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The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (plus DLCs): Nothing else comes close to the item variety and more importantly the item combinations and synergies you get in this game. Sure, there are a bunch of items that are just stat boosts, many other games stack these. But in Isaac you also get stacking and synergies on weird weapon and item effects that can sometimes lead to almost game breaking outcomes. And then you still manage to die.

Because of this Isaac excels at the “just one more run” style replayability.

Oh, I am willing to wait as long as it takes. What’s more, I am ready to take my wishlists into the grave with me. Your move publisher, do you want your $0.99 or not.

Thanks, I appreciate the answer, yes I think I see what you are getting at. I guess what I am missing is a sense of the sort of stuff I’d see when I look through that “window”. I will probably have to try it myself to fully get it.

I am curious about Journey on the top. I haven’t played the game, partly because I got the impression that it’s a relatively short game with little replay value. Now I went to look again and I did find a few Steam reviews with hundreds of hours of playtime but they don’t really elaborate on why they keep playing it. Here is what one review says:

“Albeit not a long game (typically 2h long), it has a great replay value, mostly because of its anonymous multiplayer.”

I’d love to hear your take on why you’d want to keep replaying it. I am OK with spoilers if necessary.

The Binding of Isaac Rebirth Complete Bundle as well as its individual components are at a new all time low. The game is an absolute classic and (to me) it’s still the best at what it does. It’s perfect on the Steam Deck too.

If you like the base game I highly recommend all the DLCs. Besides a ton of new content they also add many quality of life changes that make the game even more enjoyable.