The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-08
- High replayability and depth
- Extensive unlockable content
- Addictive and engaging gameplay
- Challenging but fair difficulty
- Frustrating and time-consuming
- Steep learning curve
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMnegativeWindows 8-11GB VRAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 390,818
- Positive
- 379,86397.2%
- Negative
- 10,9552.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 20,046,178
- Estimated revenue
- $300,492,208
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2570.47%
- Estimated copies lost
- 13,182
- Estimated revenue lost
- $197,598
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2580.5% Avg playtime 0.7h | 3130.6% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 2,0073.6% Avg playtime 289.9h | 52,58195.3% Avg playtime 284.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 13.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 124.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 784.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,202.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
55,159 total
Organic purchasers51,12892.7%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations4,0317.31%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
55,159 total
First impression0-2h1,0441.89%
Voted up: 71%
Mid game2-10h8,34415.1%
Voted up: 96%
Late game10-20h5,4799.93%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+40,29273.0%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
94.8%
Global baseline 95.9%
753 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 390,818 total.