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Hades II is a 2025 roguelike action role-playing video game developed and published by Supergiant Games, serving as a sequel to Hades (2020), making it their first project as a sequel. It was announced in December 2022 and was released in early access in May 2024 for Windows and in October 2024 for macOS, with the full game released alongside console versions for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 in September 2025. The game follows Melinoë, Princess of the Underworld and sister to Zagreus, the protagonist of the first game. Melinoë aims to defeat Chronos, the Titan of Time, with the aid of other Olympian Gods. Hades II received critical acclaim for its gameplay, art style, music, and voice acting, although its ending received some criticism.



Like the first game, Hades II is a roguelite dungeon crawler game. The player controls Melinoë, Princess of the Underworld and sister to the protagonist of the first game, Zagreus. Alongside her mentor Hecate, she aims to defeat Chronos, the titan of time, who returned to enact revenge on all gods and mortals who opposed him in the past and took her family prisoner. Along her quest, she is supported by the Olympians, who grant her Boons as she battles her way to Tartarus and subsequently Mount Olympus. She is also aided by mythological figures such as Arachne, Narcissus, Echo, Medea, Circe and Icarus.

Unlike the original game, which had a single path from Tartarus to the surface across four different biomes, the sequel introduces two different paths, an underworld one divided between Erebus, Oceanus, the Fields of Mourning, and Tartarus, and a surface one between the City of Ephyra, the Rift of Thessaly, Mount Olympus, and the Summit. Each new region is unlocked upon clearing the previous.

As with Hades, the player has a primary attack and a secondary "special" attack depending on their weapon of choice, as well as a dash that provides additional mobility. A new version of the magic "cast" allows the player to lock their enemies in place. Also introduced is the "Magick Bar," a combat resource used for moves that recharges by attacking enemies. Throughout a run, the player will receive Boons from the Olympians, each of which provides a choice of three persistent boosts and effects for that run. One of three Hexes, summon attacks that call upon the power of the goddess Selene, may also be chosen and gradually enhanced via a skill tree each run.

The player move through rooms to gradually descend through the Underworld or fight across the surface. After clearing a room, the player is given the room's rewards, allowing them to grow stronger or recover lost health points. After clearing a certain number of rooms in a region, the player must fight the bosses of the region to advance to the next: Hecate in Erebus, the sea monster Scylla and two sirens in Oceanus, Cerberus in the Fields of Mourning, Chronos in Tartarus, the Cyclops Polyphemus in Ephyra, Eris in the Rift of Thessaly, Prometheus in Mount Olympus, and Typhon at the Summit.

If Melinoë loses all her health points while having no "death defiances" left, she is defeated and must return to the Crossroads, which acts as the game's overworld between attempts. Here, the player can use items recovered from runs to improve future runs, such as unlocking and upgrading abilities for Melinoë, crafting incantations which enable new features to appear in future runs, or obtaining and upgrading new weapons. Melinoë can also interact with the various characters of the Crossroads and improve her bonds with them. The player can also romance non-player characters (NPCs) as the plot progresses.

Returning from Hades is "God Mode", which allows the player to gain more power after each run.
(per wikipedia)

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