The Binding of Isaac
The Binding of Isaac is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac's form giving him super…
The Binding of Isaac is an adventure developed by Edmund McMillen, released 28 September 2011 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 167 hrs to finish.
What The Binding of Isaac is
The Binding of Isaac is an adventure game developed by Edmund McMillen and released in 2011. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Adobe Flash Player.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Binding of Isaac 's plot is loosely inspired by the biblical story of the same name. Isaac, a child, and his mother live in a small house on a hill, both happily keeping to themselves, with Isaac drawing pictures and playing with his toys, and his mother watching Christian broadcasts on television. Isaac's mother then hears "a voice from above", stating her son is corrupted with sin, and needs to be saved. It asks her to remove all that was evil from Isaac, in an attempt to save him. His mother obliges, taking away his toys, drawings, and even his clothes. The voice once again speaks to Isaac's mother, stating that Isaac must be cut off from all that is evil in the world. Once again…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, drama and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 99 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Binding of Isaac holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 437 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 167 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.5 GHz, 1GB of RAM and Direct X9.0c Compatible Card. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
The Binding of Isaac launched on 28 September 2011, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City, Dark Souls, Shadow of the Colossus (2011) and Gears of War 3. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City, Dark Souls, Shadow of the Colossus (2011), Gears of War 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Binding of Isaac yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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