Picked on October 26, 2026

The Binding of Isaac 2011

Released: September 28, 2011
Anniversary: Turned 15 on September 28
Genres: Shooter · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · Indie
Platforms: PC · Mac
Developers: Edmund McMillen · Florian Himsl
More info: Wikipedia IGDB

Where to buy

Digital: Steam
In a collection: Binding of Isaac Bundle

Steam

The Blue King Collection

Steam
Physical: Search on Amazon

Affiliate links: GOG, Fanatical, Green Man Gaming, ININ Games and Amazon

Is it still worth playing?

Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl's 2011 PC game, made in Flash, in which Isaac flees into the basement after his mother hears God tell her to sacrifice him. Down there, rooms are generated afresh each run, and his tears are the bullets of a twin stick shooter. The items are the game. Passive ones change Isaac's stats and body, active ones recharge, and they all stack, so the right three can turn him into something monstrous. Death ends the run, with the unlocks carried into the next. Its religion comes from McMillen's own upbringing, and Nintendo refused a 3DS version over it. Items that stack into a creature nobody designed still make every run different today.