The Binding of Isaac

28 Sep, 2011Steam Store

★ 94%49,013 reviews4.99 €

DeveloperEdmund McMillen

PublisherEdmund McMillen

Action Roguelike Roguelike Indie Replay Value Difficult Procedural Generation Dark Action Top-Down Great Soundtrack Addictive Singleplayer Adventure Roguelite 2D Dungeon Crawler Survival RPG

Most distinctive niche

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Among all this game's genres, this is the one where players have the most distinctive taste — they rate games very differently from the average Steam gamer, suggesting a more passionate, selective community. It's not about what the game is most tagged as — it's about which of its communities has the most opinionated audience.

Difficult

Est. Gross Revenue$000,000Unlock →

Copies Sold000,000Unlock →

Avg Playtime24.5h

Median Playtime5.0h

Reviewer Lifetime Playtime

Lifetime playtime reported by Steam for 519 sampled reviewers when the data was collected - non-reviewing owners excluded.

Mean significantly exceeds median - a small group of highly dedicated reviewers is pulling the average up. A passionate minority logs hundreds of hours while most reviewers finish their run or the whole story and move on. Classic pattern for sandboxes, roguelikes, and competitive games with infinite depth - the 'superfan tail' inflates the mean.

10th %ile2.0h

90th %ile110.8h

Median13.6h

Mean43.9h

MedianMeanP10-P90 range

Review History Summary

Monthly reviews — positive up, negative down. Dotted lines: Releases = EA · 1.0 · DLCs (soundtracks, radio, music EPs excluded). Hover a release date to see details in the tooltip.

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