Genre RoguelikeReleased Sep 28, 2011
The Binding of Isaac
Developed by Edmund McMillen, Florian Himsl · Published by Edmund McMillen
$4.99
Estimated lifetime revenue
$1.58M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$1.11M
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
518.1K
≈ 8 sales per review
Reviews
63,031
Very Positive95% positive
Playing now
178
9-day peak 196 · low 178
New reviews, last 9 days
+47
≈ 5 a day since Oct 8
History
Oct 8 – Oct 17
63.0K63.0K63.0K63.0K
Oct 8Oct 12Oct 17
Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.
How it compares
Roguelike →Against the 125 most-reviewed Roguelike games on Steam
Outearns 25% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.
Median
$3.33M
20,416 reviews
Top 10% start at
$17.84M
This game
$1.58M
82nd pct. by reviews
The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.
About
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- Developer
- Edmund McMillen, Florian Himsl
- Publisher
- Edmund McMillen
- Genre
- Roguelike
- Released
- Sep 28, 2011
- Steam app ID
- 113200
- Data updated
- Oct 17, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.