5 Puzzle games like The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth that you should try

The genre is the same as The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth’s, and with it strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting. Both also lean on single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and game mode — its own ground is a first-person view.

Its point of contact with The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is shooting mechanics, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat. To that it adds fantasy world and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and progression: this one brings a first-person view.

The thread back to The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth runs through dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and single-player focus. Both also lean on 2D presentation. The distance is in game mode — its own ground is a top-down view.

Genre puts it alongside The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, and so does punishing difficulty, procedural generation and melee combat. The common ground extends to skill tree progression and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is setting and visuals: a cyberpunk setting and a first-person view.

On paper it is what The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is — punishing difficulty, melee combat and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is a cyberpunk setting and a first-person view.