The Binding of Isaac

Shares rank 34 of 78 video games by recommenders

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

7 people gave an opinion

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Many hours of play
“I have played a lot of binding of isaac even though I feel like I am a noob”
Comment from 5 Nov 2025 in “Internet Archive's legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost”
“takes hundreds of hours to beat, and worked well on iPad”
Comment from 13 Apr 2026 in “Google Removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play”
Runs well on iPad and Steam
“takes hundreds of hours to beat, and worked well on iPad”
Comment from 13 Apr 2026 in “Google Removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play”
“Binding of Isaac runs great via steam/Proton”
Comment from 13 Apr 2026 in “Google Removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play”

6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“should really go play some of the 2000s and 2010s indie darlings”

RecommendsComment from 6 Jul 2026 in “Regression to the Mean: on LLMs and the quiet death of the new”

“Binding of Isaac runs great via steam/Proton”

RecommendsComment from 13 Apr 2026 in “Google Removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play”

“takes hundreds of hours to beat, and worked well on iPad”

RecommendsComment from 13 Apr 2026 in “Google Removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play”

“the saves are synced, even in mid session!”

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“Both of them cost a few bucks but both also give you a complete, ad-free experience.”

RecommendsComment from 7 Jan 2026 in “Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appear After 5 Seconds”

“I have played a lot of binding of isaac even though I feel like I am a noob”

RecommendsComment from 5 Nov 2025 in “Internet Archive's legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost”

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