The Binding of Isaac

Last updated: 2026-01-13
  • Highly engaging and addictive gameplay experience
  • Excellent value for money and affordability
  • Endless replayability through procedural generation
  • Challenging difficulty discourages new players
  • Performance issues and frustrating bugs present
  • Poor item balance and design frustrations
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Emotions

Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
61,586
Positive
58,38294.8%
Negative
3,2045.2%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
4,635,225
Estimated revenue
$23,129,773
Game price
$5
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
983.46%
Estimated copies lost
7,376
Estimated revenue lost
$36,806
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment Ă— Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
993.5%
Avg playtime 0.8h
2438.6%
Avg playtime 0.9h
> 2h playtime
1856.5%
Avg playtime 33.8h
2,30981.4%
Avg playtime 61.9h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.6 rev/day
Last 30d9 rev/day
Quarterly43.6 rev/qtr
Days covered4,931.5 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,836 total
Organic purchasers2,50888.4%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations32811.6%
Voted up: 90%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,836 total
First impression0-2h49317.4%
Voted up: 78%
Mid game2-10h1,10639.0%
Voted up: 92%
Late game10-20h41514.6%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+82229.0%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.53% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
60.0%
Global baseline 90.0%
15 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 61,586 total.