# The Binding of Isaac

7 Hacker News commenters recommended The Binding of Isaac and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a long game that takes hundreds of hours to beat and runs well on iPad and Steam.

## Why people recommend it

- Many hours of play (2 comments): "I have played a lot of binding of isaac even though I feel like I am a noob" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45829481)) "takes hundreds of hours to beat, and worked well on iPad" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47747146))
- Runs well on iPad and Steam (2 comments): "takes hundreds of hours to beat, and worked well on iPad" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47747146)) "Binding of Isaac runs great via steam/Proton" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47749133))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Helldivers 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/helldivers-2.md): 50 recommend
- [Triple-A Minesweeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/triple-a-minesweeper.md): 40 recommend
- [Quake II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-2.md): 33 recommend
- [Red Dead Redemption 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/red-dead-redemption-2.md): 28 recommend
- [Grand Theft Auto (1997)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto.md): 28 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Binding of Isaac", https://hackerapproved.com/p/binding-of-isaac/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).