Hades News

Five years have flown by since the v1.0 launch of Hades, our studio's fourth game! It went on to earn more than 70 Game of the Year awards, exceeding our wildest expectations. We're now just days away from launching our first-ever sequel that we've been working on ever since, and wanted to commemorate the anniversary of the original.

[h2]Watch the Hades Anniversary Live Stream![/h2]
Join our studio director Amir Rao and creative director Greg Kasavin for a trip down memory lane as they reacquaint themselves with the world of the original Hades, after having been deep in the world of Hades II for some time! And please enjoy this new art piece featuring Zagreus, Megaera, and Thanatos by our resident illustrator, Jeremy Anninos!


We'll be streaming right here on Steam, as well as YouTube and Twitch.

[h2]Listen to the 'In the Blood' Anniversary Mix![/h2]
We're pleased to present this new orchestral rendition of In the Blood, the end theme from Hades, featuring the voices of our audio director and composer Darren Korb along with Ashley Barrett, accompanied by a full orchestra recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Studio 1:
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[h2]Get Hades for 75% Off![/h2]
If you've been putting off a trip to the Underworld, Hades is having its biggest sale ever!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/Hades/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145350/Hades_II/
Why not dive in again either for the first time or for old time's sake, and get set for Hades II next week -- though, no prior experience is needed to enjoy the sequel!

[h2]Hades Anniversary Sale @ Fangamer[/h2]
Our friends at Fangamer are having a big sale on our official Hades merchandise collection if there's anything there that catches your eye!


We've got everything from prints and apparel to plushies and desk mats. Visit the official Hades collection at Fangamer here.

[h2]Claim figma Zagreus[/h2]
We're super excited to be working with GoodSmile on this highly poseable and expressive action figure of the Underworld Prince, available for preorder just in time for this big day-or-night!


He's got the vicious blade Stygius, his father's spear, and more. Preorder figma Zagreus here.

[h2]Thank You for Playing!![/h2]
To everyone who played Hades, thank you for all the inspiration and support! We're so grateful that Hades connected with so many players around the world. If you get a chance to play our next game, we hope you find it lives up! In the name of Hades!

Hades 2 has quickly proven popular, and it's clearly gotten people in the mood for the original, as the 2020 roguelite has also seen a strong boost on Steam.

Last week, Supergiant decided to bless us with a surprise Hades 2 early access drop, so obviously we all immediately put down whatever we were playing and hopped straight into it. The sequel quickly shot up to Steam's top sellers pretty much straight after it was released, and if your timeline has been anything like mine, has rapidly taken a hold over every horny person under the sun. What's most impressive is that much like the first one, Hades 2 is just in early access, and yet it's already managed to hit more than double the original games all-time concurrent player count peak, amassing more than 100,000 players when it launched. However, clearly people are fancying more than what the sequel offers, as the first Hades has seen a big player count increase of its own over the weekend.

Previously, the game's concurrent player count record was 37,749, which it set back when it was released in 2020. However, over the weekend the game managed to climb up to a new record of 54,240 players, so clearly there will have been some returning and presumably new players all hopping back in off of the popularity of its sequel. I can't exactly blame them, Hades truly is a stellar piece of design, and has a story captivating enough to keep you moving throughout those occasionally brutal runs.

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