Game file / ROGUE BY ROGUEHades
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
Why this score?
Original text · Simplified Chinese
动作节奏与失败后的叙事推进连接得很好，构筑易理解；长线重玩主要受固定关卡骨架限制。
Core gameplay
Weight 25%9.5 / 10Original text · Simplified Chinese
快照反复肯定冲刺战斗与各武器节奏，死亡后的对话也让再开一局衔接自然。
Builds & strategy
Weight 25%8.5 / 10Original text · Simplified Chinese
武器形态、信物和神祇祝福能预设方向并组合协同；部分祝福主要改变数值，突变空间有限。
Replayability
Weight 20%8.0 / 10Original text · Simplified Chinese
热度条件和武器变化能改变应对，固定区域及首领在多次通关后仍较重复。
Randomness & fairness
Weight 20%8.5 / 10Original text · Simplified Chinese
可调整挑战和 God Mode 支持学习，祝福选择留有适应空间；后段范围攻击与奖励波动仍有压力。
Polish & usability
Weight 10%9.0 / 10Original text · Simplified Chinese
资料肯定操作反馈及清楚的入门支持，视听表达帮助识别角色与行动；少数房间粒子拥挤是短板。
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Rogue by Rogue · AI 资料评测- Version reviewed
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具体构建未知；以所引资料描述的版本为准
Scope and limitations
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基于收录资料与官方页面的主观归纳，未进行试玩。资料为本体的归纳评测，未进行高热度全武器实测；视听评价只用于反馈与信息表达，不额外奖励制作规模。
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收录评论与社区资料（2026-10-01 快照）
使用 作者观点摘要 的 Tier list Part 1 (2023) 及 玩家好评与批评 中的机制、交互、重复与易用性反馈；未将外部分数或旧等级用于计算。
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Hades 官方产品说明
2026-10-08 访问。确认神祇祝福、永久成长、反复逃脱与全语音角色事件，未以官方宣传证明全部构筑平衡。 官方页面不单独证明平衡或稳定性。
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Community discussion
Supergiant Games' isometric action roguelite in which Zagreus, son of Hades, fights out of the Greek Underworld, with story and dialogue woven into the run-and-die loop.
Hades is treated as a landmark of the genre by both critics and players: Metacritic 93 from 58 critic reviews with no mixed or negative ones, Steam 'Overwhelmingly Positive' at about 98% of roughly 309k reviews, and Wikipedia reports 99% of critics recommending it on OpenCritic. It swept Game of the Year at BAFTA, DICE, GDC and other ceremonies and became the first video game to win a Hugo. It spent almost two years in early access (from Dec 2018) and then launched in full in Sept 2020 to very strong sales. The main dissent comes from players who bounce off the roguelite structure itself (repetition, fixed biomes and bosses, RNG, meta-grind), not from the craft. Metacritic user score is lower than critics at 8.5, with Metacritic's summary citing RNG frustration and repetitive restarts.
What players praise
- Story is delivered through the run loop: each death brings new hub dialogue, so failure advances the narrative and feels rewarding rather than punishing
- Fast, fluid, responsive combat with six distinct weapons and several aspects each, praised as weighty and satisfying
- Boon system from the Olympian gods gives build variety and synergies (duo boons) while staying compact enough to understand
- Writing, voice acting and characterisation are repeatedly singled out, including Zagreus's politeness and the gods' interplay and relationships
- Art direction by Jen Zee and the soundtrack are near-universal praise
- Accessible for roguelike newcomers: God Mode quietly boosts you after each death, and the hub and mirror upgrades soften early losses
- Heat / Pact of Punishment gives scalable endgame difficulty and long replay value
- Many reviewers who dislike the genre say this was the one that hooked them
What players criticize
- Only four biomes and a fixed set of bosses, so runs feel samey after a few dozen hours
- Final boss fight against Hades is a big difficulty spike, frustrating to some players on the True Ending route
- RNG in boon and reward offers can make runs feel unfair or throttle progress
- Reviewers who want Binding of Isaac style emergent builds find boons mostly stat bonuses and percentages with few memorable or wild builds
- Reaching full narrative closure (epilogue) takes very many clears; only a small share of players get there
- Some players find the combat button-mashy, with heavy area damage, projectile spam and particle clutter (the lava biome and its bombers are a named pain point)
Distinctive features
- Narrative-first roguelite: dialogue, relationships and plot progress are the meta-progression alongside stat unlocks
- Greek mythology cast reinterpreted with personality-driven, sympathetic gods
- Protagonist who is meant to die: death returns you to a living hub home with characters who react to how you died
- God Mode accessibility that scales up with each failure, so the story is reachable for anyone
- Pact of Punishment and heat let you tailor difficulty with many modifiers and unlock cosmetic rewards
- Release-quality polish from a two-year early access that shipped with full voice acting and music
Divided opinions
- Roguelite meta-progression: many find it a gentle learning curve, purists feel it hides whether they are actually improving
- Story gating and repetition: praised as integrated and rewarding by most, but a slog by others (e.g. 70+ hours with little left to see)
- Boon depth: fans praise clear synergies, critics say few builds are memorable compared with Isaac or Slay the Spire
- Difficulty: hard at first, then manageable for most players, but the final boss and high heat frustrate some
Repetition and friction
- Running the same four regions and bosses many times to reach the story's ending
- Grinding for meta resources such as Titan Blood and diamonds late in the game, described as a chore
- Dodging heavy AoE and projectile spam in the later rooms, called monotonous by some
- Heat-stacking runs where the added difficulty feels like restricted options rather than fresh play
- Story interruptions and hub trips feel like hurdles to players who just want to start the next run; some later realise they are the point
- Some users compare the loop to habit-forming or gambling-style design
Hoped-for improvements
- More biomes, bosses and enemy variety to reduce repetition (partly answered by Hades II)
- Stronger, more game-changing boons or build-defining items for wilder synergies
- A less grindy route to the epilogue and to late resources such as Titan Blood
- Heat system that adds new mechanics rather than mostly limiting options or raising numbers
- Clearer tracking of upgrade shop contents and rewards; several negative reviewers complain that remembering every god's offerings is hard
- Finer-grained difficulty and assist options than God Mode's fixed ramp; one reviewer wanted an initial armour setting like Hades II
Early access began 6 Dec 2018 after a Game Awards reveal; Wikipedia cites about 700k copies during nearly two years of early access and another 300k in three days after the 17 Sept 2020 full release (over 1M total then; later third-party estimates are far higher). Launch on PC (Windows, macOS) and Switch; PS4/PS5 and Xbox arrived 13 Aug 2021; a Netflix Games mobile version ran from March 2024 until it was removed in July 2025. Cross-save between Windows and Switch came via a Dec 2020 patch. Won GOTY at BAFTA, DICE, GDC, New York Game Awards and SXSW, plus a Hugo. Current Steam reviews are still highly positive, with the sequel Hades II drawing players back to the original. Note: OpenCritic's exact average was not retrievable in this session (WebSearch budget exhausted and the game page could not be located), so it is left null.
Community sources
- Top helpful positive and negative English Steam reviews (local file) ↗
- Local Steam data: app 1145360, 98% positive, Metacritic 93, revenue estimate ↗
- Metascore 93 from 58 reviews, user score 8.5 from 5,372 ratings, critic consensus ↗
- Critic review listing and paraphrased praise ↗
- User review themes: variety, repetition, grind complaints ↗
- Reception, awards, sales, release history, God Mode and Pact of Punishment ↗
- Steam store page and review summary ↗
- Estimated revenue (Boxleiter method, order of magnitude) ↗
Archived creator commentary 1
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Tier list Part 1 (2023)
Hades is Supergiant's 2018 early-access-era roguelite that surprised everyone and, in his view, deserves all its hype. He has speedrun it and once placed in the top 100 of a run category. He calls it a masterpiece and probably the best roguelike on the board so far, and he places it in S tier without hesitation.
What the creator praises
- Huge run-start customization: many boons/passes, weapons with unique abilities, keepsakes/charms, companions
- Adjustable per-run difficulty options
- Replayability: never gets old, he can always come back to it
- Art style and visual effects are amazing
- Characters are memorable
- Every line of text is voice acted, with a great volume of dialogue
- Speedrunning scene gives it lasting depth
Issues raised by the creator
- No real criticisms; he says he wishes he could put games in S tier that are not truly S, implying Hades clearly earns it
Design observations
- Fully voiced narrative integrated into a roguelite at massive scale
- Per-run difficulty customization and starting-loadout variety keep runs fresh
- Strong enough for competitive speedrunning
