Binding of Isaac: 450,000 Reviews, English Only
What this page helps you decide: whether you read English comfortably, because this one offers no alternative.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth holds 449,464 Steam reviews at 96.9% positive — one of the largest samples tracked on this site — and it ships 1 interface language. That pairing does not occur anywhere else on this list, and it is the single most useful thing to know before buying it. Nearly half a million people have reviewed a game that has never been officially localised. For a run-based roguelike built on hundreds of items whose effects you learn by reading them, that is a real barrier, not a cosmetic one: the item text *is* the mechanic. It costs $14.99 and runs on windows, mac, linux. If English is not a problem for you, the review volume here is about as strong an endorsement as this genre produces.
Why the missing localisation matters more here
In an action-led game, unreadable text costs you some flavour. In an item-driven roguelike, it costs you the mechanics: the entire strategy layer lives in short item descriptions you read mid-run. This site flags the language row on every page, but for this title it is the deciding constraint rather than a footnote.
What the store page publishes, and what it does not
Published: developer, Steam release date, price, the single interface language, platform list, review totals. Not published: item count, unlock count, or how long a full unlock run takes. This page states none of them.
Step-by-Step
- Confirm you are comfortable reading item descriptions in English — that text carries the mechanics, it is not flavour.
- Expect to learn by dying. The item pool is the content, and it is not explained anywhere in-game.
- Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.
- The guide-video bench is deep, which partly compensates for the missing localisation.
Tips & Notes
- 1 interface language against 449,464 reviews — the widest gap between audience size and localisation on this list.
- Item text carries the mechanics, so the language constraint bites harder here than in an action game.
FAQ
Does Binding of Isaac have Chinese?
No. Its Steam page lists 1 interface language, checked 2026-08-28. It is one of four titles tracked here without official Chinese.
How many people have reviewed it?
449,464 reviews at 96.9% positive — among the largest samples on this list.
Is the language barrier a real problem?
For this title specifically, yes: item descriptions carry the mechanics rather than flavour text, so reading them is playing the game.
Sources
- Official The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth on Steam (official store page) — Source for the developer, Steam release date, price, review counts, review percentage, language list and platform list quoted on this page. Read 2026-08-28.
- Community "A Beginner's Guide To The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth" by Charlie Rave — Guide video referenced for The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth; search "The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth guide" returned about 542,849 results. Read 2026-08-28.