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Hades 2, the roguelike action-RPG from Supergiant Games, was released in early access on Steam and Epic Games Store Monday. The much-awaited sequel has since climbed the charts to become one of the most played games on Valve's platform this week. In fact, the game has already more than doubled the all-time peak concurrent player count of its predecessor, Hades. Supergiant Games has not yet revealed the timeline for complete v1.0 launch of the game, but Hades 2 is expected to arrive on PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo consoles later.
As spotted by VGC, Hades 2 reached a peak concurrent player count of 79,276 players within nine hours of release, which means the game doubled the player count of Hades on the first day of its early access launch.
According to SteamDB, the all-time peak concurrent player count of Hades stands at 37,749. The site's chart shows that Hades 2 has reached an all-time peak concurrent player count of 103,567. At the time of writing, Hades 2 early access has 62,984 active players on Steam.
According to developer Supergiant Games, Hades 2 already features more environments, foes, and fully-voiced characters than the full version of the original game, with more content to follow. While the early access version of Hades 2 offers more than just a taste of the game, Supergiant has noted that the true ending of the game's story won't be available until the full launch of v1.0.
The developer will monitor feedback from early access players and plans to release the first major update for the game later this year. Hades 2 is expected to be in early access “at least through the end of 2024,” the studio said.
On Steam, the reception to Hades 2 has been uniformly positive. At the time of writing, the game's consensus stands at “Overwhelmingly Positive” after over 11,000 user reviews.
Hades 2 was first revealed at The Game Awards 2022, showing off familiar rogue-like dungeon crawler gameplay of its predecessor. The sequel features a new protagonist in Melinoë, the immortal princess of the underworld, who takes on the Titan of Time. The game promises new locations, challenges, upgrade systems and more. Hades is currently available to buy in early access on Steam and Epic Games Store.
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With the launch of in Early Access on Steam and the Epic Games Store, Supergiant Games, the game's developers, have provided a general roadmap for updates leading up to the official, full release. A roguelike based on Greek myth, is the first direct sequel to be developed by Supergiant, a studio known for its strong lineup of standalone games like,, and. As a direct sequel, however, represents an opportunity for the studio to more directly build on the mechanics and narrative of the first game.
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Less than 24 hours after launching on Steam, the early access version of Hades 2 has already doubled the all-time peak concurrent player account set by the original Hades. While Supergiant Games certainly found success with its earlier titles like Bastion, Pyre, and Transistor, the studio really took off after it released the roguelike action title, Hades. Although Hades was originally an Epic Games store exclusive, it eventually launched on Steam a year later in 2019 through Early access, releasing Version 1.0 on September 17, before eventually launching across most other platforms like the Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles.
Without any warning, Hades 2 has launched into early access on both Steam and the Epic Games Store for players to hack and slash through the levels.
The Early Access release of Hades 2 has already more than doubled the all-time peak concurrent player count of the first game on Steam.
Hades 2 is finally out now in early access, giving us all the chance to jump in and give protagonist Melinoe a spin for the first time. Of course, Hades 2 isn't fully feature complete yet, with multiple big updates planned for later this year and in 2025, so questions have been raised as to exactly how much Hades 2 we'll get to play before we hit a wall. Thankfully, developer Supergiant is on hand to clear that up.