Hades News

This patch contains additional minor fixes and improvements based on your feedback and reports since our v1.0 Launch Update. We expect this to be our final PC patch of the year. Thank you for playing!!

Note: 📢 indicates a change inspired by community feedback!


• Heart-Seeking Bow (Zagreus Aspect): increased Critical chance
• Eternal Spear (Achilles Aspect): increased Skewer special charge speed; improved input buffering
• Adamant Rail (Eris Aspect): reduced duration of bonus damage effect


• Sea Storm (Poseidon x Zeus): adjusted requirements for this to be offered; fixed interaction with Curse of Drowning (Poseidon x Ares)
• Blinding Flash (Athena): fixed incorrect scaling from Poms on the Exposed Status Curse
• Athena's Aid: reduced scaling from Poms
• Parting Shot (Athena x Aphrodite): fixed interaction with Shadow Presence (Mirror)
• Sweet Surrender (Aphrodite): normalized scaling from rarity and Poms
• After Party (Dionysus): improved scaling from rarity
• Black Out (Dionysus): adjusted requirements for this to be offered
• Rare Crop (Demeter): fixed this not counting toward the bonus from Family Favorite (Mirror)
• Killing Freeze (Demeter): fixed damage being locked at Common rarity; adjusted scaling from rarity


• Dash Nova (Blade): increased Sturdy duration; fixed dash sometimes moving you to the wrong position
• Heavy Knuckle (Fists): increased attack speed; no longer locks you in place while attacking
📢 Draining Cutter (Fists): life drain now works under the effects of Lasting Consequences (Pact)


📢 Companion Rib (Skelly): increased health for summoned companion; takes less damage from you
• Myrmidon Bracer (Achilles): now also works vs. trap damage
📢 Skull Earring (Megaera): increased active threshold
• Shattered Shackle (Sisyphus): increased power level
• ----- of the ---- (???): reduced max number of stocks; updated text description to be more accurate


• Abyssal Blood: increased power level


• Minor fixes and improvements to several chambers


• Added unique visuals for the Aspect of Eris damage boost
• Minor improvements to Final Boss intro animation


• Updated sounds for the third strike in the Aspect of Guan Yu attack sequence
• Updated sound for big slow radiating blasts generated by certain attacks
• Added emote for when the Minotaur sets up the 'Bull Horn' combo attack


• Slightly increased priority of events in the subplot that unlocks Hypnos' Affinity Gauge
• Increased priority of Zeus events required for the epilogue
• Increased priority of Orpheus events once you've started playing the Splendid Lyre
• Fixed rare cases where the Night and Darkness prophecy was not fulfilling when expected
• Fixed event requirements for Final Boss acknowledging if you can get there without Olympian Boons
• Fixed event requirements for Thanatos and Achilles acknowledging specific Weapon Aspects
📢 Other minor fixes, changes, and improvements to various narrative events


• Improved feedback when highlighting upgrade buttons for each Companion in the Keepsake Screen
📢 Various fixes and improvements to localized text in different languages
📢 Minor text fixes, updates, and clarifications


• Fixed an old, elusive issue that sometimes caused text keywords to appear in the w r o n g f o n t
• Fixed instances where Gorgon projectiles could be destroyed using the Shield of Chaos
• Fixed Deflect causing higher-than-intended damage against the Furies and Bone Hydra
📢 Fixed the damage preview for Hazard Bomb (Rail) not being quite the right size
📢 Fixed interactions between Ares' Doom Status Curse and Aspect of Gilgamesh Maim effect
📢 Fixed issues using Poms on Flood Shot (Poseidon) with Blizzard Shot (Demeter x Poseidon)
📢 Fixed Pool of Purging showing non-zero sell costs while you are affected by Pauper's (Chaos)
📢 Fixed additional cases of Codex Index screen displaying incorrect requirements for Boons
• Fixed Aspect of Hestia reload tutorial objective never clearing while testing it in the Courtyard
• Other minor fixes

'The dead? O gods, the dead! Yes, I know who you mean.' ~The Choephori (Aeschylus; P. Vellacott translation)

After a great deal of support and feedback from our community, Hades exited Early Access development this fall, and has become our most popular, most highly acclaimed game yet! If you've enjoyed your time with it, and feel Hades stands out even among the many fantastic games released this year, then please consider nominating it in the Steam Awards for the year's top honors: Game of the Year.



You can only nominate Hades in a single category, so if it's not your Steam Game of the Year pick, we would be grateful if you considered it in other categories, such as Outstanding Story-Rich Game, Best Soundtrack, or Outstanding Visual Style.

When we first envisioned Hades, we were drawn by the idea of creating a rogue-like / rogue-lite game with rich atmosphere and storytelling, that could create a unique experience for you every time you attempted to battle your way out of hell. Your support in Early Access meant we were able to make this game much bigger and better than we could have on our own. It's already been nominated for eight awards in The Game Awards (including Game of the Year!), earned Critics Choice Game of the Year and Best Indie Game in the 2020 Golden Joystick Awards, and most recently been named TIME Magazine's #1 Game of 2020!

We are honored to have earned that recognition. Yet, the Steam Awards are uniquely meaningful to us, as longtime Steam users ourselves. We know you have many excellent games to choose from. So, having your vote would mean an awful lot. Thank you for your consideration.