One-off purchase
Hades cost to play
Hades UK prices on Steam and the Nintendo eShop, its PEGI 12 rating and Steam player numbers, checked October 2026.
Hades gameplay, images and trailer
© Supergiant Games, Hades trailer “v1.0 Launch Trailer” on Steam · Steam store page
The short version
- From £20.99: Cheapest standard price: Hades (Steam UK, standard price)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 23.5 h to beat: Main story: 23.5 hours (HowLongToBeat)
- 89p an hour: £20.99 ÷ 23.5 hours (main story)
- 8,589 Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- PEGI 12: Age rating
- Released
- 17 September 2020
- Developer
- Supergiant Games
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PC, iOS, PS5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Age rating
- PEGI 12
- Genre
- Action RPG
- Modes
- Single-player
On this page
Hades player count
Concurrent players on Steam, from Steam Charts, read 28 Oct 2026.
- Peak, last 30 days
- 8,589
- Peak, Sept 2026
- 7,097
- 2,957 on average
- Change vs Aug 2026
- +22%
- monthly peak
- All-time peak
- 54,015
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Is Hades dead?
No. Hades peaked at 7,097 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 2,957 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are down 16% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on Xbox Series X|S, PS4, iOS, PS5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
| Month | Average | Peak | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2,957 | 7,097 | +22.2% |
| August 2026 | 3,340 | 5,809 | −29.3% |
| July 2026 | 4,702 | 8,221 | +5.4% |
| June 2026 | 3,190 | 7,798 | +7.0% |
| May 2026 | 3,813 | 7,290 | −27.8% |
| April 2026 | 4,796 | 10,095 | +31.1% |
| March 2026 | 3,760 | 7,702 | +14.3% |
| February 2026 | 3,801 | 6,736 | −38.7% |
| January 2026 | 5,706 | 10,997 | +3.7% |
| December 2025 | 5,290 | 10,607 | −3.5% |
| November 2025 | 5,618 | 10,994 | −47.8% |
| October 2025 | 9,194 | 21,071 | – |
What Hades costs to play
| Item | Price | Per | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hades (Steam UK, standard price) | £20.99 | game | store.steampowered.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
| Hades (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo eShop UK) | £22.49 | game | nintendo.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
How long is Hades?
Hades takes about 23.5 hours to finish the main story, and about 95.5 hours to complete everything.
- Main story23.5 h
- Main + extras48.5 h
- Completionist95.5 h
Cost per hour (main story)
89p
£20.99 on Steam UK ÷ 23.5 h
Source: HowLongToBeat, read 28 Oct 2026. Your time will vary with difficulty and play style.
How Hades is rated
GamesChart Score
90.4, #6 of 3,236 rated games
#1 of 2020 · #2 of the 2020s · #1 in Indie · #1 on Mobile
Critics
Players
Built from 306,854 ratings across 5 of 5 sources. Critics and players count 50/50. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #5
Red Dead Redemption 22018 · Rockstar Games90.8 - #6
Hades2020 · Supergiant Games90.4 - #7
Elden Ring2022 · FromSoftware90.3
Hades questions
How much does Hades cost in the UK?
Hades (Steam UK, standard price): £20.99. Hades (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo eShop UK): £22.49. Prices checked 21 October 2026.
Is Hades free to play?
No. Hades is not free to play: you buy the game to play it.
How long is Hades?
Main story: about 23.5 hours. Main + extras: about 48.5 hours. Completionist: about 95.5 hours (HowLongToBeat). At £20.99, that's 89p per hour (main story).
What age rating is Hades?
Hades is rated PEGI 12.
How many people play Hades?
Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts): 8,589, checked 21 October 2026. Its all-time Steam peak is 54,015.
What is Hades's all-time Steam peak?
54,015 concurrent players on Steam, the highest Steam Charts has recorded for Hades (read 28 October 2026). The peak in the last 30 days was 8,589. Players on other stores and consoles aren't counted.
Is Hades dead?
No. Hades peaked at 7,097 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 2,957 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are down 16% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on Xbox Series X|S, PS4, iOS, PS5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
Do these Hades player numbers include consoles?
No. The player counts on this page are Steam only (Steam Charts, read 28 October 2026). People playing on Xbox Series X|S, PS4, iOS, PS5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, through Game Pass or on other PC stores aren't counted, and publishers rarely publish those figures.
Who makes Hades?
Hades is developed by Supergiant Games.
Hades is an action game in which you play Zagreus, son of Hades, fighting his way out of the Greek underworld in repeated attempts, with the rooms and rewards changing on each run. It was developed and published by Supergiant Games and first released in 2020; the full version arrived on Steam on 17 September 2020. It is sold at a one-off price on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch.
How it plays
Hades is a rogue-like dungeon crawler. The player is Zagreus, the immortal Prince of the Underworld, trying to break free from the god of the dead himself. Each escape attempt is a run through an ever-shifting Underworld, and its guardian bosses remember Zagreus from earlier attempts.
Combat is fast-paced action with the mythic weapons and powers of Olympus. Gods such as Zeus, Athena and Poseidon offer Boons that strengthen Zagreus's abilities, and Supergiant Games says there are thousands of possible character builds. Between runs, the Mirror of Night gives permanent upgrades, so Zagreus grows stronger over time.
The story moves forward a little with each attempt, through a fully voiced cast of gods, ghosts and monsters whose relationships with Zagreus can be developed. Players who want more of a test can raise the challenge. The game is single-player.
What it costs
At standard price Hades costs £20.99 on Steam UK and £22.49 on the Nintendo eShop UK, so the Switch version is £1.50 dearer. Steam lists one DLC item for the game.
Players
On 21 October 2026 Steam Charts showed a 30-day peak of 8,589 concurrent players and an all-time peak of 54,015. Steam Charts doesn't count players on Switch, PlayStation or Xbox.
Age rating
Hades is rated PEGI 12 for violence and bad language. pegi.info lists the rating for PC (31 December 2020), Nintendo Switch (31 March 2021), and PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S (26 August 2021). The sequel, Hades II, has its own separate PEGI 12 entry.
It ranks #6 in our best games of all time ranking.
How we checked
Prices are the Steam UK and Nintendo eShop UK listings, read on 21 October 2026 at standard price. Player figures are from Steam Charts on the same day. The age rating is from pegi.info. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page.
Card art and page images: screenshots from Supergiant Games' Hades Steam store page. © Supergiant Games. All trademarks belong to their owners. GamesChart is not endorsed by or affiliated with Supergiant Games.
Official links: Steam · nintendo.com
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Sources
- Card art and page images – Hades Steam store screenshots (Supergiant Games), published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam UK – Hades, published by store.steampowered.com
- Nintendo UK – Hades, published by nintendo.com
- PEGI rating – Hades, published by pegi.info
- Steam Charts – Hades, published by steamcharts.com
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