The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
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How do players who really played The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth rate it? TrueGG Rating 94.5%

Release date: Nov 4, 2014 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it about the same as Steam overall. Early impressions are weaker, so the first few hours tend to decide whether it clicks.

Good for

  • Players looking for hundreds of hours
  • Players who want a good story and characters

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
94.5%
▼ −2.3 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 50+ hours (last 180 days) · 31,352 reviews

TrueGG, all time
97.0%
Steam overall
96.8%
Japanese, all time
95.6%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 2.0% of all reviews. Their positive share is 78.2%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (50h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 50 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h60%1,3181–2 h79%8332–5 h95%8,1825–10 h96%9,21510–20 h96%11,30920–50 h96%15,27250–100 h95%10,836100–200 h94%9,379200+ h94%11,137Positive share by playtime0–1 h1,31860%1–2 h83379%2–5 h8,18295%5–10 h9,21596%10–20 h11,30996%20–50 h15,27296%50–100 h10,83695%100–200 h9,37994%200+ h11,13794%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h59.8%50.0%1,318
1–2 h79.2%—833
2–5 h94.5%50.0%8,182
5–10 h95.6%100.0%9,215
10–20 h96.3%100.0%11,309
20–50 h96.0%100.0%15,272
50–100 h95.3%100.0%10,836
100–200 h94.3%75.0%9,379
200+ h93.9%100.0%11,137

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 50+ hours. 72% had 20+ hours and 43% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth has a TrueGG Rating of 94.5%: the positive share among 31,352 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 50+ hours, close to Steam's overall 96.8%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 97.0%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 2% of the total, with 78% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

Beyond the first hours, approval is fairly even across playtime.

Positive reviews praise how fun it feels, the story, and monetization and DLC.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (96.7% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

It is also a game many people bounce off early (early reviews are much less positive than those of players who stuck with it).

− Most mentioned complaints

No standout topics

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel22% of positive reviews (9% of negative)
  • Story10% of positive reviews (5% of negative)
  • Monetization & DLC8% of positive reviews (4% of negative)
  • Difficulty8% of positive reviews (4% of negative)
＋ ローグライク＋ 出来＋ キャラクター＋ リメイク＋ 種類＋ ランダム＋ 無限＋ 対応− can't− ass− stupid− doesn't− actually− rather− annoying− anything

Counted from 320 recent negative and 592 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating96.8%All time, all languages · 463,662 reviews
Adjusted rating96.7%Weighted by trust (95% range 96.5%–96.8%), −0.1pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews93.6%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−3.2pt vs overall) · 312 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review1%10%
Very short text48%40%
Key activated outside Steam13%12%
Received for free3%1%
Owns very few games25%12%
Over 100 reviews written0%1%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.720.75

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 94.8 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 10k 20k 30k 40k 2014-11: +5,145 / −121 2014-12: +2,175 / −32 2015-01: +1,438 / −41 2015-02: +938 / −14 2015-03: +944 / −15 2015-04: +727 / −14 2015-05: +628 / −8 2015-06: +1,155 / −25 2015-07: +701 / −17 2015-08: +761 / −25 2015-09: +792 / −8 2015-10: +1,168 / −21 2015-11: +1,605 / −49 2015-12: +1,651 / −32 2016-01: +1,404 / −23 2016-02: +1,010 / −22 2016-03: +726 / −14 2016-04: +517 / −11 2016-05: +598 / −11 2016-06: +730 / −6 2016-07: +637 / −14 2016-08: +484 / −15 2016-09: +441 / −8 2016-10: +422 / −11 2016-11: +7,454 / −30 2016-12: +1,060 / −24 2017-01: +1,928 / −99 2017-02: +954 / −46 2017-03: +694 / −26 2017-04: +555 / −22 2017-05: +539 / −23 2017-06: +1,332 / −41 2017-07: +1,048 / −33 2017-08: +532 / −21 2017-09: +451 / −14 2017-10: +564 / −13 2017-11: +4,235 / −30 2017-12: +696 / −20 2018-01: +620 / −19 2018-02: +491 / −15 2018-03: +411 / −12 2018-04: +369 / −12 2018-05: +563 / −38 2018-06: +536 / −22 2018-07: +495 / −23 2018-08: +387 / −17 2018-09: +309 / −18 2018-10: +355 / −26 2018-11: +2,736 / −31 2018-12: +461 / −20 2019-01: +455 / −16 2019-02: +374 / −17 2019-03: +321 / −9 2019-04: +361 / −13 2019-05: +363 / −16 2019-06: +2,744 / −19 2019-07: +2,980 / −19 2019-08: +264 / −9 2019-09: +222 / −10 2019-10: +925 / −20 2019-11: +5,474 / −37 2019-12: +3,587 / −43 2020-01: +2,809 / −31 2020-02: +2,277 / −35 2020-03: +2,781 / −34 2020-04: +2,445 / −31 2020-05: +1,967 / −36 2020-06: +2,032 / −32 2020-07: +2,509 / −41 2020-08: +1,832 / −30 2020-09: +1,581 / −28 2020-10: +1,852 / −17 2020-11: +3,331 / −30 2020-12: +2,535 / −45 2021-01: +3,520 / −70 2021-02: +2,657 / −50 2021-03: +3,250 / −63 2021-04: +12,323 / −423 2021-05: +6,737 / −217 2021-06: +4,784 / −176 2021-07: +4,445 / −171 2021-08: +3,524 / −150 2021-09: +2,935 / −109 2021-10: +2,902 / −105 2021-11: +5,756 / −131 2021-12: +4,134 / −170 2022-01: +4,387 / −138 2022-02: +3,157 / −127 2022-03: +3,292 / −141 2022-04: +3,061 / −116 2022-05: +2,628 / −85 2022-06: +2,750 / −112 2022-07: +3,541 / −138 2022-08: +3,054 / −115 2022-09: +2,803 / −96 2022-10: +2,414 / −74 2022-11: +4,635 / −100 2022-12: +3,567 / −137 2023-01: +4,186 / −141 2023-02: +2,929 / −121 2023-03: +3,336 / −120 2023-04: +3,035 / −99 2023-05: +2,755 / −109 2023-06: +2,819 / −124 2023-07: +4,631 / −181 2023-08: +3,648 / −138 2023-09: +3,207 / −120 2023-10: +3,493 / −135 2023-11: +6,865 / −152 2023-12: +4,601 / −196 2024-01: +5,132 / −188 2024-02: +3,449 / −151 2024-03: +3,684 / −150 2024-04: +2,764 / −121 2024-05: +2,685 / −109 2024-06: +3,024 / −107 2024-07: +4,105 / −172 2024-08: +3,372 / −177 2024-09: +2,830 / −120 2024-10: +2,657 / −113 2024-11: +8,016 / −407 2024-12: +7,191 / −401 2025-01: +6,875 / −331 2025-02: +4,604 / −238 2025-03: +4,491 / −234 2025-04: +3,236 / −148 2025-05: +3,148 / −229 2025-06: +3,266 / −196 2025-07: +4,371 / −259 2025-08: +3,308 / −196 2025-09: +3,208 / −183 2025-10: +3,260 / −151 2025-11: +8,055 / −177 2025-12: +4,575 / −217 2026-01: +5,213 / −244 2026-02: +4,072 / −197 2026-03: +4,110 / −229 2026-04: +3,395 / −199 2026-05: +3,578 / −184 2026-06: +9,606 / −750 2026-07: +29,783 / −1,795 2026-08: +12,521 / −798 2026-09: +7,551 / −573 2026-10: +4,002 / −268 2014/112015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 96.3% 2014-11: 97.7%2014-12: 98.6%2015-01: 97.2%2015-02: 98.5%2015-03: 98.4%2015-04: 98.1%2015-05: 98.7%2015-06: 97.9%2015-07: 97.6%2015-08: 96.8%2015-09: 99.0%2015-10: 98.2%2015-11: 97.0%2015-12: 98.1%2016-01: 98.4%2016-02: 97.9%2016-03: 98.1%2016-04: 97.9%2016-05: 98.2%2016-06: 99.2%2016-07: 97.8%2016-08: 97.0%2016-09: 98.2%2016-10: 97.5%2016-11: 99.6%2016-12: 97.8%2017-01: 95.1%2017-02: 95.4%2017-03: 96.4%2017-04: 96.2%2017-05: 95.9%2017-06: 97.0%2017-07: 96.9%2017-08: 96.2%2017-09: 97.0%2017-10: 97.7%2017-11: 99.3%2017-12: 97.2%2018-01: 97.0%2018-02: 97.0%2018-03: 97.2%2018-04: 96.9%2018-05: 93.7%2018-06: 96.1%2018-07: 95.6%2018-08: 95.8%2018-09: 94.5%2018-10: 93.2%2018-11: 98.9%2018-12: 95.8%2019-01: 96.6%2019-02: 95.7%2019-03: 97.3%2019-04: 96.5%2019-05: 95.8%2019-06: 99.3%2019-07: 99.4%2019-08: 96.7%2019-09: 95.7%2019-10: 97.9%2019-11: 99.3%2019-12: 98.8%2020-01: 98.9%2020-02: 98.5%2020-03: 98.8%2020-04: 98.7%2020-05: 98.2%2020-06: 98.4%2020-07: 98.4%2020-08: 98.4%2020-09: 98.3%2020-10: 99.1%2020-11: 99.1%2020-12: 98.3%2021-01: 98.1%2021-02: 98.2%2021-03: 98.1%2021-04: 96.7%2021-05: 96.9%2021-06: 96.5%2021-07: 96.3%2021-08: 95.9%2021-09: 96.4%2021-10: 96.5%2021-11: 97.8%2021-12: 96.1%2022-01: 97.0%2022-02: 96.1%2022-03: 95.9%2022-04: 96.3%2022-05: 96.9%2022-06: 96.1%2022-07: 96.2%2022-08: 96.4%2022-09: 96.7%2022-10: 97.0%2022-11: 97.9%2022-12: 96.3%2023-01: 96.7%2023-02: 96.0%2023-03: 96.5%2023-04: 96.8%2023-05: 96.2%2023-06: 95.8%2023-07: 96.2%2023-08: 96.4%2023-09: 96.4%2023-10: 96.3%2023-11: 97.8%2023-12: 95.9%2024-01: 96.5%2024-02: 95.8%2024-03: 96.1%2024-04: 95.8%2024-05: 96.1%2024-06: 96.6%2024-07: 96.0%2024-08: 95.0%2024-09: 95.9%2024-10: 95.9%2024-11: 95.2%2024-12: 94.7%2025-01: 95.4%2025-02: 95.1%2025-03: 95.0%2025-04: 95.6%2025-05: 93.2%2025-06: 94.3%2025-07: 94.4%2025-08: 94.4%2025-09: 94.6%2025-10: 95.6%2025-11: 97.8%2025-12: 95.5%2026-01: 95.5%2026-02: 95.4%2026-03: 94.7%2026-04: 94.5%2026-05: 95.1%2026-06: 92.8%2026-07: 94.3%2026-08: 94.0%2026-09: 92.9%2026-10: 93.7% 2014/112015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 100 200 300 400 2026-09-20: +281 / −25 2026-09-21: +225 / −22 2026-09-22: +206 / −16 2026-09-23: +227 / −13 2026-09-24: +194 / −17 2026-09-25: +250 / −18 2026-09-26: +235 / −13 2026-09-27: +256 / −13 2026-09-28: +205 / −17 2026-09-29: +204 / −15 2026-09-30: +195 / −19 2026-10-01: +219 / −10 2026-10-02: +248 / −12 2026-10-03: +273 / −23 2026-10-04: +278 / −23 2026-10-05: +262 / −16 2026-10-06: +236 / −16 2026-10-07: +243 / −10 2026-10-08: +232 / −11 2026-10-09: +221 / −13 2026-10-10: +259 / −14 2026-10-11: +225 / −21 2026-10-12: +176 / −18 2026-10-13: +204 / −15 2026-10-14: +175 / −14 2026-10-15: +169 / −13 2026-10-16: +183 / −12 2026-10-17: +206 / −16 2026-10-18: +184 / −11 2026-10-19: +9 / −0 09/2009/2710/0410/1110/18
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2014-115,14512197.7%
2014-122,1753298.6%
2015-011,4384197.2%
2015-029381498.5%
2015-039441598.4%
2015-047271498.1%
2015-05628898.7%
2015-061,1552597.9%
2015-077011797.6%
2015-087612596.8%
2015-09792899.0%
2015-101,1682198.2%
2015-111,6054997.0%
2015-121,6513298.1%
2016-011,4042398.4%
2016-021,0102297.9%
2016-037261498.1%
2016-045171197.9%
2016-055981198.2%
2016-06730699.2%
2016-076371497.8%
2016-084841597.0%
2016-09441898.2%
2016-104221197.5%
2016-117,4543099.6%
2016-121,0602497.8%
2017-011,9289995.1%
2017-029544695.4%
2017-036942696.4%
2017-045552296.2%
2017-055392395.9%
2017-061,3324197.0%
2017-071,0483396.9%
2017-085322196.2%
2017-094511497.0%
2017-105641397.7%
2017-114,2353099.3%
2017-126962097.2%
2018-016201997.0%
2018-024911597.0%
2018-034111297.2%
2018-043691296.9%
2018-055633893.7%
2018-065362296.1%
2018-074952395.6%
2018-083871795.8%
2018-093091894.5%
2018-103552693.2%
2018-112,7363198.9%
2018-124612095.8%
2019-014551696.6%
2019-023741795.7%
2019-03321997.3%
2019-043611396.5%
2019-053631695.8%
2019-062,7441999.3%
2019-072,9801999.4%
2019-08264996.7%
2019-092221095.7%
2019-109252097.9%
2019-115,4743799.3%
2019-123,5874398.8%
2020-012,8093198.9%
2020-022,2773598.5%
2020-032,7813498.8%
2020-042,4453198.7%
2020-051,9673698.2%
2020-062,0323298.4%
2020-072,5094198.4%
2020-081,8323098.4%
2020-091,5812898.3%
2020-101,8521799.1%
2020-113,3313099.1%
2020-122,5354598.3%
2021-013,5207098.1%
2021-022,6575098.2%
2021-033,2506398.1%
2021-0412,32342396.7%
2021-056,73721796.9%
2021-064,78417696.5%
2021-074,44517196.3%
2021-083,52415095.9%
2021-092,93510996.4%
2021-102,90210596.5%
2021-115,75613197.8%
2021-124,13417096.1%
2022-014,38713897.0%
2022-023,15712796.1%
2022-033,29214195.9%
2022-043,06111696.3%
2022-052,6288596.9%
2022-062,75011296.1%
2022-073,54113896.2%
2022-083,05411596.4%
2022-092,8039696.7%
2022-102,4147497.0%
2022-114,63510097.9%
2022-123,56713796.3%
2023-014,18614196.7%
2023-022,92912196.0%
2023-033,33612096.5%
2023-043,0359996.8%
2023-052,75510996.2%
2023-062,81912495.8%
2023-074,63118196.2%
2023-083,64813896.4%
2023-093,20712096.4%
2023-103,49313596.3%
2023-116,86515297.8%
2023-124,60119695.9%
2024-015,13218896.5%
2024-023,44915195.8%
2024-033,68415096.1%
2024-042,76412195.8%
2024-052,68510996.1%
2024-063,02410796.6%
2024-074,10517296.0%
2024-083,37217795.0%
2024-092,83012095.9%
2024-102,65711395.9%
2024-118,01640795.2%
2024-127,19140194.7%
2025-016,87533195.4%
2025-024,60423895.1%
2025-034,49123495.0%
2025-043,23614895.6%
2025-053,14822993.2%
2025-063,26619694.3%
2025-074,37125994.4%
2025-083,30819694.4%
2025-093,20818394.6%
2025-103,26015195.6%
2025-118,05517797.8%
2025-124,57521795.5%
2026-015,21324495.5%
2026-024,07219795.4%
2026-034,11022994.7%
2026-043,39519994.5%
2026-053,57818495.1%
2026-069,60675092.8%
2026-0729,7831,79594.3%
2026-0812,52179894.0%
2026-097,55157392.9%
2026-104,00226893.7%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-2028125
2026-09-2122522
2026-09-2220616
2026-09-2322713
2026-09-2419417
2026-09-2525018
2026-09-2623513
2026-09-2725613
2026-09-2820517
2026-09-2920415
2026-09-3019519
2026-10-0121910
2026-10-0224812
2026-10-0327323
2026-10-0427823
2026-10-0526216
2026-10-0623616
2026-10-0724310
2026-10-0823211
2026-10-0922113
2026-10-1025914
2026-10-1122521
2026-10-1217618
2026-10-1320415
2026-10-1417514
2026-10-1516913
2026-10-1618312
2026-10-1720616
2026-10-1818411
2026-10-1990
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days93.7%7,863
Last 180 days94.4%77,342
All time96.8%463,662
Japanese, last 180 days82.1%28
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