Damn: Netflix is bringing hell to its gaming service in 2024.
hell is an isometric dungeon crawler roguelike in which you play the very handsome Zagreus, prince of Tartarus and son of Hades, as he tries to escape his father’s domain to reach the mortal world and find his mother. Before every attempt to escape hell, you choose one of several different weapons, and during the journey, the gods of Olympus offer you blessings to help you along the way. If Zagreus dies trying (and he will), he shows up at the beginning, being the prince of hell and all, to begin his escape again.
This is just a high-level overview and does nothing to convey all the charm that Supergiant put into this game. Over time, Zagreus forms relationships with his friends and family that deepen each time he returns to Hell, leading to some truly beautiful, heartbreaking, and funny moments.
The game launched on PC in early access in 2018, was formally released in 2020 (when it should have won Game of the Year, a fact I will never stop being angry about), and developer Supergiant recently announced a sequel in 2022. But The game never came to mobile devices until Netflix.
Unfortunately, the game is only released on iOS. But despite leaving Android users out in the cold, it’s really nice that more people have the opportunity to play this phenomenal (and totally stolen!) game.
