He is also helped on his quest by notorious residents of the Underworld, such as Sisyphus, Eurydice, or Patroclus. His quest is supported by the other Olympians, who grant him gifts, called Boons, to help fight the beings that protect the exit from the Underworld.

The player takes the role of Zagreus, the prince of the Underworld, who is trying to escape the realm to get away from his unloving father, Hades, and reach his mother Persephone in the mortal world. Gameplay Hades is presented in an isometric view, with the player controlling Zagreus (center) as he fights his way out of the Underworld. A sequel, Hades II, was announced in 2022.

It sold more than a million copies and was named game of the year by several award ceremonies and media publications. Hades has been cited among the greatest video games of all time, with its narrative, gameplay, art, music and voice acting receiving universal acclaim. The roguelike structure of Hades gave them the opportunity to tell these branching stories to the player over the course of multiple runs. Hades was developed following Supergiant's Pyre, a game in which they wanted to explore procedural narrative storytelling, but due to the nature of the main gameplay, found that players did not play through Pyre multiple times to explore this. While Zagreus will often die, the player can use gained treasure to improve certain attributes or unlock new weapons and abilities to improve chances of escaping on subsequent runs. The game has a hack and slash combat system the player uses a combination of their main weapon attack, a special attack, a dash ability, and a magic ability to defeat them while avoiding damage to progress as far as possible. Each run challenges the player through a random series of rooms populated with enemies and rewards. Players control Zagreus, the son of Hades, as he attempts to escape from the Underworld to reach Mount Olympus, at times aided by gifts bestowed on him from the other Olympians. It is also set to release for iOS in 2024 through Netflix Games. It was later released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in August 2021. It was released for macOS, Nintendo Switch, and Windows following an early access release in December 2018. Hades is a 2020 roguelike video game developed and published by Supergiant Games.

For mac instal Hades II