10 Best Mods For Binding Of Isaac, Ranked | Game Rant
The Binding of Isaac is one of the most infinitely replayable games ever made. Still, even with its multitude of items from DLC and the numerous new mechanics introduced with each major update, the game can start to feel stale after a certain point.
The best way to refresh The Binding of Isaac for long-time players is to consider using mods. The Steam Workshop is the best place to download mods, but if players have the most recent DLC Repentance installed, they may need to wait for a patch or downgrade to Afterbirth to make many of these mods functional. For those don't have Repentance, most mods should work completely fine.
10 The Binding of Isaac: Vectorized
The Binding of Isaac: Vectorized is a fan-made visual enhancement to the sprites, items, and general artwork of the game. The Binding of Isaac has received lots of praise for its pixel art style, but vectorized art still looks much cleaner.
This is a great mod for players who want something fresh to look at, not necessarily to play. It overhauls countless models in the game, essentially giving every model the filter effect.
9 No More Breakfasting!
No More Breakfasting! is a simple mod that fixes one of the main gripes of the game's randomization. Too often players will beat a boss, hope for an item that works with their build or provides something useful, only to be rewarded with Breakfast – a boring, bland, 1 HP up item.
This mod removes Breakfast from the item pool, making it more likely that players will find something actually useful. Having more health isn't a bad thing, but it's just not exciting.
8 Da Rules: A Sandbox Menu
Da Rules: A Sandbox Menu essentially turns The Binding of Isaac into a do-it-yourself dungeon designer. It allows the player to customize rules throughout the layers of the basement. These include how enemies function, which items and enemies will appear, and other niche rules that allow full customization of the game.
It's one of the most creative mods to come out for the game. This mod essentially turns The Binding of Isaac into a dungeon designing game, not a roguelike.
7 Better Colored Stat Icons HUD
Better Colored Stat Icons HUD is another simple mod that makes the player HUD much more understandable. In the base game, each icon for the player's stats is the same color, making it difficult to discern which stat the player is referencing at a moment's notice.
This mod adds a unique color to each of the HUD icons. Over time, it becomes far easier to tell which icon is which based entirely on its color, not its symbol.
6 Better Character Menu
Better Character Menu overhauls the most-seen screen in the game: the character select screen. In the base game, this screen features sprites that aren't exactly like the in-game sprites, and every character is in black and white.
With this mod, though, each available character is given its default in-game sprite. Each appears along with a colored name, to make it easier to quickly select a character for a new run.
5 Encyclopedia - An In-Game Wiki
The Encyclopedia mod for The Binding of Isaac adds an in-game library of information related to everything the player will come across. Explanations of enemies, levels, items, trinkets, chances, and everything in between can be found in this mod.
A major part of gameplay in The Binding of Isaac is constantly referencing fan wikis and item lists. This mod, though, reduces the amount of clicks needed to access the same information – plus, players don't have to tab out.
4 Dice Room Descriptions
Dice Room Descriptions, as the title might imply, adds a description to each Dice Room the player enters. While there are only six types of Dice Rooms, it's difficult to remember exactly what each one does. When entering the room, text will appear on-screen describing exactly that.
It's a blessing for players who don't want to waste time alt-tabbing to check what each room does – or for those who don't want to risk everything on the wrong Dice Room.
3 External Item Descriptions
External Item Descriptions is one of the most useful mods for The Binding of Isaac. This mod adds text to the screen that describes the effects of every item in the game – pedestal items, trinkets, pills, cards, and everything else.
It won't identify pills the player hasn't already picked up. However, it will let them know what the pill is in the Shop if it has been picked up, which can help save some coin. Additionally, knowing what each item does greatly affects the chance that players will actually use those items. Usually, this mod tends to make a run much tighter in terms of time.
2 The Isaac of Isaac: Re-Isaac
The Isaac of Isaac: Re-Isaac is a hilarious mod from the creator of the famous YouTube video of the same name. The introduction to the game is normally the "Isaac... and his mother... lived alone... in a house on a hill." cutscene. This mod, though, turns every character and referenced object in the default introductory cutscene to Isaac.
For example, the introductory line becomes, "Isaac... and Isaac... lived alone... in an Isaac on an Isaac." It's difficult to describe, but it's a must-watch for any Binding of Isaac fan.
1 FPS Mode
The FPS Mode mod is one of the most unique mods ever to be released for The Binding of Isaac – or indeed, any 2D game. The mod turns the game into a first-person shooter, but it's not a permanent effect. The player can toggle it on or off while playing the game.
For gamers who've wanted to play The Binding of Isaac as a DOOM-like game, this mod lets them do exactly that. It's surprisingly free of bugs, and completely overhauls how a gamer gets through a run.
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