Hours played
How long do people play The Binding of Isaac?
Half of its Steam reviewers had played 15 hours or less when they gave their verdict. The middle half sat between 4.5 hours and 55 hours.
First 2 h
83% recommend
2–5 h
93% recommend
5–10 h
95% recommend
10–20 h
96% recommend
20–50 h
97% recommend
50–100 h
98% recommend
100–200 h
98% recommend
200–500 h
98% recommend
500 h and up
99% recommend
One token is 1% of its Steam reviews, standing at the hours its author had played. Amber recommends it, red does not. Counted from about 63,200 Steam reviews, by the hours each author had played when they wrote theirs. It is not a time to beat.
Does The Binding of Isaac hold up?
It holds steady: between 93% and 99% recommend it at every stage past the first two hours.
The refund window
Do the first two hours of The Binding of Isaac tell you?
12% of its reviews were written inside Steam's two-hour refund window, and 83% of those recommend it. After the window, 96% do. Of the players who gave it a thumbs-down, 62% were already past the window; the typical thumbs-down came 3.5 hours in.
Out of every 20 thumbs-down, 8 came while a refund was still possible and 12 after the window had closed.
Seal
The Binding of Isaac holds up
Holds up
At least 93% of its Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage from 2 to 500+ hours played.
Earned when at least 90% of a game's Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage past the first two hours, counted over three or more stages of 200 reviews each, with no stage 5 points below an earlier one. Every game that holds it.
Made this game? Put the seal on your site
<a href="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/the-binding-of-isaac#seals"><img src="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/the-binding-of-isaac/seal/holds-up.png" width="160" height="160" alt="The Binding of Isaac: Holds up. At least 93% of its Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage from 2 to 500+ hours played."></a>Everyone's copy
12 of 50 copies here were never launched
In 50 libraries here. 12 never launched it; the typical player who did put in 7.5 h. 3 finished it.
Name 100
How well it's remembered
Named in 17% of Name 100 runs, about 1 in 6: people remember it when asked to name 100 games from memory.