The Binding of Isaac stands out as one of the best Action/RPG titles in recent memory.
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Verdict
95%
Steam
84
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (95% positive from 62K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (84/100 critic average)
Outstanding soundtrack
Steep difficulty curve may not appeal to casual players
The Binding of Isaac is a 2011 roguelike action-adventure game designed by independent developers Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl. It was initially released for Microsoft Windows, then ported to OS X and Linux. The game's title and plot are inspired by the Biblical story of the Binding of Isaac. In the game, Isaac's mother receives a message from God demanding the life of her son as proof of her faith, and Isaac, fearing for his life, flees into the monster-filled basement of their home where he must fight to survive. Players control Isaac or one of the 6 other unlockable characters through a procedurally generated dungeon in a roguelike manner, fashioned after those of The Legend of Zelda, defeating monsters in real-time combat while collecting items and power-ups to defeat bosses and eventually Isaac's mother.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 2d ago
Do you think you're terrible at video games? You can spend 500+ hours playing and 100% the game, and still feel like you're terrible at video games with The Binding of Isaac. It's addictive.
Yeah, it's kinda obsolete today, it would be insane to play this over Repentance, but this is where it all started. I don't exactly recommend it to newcomers, but long time fans will definitely enjoy having this in their library as an important piece of video game history.
the great tornado ridden by pecos bill tore my goldfish into puzzle pieces that were unsolvable, until i played the saac. the saac opened on steam with heavenly tomes, destroying any negative energy in a 250 mile radius. then it located every piece of my goldfish and reassembled it faster than cap pulling the mjolnir.
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