# Hades by Supergiant Games

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Hades by Supergiant Games and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People call it phenomenal and original, and an obvious example of its sub-genre. No criticism appeared in the recommending quotes.

## Why people recommend it

- Phenomenal, high-quality game (2 comments): "Hades and Hades II are phenomenal" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48865603)) "Original, phenomenal games covering damm near every genre" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46817864))
- Original across nearly every genre (1 comments): "Original, phenomenal games covering damm near every genre" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46817864))
- Prime example of its sub-genre (1 comments): "Hades is the most obvious example, but there are a variety of sub-genres at this point." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46819048))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [NetHack](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nethack.md): 60 recommend
- [Chess-Inspired Roguelike](https://hackerapproved.com/p/chess-inspired-roguelike.md): 33 recommend
- [Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dungeon-crawl-stone-soup.md): 16 recommend
- [Xs of Y](https://hackerapproved.com/p/xs-of-y.md): 14 recommend
- [Noita](https://hackerapproved.com/p/noita.md): 13 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Hades by Supergiant Games", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hades/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).