After just one day, Hades 2 has twice as many players as its predecessor, fans rave: “Absolutely brilliant game”

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Hades 2 breaks Hades’ player record on the first day after its early access release on Steam – and clearly.

What kind of game is this anyway?

  • Hades is a roguelike from indie development studio Supergiant Games that was released in 2020 and became a huge success.
  • You embody Zagreus, the son of Hades, and try to escape the underworld.
  • You are given different skills and fight your way through several rooms with nasty opponents. The regular boss fights can be particularly challenging.

    • Since Hades was extremely well received by players and is still 98% positive with a strong 231,000 reviews on Steam, Supergiant Games decided to make a successor: Hades 2, which surprisingly went into early access on May 6th.

    Hades 2 follows on from the events of its predecessor, but this time it doesn’t let you play the son of Hades, but rather his younger sister Melinoë. In addition, your goal is not to escape from the underworld, but to reconquer your father’s empire from the titan Chronos.

    Here you can see a trailer for Hades 2:

    Hades 2 – Game Awards Trailer

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    Hades 2 is already breaking its predecessor’s records

    How many are playing Hades 2 on Steam? One day after the surprising start into Early Access, Hades 2 is already breaking Hades’ player number records (1). There are already 102,000 players online in Hades 2 on Steam at the same time (as of May 7, 2024, 6:00 p.m., via SteamDB).

    The current record for Hades (1) is 37,700 simultaneously active players on Steam and was set in September 2020 – the roguelike’s release month.

    But Hades (1) is also currently benefiting from the release of the sequel: On May 7th, the number of players in the celebrated first part increased to almost 36,000 simultaneously active players (via SteamDB).

  • By the way, Hades (1) is currently on offer on Steam reduced by 66% and costs only 8.33 euros.

    • Players rave: “Great music, great story, great boss fights”

    What do players say about Hades 2? One day after release, Hades 2 is 97% positive with around 7,800 reviews on Steam. Many players praise the roguelike and consider it a successful sequel to the celebrated indie title.

  • Moondoggie via Steam: “What else can you say about this? Great music, great story, great boss fights. Anyone who liked Hades 1 will get their money’s worth here.”
  • Big Hat Logan via Steam: “Successor to one of the best games ever. After playing it, I think Hades II will be at least as good.”
  • Heisenbug via Steam: “I find it so funny that an indie studio manages to surprisingly release a game that is already a thousand times better in the early access phase than some AAA games.”
  • GameSensei via Steam: “After just 1.5 hours I can say that Hades II is an absolutely brilliant game. If you liked part 1, you’ll love the sequel!”

    • MeinMMO editor Dariusz was also convinced of Hades 2 after a short play, because a new skill perfectly suited his playing style and, in his opinion, expanded the gameplay in a meaningful way: Hades 2 only needed 2 runs to convince me because of a skill fits my playing style perfectly

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