Hades II

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Hades II

Developers
	Supergiant Games
Engines
Early access	The Forge
Release dates
Windows	Early access
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Isometric
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Roguelike
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Classical, Fantasy
Series	Hades

Hades
Hades	2020
Hades II	EA

Hades II is a singleplayer isometric action and roguelike game in the Hades series.

The game entered Early Access on Steam and Epic Games Store on May 6, 2024.

General information

Official Discord server

Official FAQ

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
Steam

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Hades II\GlobalSettingsWin.sjson
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1145350/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Hades II\Profile*.sav
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1145350/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Native 16:9 support (scaled up/down from the internal viewport of 1920x1080); see 16:10 (Steam Deck) for 16:10 support.
Multi-monitor			See Multi-monitor.
Ultra-widescreen			See Ultra-widescreen.
4K Ultra HD			Upscaled from the internal viewport of 1920x1080.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Limited to a maximum of 600 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Windowed

By default, window size is static; only the resolutions from the currently selected display are offered in the game settings, and the game window cannot be freely resized.

A custom window size / resolution can be manually set, by either:
(Note: replace <width> and <height> with your desired resolution.) Adding /X=<width> /Y=<height> to the game’s command line parameters from Steam/Epic. Setting X = <width> and Y = <height> in your GlobalSettingsWin.sjson configuration file.

Ultra-widescreen

For resolutions wider than 16:9 (e.g. 21:9), Hades II uses Hor+ scaling for gameplay / main rendering, with the HUD expanded horizontally as well.

Menus and static assets (e.g. dialogues, FMV) are pillarboxed in the center of the screen, with dedicated artwork rather than plain black bars.

There is an option to disable the artwork, but as of V0.90373 this setting does nothing.

Multi-monitor

Multi-monitor setups behave identically to ultra-widescreen.

By default, Hades II only works on multi-monitor setups emulating a single display (such as Eyefinity / Surround), as it is not possible to freely resize the game window. See Windowed for details and a bypass solution.

There are display issues with the HUD and menus, with some elements not properly resizing or being repositioned and being locked at 32:9-like sizes, as if internally the game was only expected to be played up to 32:9.

16:10 (Steam Deck)

For resolutions taller than 16:9 (e.g. 16:10), Hades II uses Vert+ scaling for gameplay / main rendering, with the HUD expanded vertically as well.

Menus and static assets (e.g. dialogues, FMV) are letterboxed in the center of the screen.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Listed as Type A button prompts.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 4, DualSense
PlayStation button prompts		DualShock 4 prompts listed as Type B button prompts.
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)

Generic/other controllers		Nintendo Switch Pro Controller is supported via Steam Input.
Button prompts		Listed as Type C button prompts.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Main, Music, Ambience, SFX and Speech volume sliders present.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Subtitles also present for music lyrics.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Only when set to borderless or windowed.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
Greek
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish
Ukrainian

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Input	SDL
Cutscenes	Bink Video	v2023.8

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core 2.4 GHz	Quad Core 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 AMD Radeon R7 360 Intel HD Graphics 630	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Intel Arc A580

A 64-bit operating system is required.