Games Like Hades 2: Roguelikes With Style and Story
The best games like Hades 2 — roguelikes with deep combat, narrative between runs, and the specific Supergiant Games polish.
Hades II took everything Supergiant learned from the original Hades and expanded it — new protagonist Melinoë, two exploration paths (underworld and surface), the Arcana card system, and a larger cast of Greek gods offering boons. It's in early access and already one of the best roguelikes available.
Finding games like Hades 2 means hunting for roguelikes that combine tight action combat with narrative progression between runs — games where dying isn't just a reset but a story beat.
The original and direct family
Hades is essential if you haven't played it. The original established the "narrative roguelike" template that Hades II expands on. The games like Hades post has more.
Supergiant's other games — Transistor, Bastion, Pyre — aren't roguelikes but share Supergiant's commitment to narrative-integrated gameplay and extraordinary music.
The narrative roguelikes
Curse of the Dead Gods is isometric roguelike with Mesoamerican temple aesthetic. Corruption system where curses accumulate across rooms, granting power at cost. Closest to Hades' combat feel.
Cult of the Lamb blends roguelike combat with cult management simulation. Charming, dark, deeply addictive.
Going Under is roguelike set in a failed startup's dungeon-basement. Satirical, weapon-based, chaotic.
The action roguelikes
Dead Cells is 2D metroidvania roguelike with crisp combat and massive weapon variety. The games like Dead Cells post has more.
Enter the Gungeon is bullet-hell roguelike with hundreds of guns. The games like Enter the Gungeon post has more.
Nuclear Throne is Vlambeer's frantic twin-stick roguelike.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth has the deepest item synergy system in any roguelike.
Returnal is third-person shooter roguelike with narrative elements. The games like Returnal post has more.
The bullet heaven / survivors-like picks
Vampire Survivors pioneered the auto-attack roguelike. The games like Vampire Survivors post has more.
Halls of Torment is Diablo-styled survivors-like.
Brotato is tight arena survivors with deep build variety.
Granny's Rampage is our own bullet heaven — run-based, build-variety-driven, with weapon progression through boss kills. Same family tree as Hades, different branch.
The deck-building roguelikes
Slay the Spire is the deckbuilder roguelike that defined the subgenre.
Balatro is poker roguelike that became a 2024 phenomenon. The best deck building games post has more.
Inscryption is horror card game with meta-narrative.
The Greek mythology alternatives
Immortals Fenyx Rising is open-world Greek mythology action.
Apotheon is Greek pottery art style action platformer.
Okhlos: Omega is Greek mythology mob-management roguelike.
What we make at Choost
Granny's Rampage sits in the roguelike/bullet-heaven space alongside Hades — different combat angle (screen-filling projectiles vs precise melee) but shared "each run builds your understanding and your character's power." Granny's Gambit captures the deckbuilder roguelike angle instead.
For more roguelike content, the best roguelike games, hades best builds, and hades 2 tips posts have more.
The short answer
For direct Hades experience: Play the original Hades if you haven't.
For closest combat feel: Curse of the Dead Gods.
For narrative + management hybrid: Cult of the Lamb.
For 2D action roguelike: Dead Cells.
For bullet hell roguelike: Enter the Gungeon.
For deckbuilder roguelike: Slay the Spire or Balatro.
For bullet heaven: Vampire Survivors or Granny's Rampage.
Hades II is Supergiant at their best, which is a very high bar. The roguelike genre it lives in is the healthiest genre in indie gaming right now — dozens of excellent options across every subgenre. Pick based on the combat style and meta-progression that appeals most and commit to mastering it.