Elden Ring Nightreign vs Hades II
Co-op roguelike chaos versus solo mythic craft — both reset constantly, but they reward very different group sizes.
Updated 24d ago
Solo and duos both work now — the launch reviews calling solo a death sentence are a year stale. Still worth $39.99 if you can live with six months of silence.
Supergiant's hardest swing in years — Hades II isn't a remix, it's a deeper, weirder game that still respects the original's perfect run-based loop.
By the numbers
Prices checked Sep 7; they move faster than we refresh, so confirm on the store page.
Recent-review figures are Steam's own last-30-days window, read Sep 7.
| Measure | Elden Ring Nightreign | Hades II |
|---|---|---|
| Value Hades II wins on value | ||
| Price now | $34.99 −13% · GameBillet | $29.99 Microsoft Store |
| All-time low | $26.37 | $20.99 |
| Cost / hour | $1.25/hr $34.99 · 28 h main story | $0.98/hr $29.99 · 31 h main story |
| Off its low | +33% low was Dec 2025 | +43% low was Jun 2026 |
| Main story | 28 h | 31 h |
| Health Hades II wins on player health | ||
| Steam reviews | 82% 191k reviews | 96% 123k reviews |
| Recent reviews | 78% 1k votes · vs 82% lifetime | 95% 963 votes · vs 96% lifetime |
| Peak players | 34,386 Aug 2026 · ↓ 16% MoM | 7,334 Aug 2026 · ↓ 19% MoM |
| Launch peak | — | 7% of Sep 2025 launch peak · as of Aug 2026 |
| All-time peak | 240,640 Jun 2025 · now at 14% | 112,300 Sep 2025 |
| Support | ||
| Last patch | 8 months ago | 8 weeks ago |
| Patch cadence | 0 in last 90 days | 1 in last 90 days |
| Steam Deck | Platinum | Platinum |
Shared scale — same months across the bottom, same player-count axis up the side, so the two lines are directly comparable. A shorter line means a younger game.
What players say
Patterns from long-haul reviewers, taken from each game's verdict. Not live sentiment — each side is dated below.
Elden Ring Nightreign
The 40-minute run — two days of scavenging, two night bosses, one Nightlord — and how well it holds up with two friends on a voice call.
Silence from FromSoftware. Reviewers with hundreds of hours file negatives asking for content rather than fixes, and July brought a wave of crash reports.
from our July 2026 verdict
Hades II
The sheer variety of weapon builds, boon combinations, and engaging narrative drive players to return for hundreds of hours.
from our May 2026 verdict
Key differences
Which one is for you?
Pick Elden Ring Nightreign if
- You have two friends ready for voice chat and forty-minute co-op runs
- You prefer auto-scaling over manual build crafting
- You want a tight roguelike loop without a long campaign to invest in
Pick Hades II if
- You loved Hades and want deeper systems at twice the mechanical depth
- You enjoy slow-burn unlocks and Greek myth storytelling across 30+ hours
- You care about active development and don't mind a 96% Steam review score
Bottom line
Pick Nightreign if co-op with friends is your priority; choose Hades II for solo depth, where its 96% review score and continued patches outweigh Nightreign's 82% and 0-patch streak.