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Hades II vs HoloCure - Save the Fans!

Hades II is an action-RPG roguelike game from Supergiant Games (2025) while HoloCure - Save the Fans! is a roguelike game from KayAnimate (2023).

Hades II

2025 · Supergiant Games

8.7GamingPickz Score

$29.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

HoloCure - Save the Fans!

2023 · KayAnimate

8.5GamingPickz Score

Free

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

What each one is

Steam files Hades II under Action-RPG and Roguelike. In contrast, it files HoloCure - Save the Fans! under Roguelike.

Hades II

Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.

Description from its Steam store page

HoloCure - Save the Fans!

Play as your favorite Vtubers from Hololive! Fight, explore, and clear your way through armies of fans and save them from their mind-control in this unofficial free fan-game.

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

Hades IIHoloCure - Save the Fans!
GamingPickz Score8.7/108.5/10
Steam ratingOverwhelmingly Positive (96%, 122,855)Overwhelmingly Positive (99%, 40,697)
Critic aggregate94/100No aggregate
Price$29.99Free
Install size11 GB0.24 GB
Steam Deckverifiedplayable
Released20252023
DeveloperSupergiant GamesKayAnimate

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Hades II vs HoloCure - Save the Fans!, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    Hades IIAction-RPG roguelike game
    HoloCure - Save the Fans!Roguelike game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    Hades IIAction, Rogue-like, Rogue-lite
    HoloCure - Save the Fans!Pixel Graphics, Bullet Hell, Anime

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    Hades IIScore 8.7 · 96% on Steam · 94 critic
    HoloCure - Save the Fans!Score 8.5 · 99% on Steam

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    Hades II122,855 reviews · 1 add-on · 11 GB
    HoloCure - Save the Fans!40,697 reviews · 0.24 GB

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    Hades II$29.99
    HoloCure - Save the Fans!Free

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    Hades IIVerified
    HoloCure - Save the Fans!Playable

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Hades II takes 2 of the marked rounds to 1. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

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01000100PlayersPopularity

Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Hades II (GamingPickz Score 8.7)
  • The cheaper right now: HoloCure - Save the Fans! (Free)
  • Better on a Steam Deck: Hades II (verified)
  • Lighter on storage: HoloCure - Save the Fans! (0.24 GB)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: Hades II (122,855 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

ActionRogue-liteAction RoguelikeFemale ProtagonistSingleplayer

Where they differ

Hades II is also

Rogue-likeHack and SlashRPGMythologyDungeon CrawlerAction RPG

HoloCure - Save the Fans! is also

Pixel GraphicsBullet HellAnimeCute2DTop-Down Shooter

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Hades II is demanding, for players who want a challenge. HoloCure - Save the Fans! is demanding, for players who want a challenge.

System requirements, side by side

Hades IIHoloCure - Save the Fans!
Minimum GPUGeForce GTX 950
Minimum CPUDual Core 2.4 GHz
Minimum RAM8 GB0.3 GB
Install size11 GB0.24 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Hades II · HoloCure - Save the Fans!.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Hades II and 1 for HoloCure - Save the Fans!. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Hades II and HoloCure - Save the Fans! in scope?

Hades II has drawn 122,855 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 11 GB. HoloCure - Save the Fans! has drawn 40,697 Steam reviews and installs in 0.24 GB.

Is Hades II or HoloCure - Save the Fans! better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Hades II rates higher (8.7 to 8.5). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, Hades II or HoloCure - Save the Fans!?

HoloCure - Save the Fans! is cheaper right now at Free, against $29.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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