The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Nicalis, Inc., Edmund McMillen · Nicalis, Inc.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a top-down action roguelike: you shoot tears through randomly built basement rooms and stack items that change how you shoot, move and survive.
What kind of game is it?
Room-by-room twin-stick combat in a dungeon built anew each run. Every floor hides a treasure room, a shop and a boss. Items stack on each other, so two pickups can turn a weak shot into a laser that crosses the screen. Dying ends the run, and finished runs unlock new items, characters and endings.
Who is it for?
For players who want every run to hinge on which strange item turns up in the second room.
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- Loop
- Action combat
- Sessions
- Short sessions
- Progression
- Unlocks between runs
- Players
- Solo or co-op
- Structure
- Roguelike
- Tone
- Dark · Challenging
Game DNA
What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.
- Progression62
Estimate
- Social55
Estimate
Key Steam facts
Steam store figures, checked 26 Sept 2026.
2014-11-04
Checked 26 Sept 2026.
Steam positive percent.
Checked 26 Sept 2026.
Checked 26 Sept 2026.
How many people play The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth?
Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.
Steam reviews × 25 to 55. For a free game: players, not sales.
Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.
Peak that month: 118,802.
Half of 300 recent reviewers played 23.6–171.3 h. 1% under 2 h.
Players over time
Where the players are
Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.
- English37%
- Russian23%
- Simplified Chinese12%
- Spanish (Spain)10%
- Portuguese (Brazil)4%
- Polish4%
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth players also play
Games played for more than an hour in 44 public Steam libraries of recent reviewers. Each one is played by at least 4 of these players and is more common here than across all libraries we read (× how much).
Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026
What makes it different?
Hundreds of items combine with each other in ways the game never explains, and new characters, bosses and endings keep unlocking long after the first credits.
Core mechanics
How it scores
The fantasy: Chaos and Mastery. Our scores out of 100, separate from Steam reviews.
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Store price checked 26 Sept 2026.
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