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Huh, I haven't played either, so I'll have to give them a shot.
Hades scared me off with the "rogue-like" label, which to me often means a lot of frustration and crazy difficulty spikes due to randomness. But if it's a smooth gameplay experience, I'll give it a shot. I have liked some others (Slay the Spire and FTL), but I generally like a more guided experience.
Hades is absolutely not a real roguelike, the only roguelike thing about it is that you make multiple runs through a semi-randomized dungeon, and that you can expect to die a lot.
However there is persistent progression and it's rare that you get truly screwed by RNG.
The random part is what weapon mods you get each run, but they are balanced. Part of the fun is not falling into a favorite weapon rut, but running with what you are given. And even a full "winning" run is only about half an hour so if you die it's not a big punishment.
Meanwhile the plot progresses despite your countless deaths, I won't spoil how. It's really a well done game and deserves the praise it gets, and you can get it on sale for like $10, I would go for it if you like beat em up type games at all.
Dread on the other hand appears to be love or hate it, people with weak platforming/traversal skills seem to absolutely hate specific sections where you have to avoid the indestructible EMMI robots with a mix of stealth and skill. I thought it was thrilling myself but YMMV
The rest of the game is a must play for any 2D Metroid fan, but definitely play on PC and not Switch as PC blows it away. With the FPS cap unlocked, I've rarely seen an action platformer flow so smoothly.
Awesome, I'll give them a shot. :)