Hades sold 1 million copies, 30% of which were in the last four days

The developers thanked everyone who took an active part in early access and helped make Hades better.

Hades has now sold more than 1,000,000 copies.

700,000 of these were during our Early Access development. To all our Early Access players: Thank you so much. We designed Hades for Early Access, believing you could help us make a better game. That’s just what you did. #HadesGame pic.twitter.com/ueuG4lDMz8
— Supergiant Games ?

HADES v1.0 is Out!! (@SupergiantGames) September 20, 2020The Supergiant Games game was released in early access in December 2018 and has since sold 700,000 copies.

At the same time, until the end of 2019, Hades was an exclusive of the Epic Games Store.

The release of the full version took place on September 17 on PC and Nintendo Switch — during this time, players bought another 300 thousand copies.

In addition to the loyal audience, which helped the developers finalize the project at the early access stage, Supergiant Games staged a small sale at the release. Hades is currently on sale with a 20% discount on Steam and Epic Games Store.

Previously, Supergiant Games studio was known for such games as Bastion, Pyre and Transistor. Their new project is a “bagel” in the setting of ancient Greek mythology, the main character of which is an immortal prince of the Underworld. Now Hades has every chance to become their main and most successful title.

In addition to the support of the players, the game was warmly received by critics (the average score on Metacritic is 92). This allowed Hades to enter the top five most highly rated games of the year, being located behind such major titles as Half-Life Alyx and The Last of Us Part II.

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