8 Essential Video Games To Get You Into A New Genre

8. Hades - Roguelike

Roguelikes are a genre that many gamers immediately bounce off given their reputation for being among the toughest of all game types. 

They're generally designed to keep players on the back foot and force them to experiment with different strategies to find a way forward, as isn't necessarily a winning formula for the more patience-averse among us.

But not all roguelikes are designed to be quite so relentlessly oppressive, and for anyone curious to dip a toe in, there's simply no better entry point than Hades. 

Supergiant Games avoid basically every conceivable genre pitfall here, from actually saddling the gameplay with a compelling, mythologically inspired story, to providing a fitting in-universe explanation for its run-based format.

If more "advanced" roguelikes can threaten to overwhelm and demotivate, Hades ingeniously makes you feel like you're getting somewhere or learning something valuable each and every time you perish. 

And your timing to play Hades couldn't be much better either, as the sequel just recently launched in early access. Get in.