I think this’ll hit the spot
Edmund McMillen and James Id are setting aside more time to complete theirBinding of Isaacprequel/spin-offThe Legend of Bum-bo. After missing its planned December 2017 launch, the puzzle RPG is now striving to release during “the first half of 2018,” according to McMillen.
For those wondering what’s new with the legend of bum-bo,@jamesidand I have expanded the game a bit and pushed its release back to the first half of 2018. Expect news and a teaser trailer by feb!pic.twitter.com/AEXL1BRxDu
— Edmund McMillen (@edmundmcmillen)June 18, 2025
If you haven’t kept up with this game, it’s about matching tiles. That said, everything is presented through a familiarBinding of Isaaclens. You’ll make matches to gain mana and cast spells to inflict damage, defend, counter, heal, and modify the board, among other effects. “Many items synergize and combo off one another and once you bring trinkets into the mix things start to get really crazy.”
This time, McMillensayshe’s pushing the item-combo aspect further by “always giving the player two choices on what item they want from a treasure room as well as adding a ‘casino zone’ at the end of each chapter where the player can use their spoils to buy/replace/modify their current spells or even spin the wheel of fortune and raise their stats.”
Some of the most fun I’ve had withIsaacwas when the stars aligned and I became stupidly, game-breakingly powerful, so I’m glad to hear that same sort of feeling should happen again inThe Legend of Bum-bo. Release-wise, this is hitting Steam and iOS (andmaybeNintendo Switch too).
