


The levels, monsters and power ups are all re-generated, and you have to start again from square one. It’s a deliberately tough game where you’ll die – and die a lot. Each level has a series of these rooms, containing monsters, treasure chests and traps, culminating in a final boss fight. On another, it’s a twin stick shooter, where you’re speeding around the rooms of a dungeon, blasting enemies and dodging bullets until you kill your foes and unlock the doors. On one level it’s a roguelike done in the style of a classic arcade adventure – the original Legend of Zelda and Ultimate’s Atic Atac are obvious reference points.

The Binding of Isaac makes a fantastic Nintendo Switch game and Afterbirth+ is arguably the definitive version.īuy The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth + from Amazon UK | After all, it’s a dark tale of a child escaping from his homicidal mother, where Christian iconography meets a palette of blood, guts and faecal matter, and which is about as repellent as a game with a cheerful 16-bit retro art style can be. Ten years ago The Binding of Isaac would never have launched on a Nintendo platform. Available on Nintendo Switch (version tested), PC
