# After ‘The Odyssey,’ 1 Award-Winning Video Game Franchise Deserves a TV Adaptation

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/after-the-odyssey-1-award-winning-video-game-franchise-deserves-a-tv-adaptation/
- Published: 2026-07-25T03:41:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-25T04:03:35+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/hades-video-game-tv-adaptation-the-odyssey/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film, Gaming, TV

## Key points

- Collider says Hades is well suited to a fantasy television adaptation.
- The games rework Greek mythology around Zagreus’s escape from the Underworld.
- Hades II expanded the franchise in 2025.

## Summary

Collider argues that Supergiant Games’ Hades franchise would be a strong candidate for a television adaptation, following the success of other game-based series such as Fallout, The Last of Us and The Witcher. The article says its Greek-mythology setting, character-driven story and distinctive visual style could suit the expanding fantasy-TV market, particularly amid renewed interest in Greek myths.

Released in 2020, Hades is a roguelike action role-playing game centred on Zagreus, son of Hades, as he tries to escape the Underworld and learn about his mother, Persephone. He receives help from Nyx and Olympian gods while repeatedly fighting Underworld monsters; each defeat returns him to the start, forming the game’s central cycle. The franchise received a sequel, Hades II, in 2025, which also includes Odysseus as an interactable character.

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