Can I Run Hades?
Supergiant Games released Hades in 2020. It is an action indie game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. With more than 283 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. It is localised into 11 languages according to the store listing. Being 6 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. Completionists have 49 achievements to work through. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Builds exist for macOS as well as Windows. Its Metacritic score stands at 93.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Dual Core 2.4 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | 1GB VRAM / DirectX 10+ support |
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 SP1 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Dual Core 3.0 GHz+ |
|---|---|
| GPU | 2GB VRAM / DirectX 10+ support |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 SP1 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a mythological world. Play is structured around runs that rebuild the layout each attempt. Play is presented from an isometric view. The publisher supplies 11 storefront screenshots of these environments. Layouts generated at run time move the load onto the processor at the moment each new area is built.
Why Hades is demanding
Hades needs only 2 GB of video memory. Hades needs only 8 GB of RAM. Hades takes about 20 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Hades?
Hades targets a mainstream modern PC: 1GB VRAM / DirectX 10+ support and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to 2GB VRAM / DirectX 10+ support for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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What are the minimum system requirements for Hades?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Dual Core 2.4 GHz; GPU: 1GB VRAM / DirectX 10+ support; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 SP1.
How much storage does Hades need?
Hades needs about 15 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Hades?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Hades is the CPU.