appreciate your interest! Visit Fangamer.com for more info.

[h2]Kudos for Hades II[/h2]

Thank you for playing Hades II, which is currently the most critically acclaimed game of the year according to Metacritic and OpenCritic, and the highest-rated game in our studio's history!

We're thrilled with that accomplishment, as well as our recent Game of the Year nomination, and grateful to all our players for joining us in the Underworld once more, or for the first time!