Mobile game · 2020

Hades

A rogue-lite hack and slash dungeon crawler in which Zagreus, son of Hades the Greek god of the dead, attempts to escape his home and his oppressive father by fighting the souls of the dead through the various layers of the ever-shifting underworld, while getting to know and forging relationships with its inhabitants.

Estimated daily players

~1,300,0000.0%

Range 96K–10M

Estimated total players

~26,000,0000.0%

Range 9.6M–70M

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Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out

Sep 17, 2020iOSUSK 12PEGI TESRB 18CLASS IND 14GRAC 15ACB MCERO C

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Indie Role-playing (RPG)Action Drama Fantasy

Get the game

App Store (iPhone)

What the estimate rests on

Steam 58%
Reddit 16%
YouTube 16%
Twitch 11%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Hades, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Steam, Reddit, YouTube, Twitch. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.

Estimated daily players

~1,300,000

0.0%

Range 96K – 10M

Built from the live counts: Steam concurrents, Discord and Reddit members online, Twitch viewers.

Estimated total players

~26,000,000

0.0%

Range 9.6M – 70M

Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.

Estimated total players over time

2 readings · last 2 days

Estimated daily players over time

from live counts

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for Hades per calendar month, newest first
Month	Estimated total players	Change
August 2026	~41,000,000	—

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Hades where it is sold.

Steam players in game

3,882

Reviews: 307,357

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Community signals

How many people gather around Hades outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Reddit members

893,744

0.0%

YouTube subscribers

273,000

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Twitch viewers

Live channels: 13

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Not tracked for Hades: Google Play, App Store, Discord. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.

Storyline

Zagreus, the son of Hades, has discovered that his mother, which he was led to believe was Nyx, Night Incarnate, is actually someone else, and is outside Hell. He is now attempting to escape his father's domain, with the help of the other gods of Olympus, in an attempt to find his real mother.

Trailers

Gameplay Trailer

Trailer

Early Access Trailer

Launch Trailer

Screenshots

Frequently asked questions

How many people play Hades?

We estimate that about 26,000,000 people have played Hades — plausibly between 9.6M and 70M. Around 1,300,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 96K and 10M. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Steam, Reddit, YouTube and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Hades still active?

Yes. Hades is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.

How are the Hades player estimates worked out?

Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.