The Binding of Isaac: Unholy Edition splats across UK retail shelves March 16 [Update]

The Binding of Isaac: Unholy Edition is a DRM-free PC and Mac version that includes a free Steam gift key, the full soundtrack, a poster and a 40-page art book. Developed by Edmund McMillen of Super Meat Boy's Team Meat, The Binding of Isaac premiered on Steam in September along with an adorable plush from the Team Meat Shop on Etsy.

If you don't yet know why that darling doll is crying, go ahead and pick up The Binding of Isaac on Steam for $5, or wait for the Unholy Edition to launch in Europe at an unknown price. Or you can just listen to this song, whose recurring line is "To the basement, people, to the basement / Many surprises await you / In the basement, people, in the basement / You hid there last time, you know we're gonna find you."

Update: Merge Games, the publisher behind Isaac's Unholy Edition, is based in the UK. While it doesn't list the retail version specifically as UK-only, we assume that is, in fact, the case. All you North Americans can just crawl back into your basements now, thanks. We've reached out to Merge Games for clarification.

Update 2: Merge Games has confirmed The Binding of Isaac's retail launch for the following regions: UK, Ireland, the Nordic countries, the Benelux, Italy, the Czech Republic, Greece, Turkey and South Africa. Merge Games also handles publishing in Australia and New Zealand.

Reader Comments (9)

I'm actually looking forward to this expansion. Originally I didn't like the game at all, but after playing it for 23hrs during the holiday event on Steam trying to get the gift pile achievement {which I never earned} it grew on me and I now quite enjoy the game!

I don't play it as much as I did then, but its still a fun little game to kill an hr here and there!

@Khalus Yeah, thats about what happened to me. I got it when it first came out, and said, "Hey! This game is stupid!"

Then I gave it another shot. And then another. And another.

Guess who just FINALLY got the Golden God achievement? :D

@Khalus

Funny story, I got the game as part of the latest indie bundle, and noticed the holiday achievement, so I played it for 3-4 hours. Never saw Krampus once.

I go back to the game a couple of weeks later, and on my FIRST RUN not only did I find Krampus I killed him and got the achievement... of course, by then it didn't count.

Now I'm about 20 hours or so in. The game is insanely fun. I'm still finding / seeing / unlocking new stuff, and each run through still feels unique. That's pretty impressive, considering I'm usually the type of gamer to get bored with a game in < 10 hours.

Im afraid of playing this game even if i loved the humor of SMB

This is really cool. I'd love to see more of the smaller successful titles on Steam find their way to retail, in similar packages.

Awesome, I'd buy it again and give away both copies to friends and keep the rest to myself

Is there a way to browse Joystiq while excluding posts with certain tags?

I already own the game but I would love to own the retail copy as well.

@BasedGodLilB

Agreed......I am totally gonna get this even though I already have it.