The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth is the massively updated expansion to 2014's roguelike of the year, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. Following Isaac one more time on his journey players will find bizarre…
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth is an adventure developed by Edmund McMillen, released 30 October 2015 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 8 hrs to finish.
What The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth is
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth is an adventure game developed by Edmund McMillen and released in 2015. It was published by Nicalis, Inc.. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
When Isaac’s mother starts hearing the voice of God demanding a sacrifice be made to prove her faith, Isaac escapes into the basement facing droves of deranged enemies, lost brothers and sisters, his fears, and eventually his mother.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 21 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 90, across 113 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 14 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for i3 and 2 GB RAM. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth launched on 30 October 2015, within three weeks of Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone and Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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