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Legend of Dungeon vs The Binding of Isaac

If you are torn between Legend of Dungeon and The Binding of Isaac, the two share Perma Death, Procedural Generation and Dungeon Crawler; here is how the numbers split. On raw data, The Binding of Isaac takes 0 categories against 3 for Legend of Dungeon.

MetricLegend of DungeonThe Binding of IsaacEdge
Player rating ★ 2.70 ★ 3.91 The Binding of Isaac by 1.21 (45%)
Metacritic 62 84 The Binding of Isaac by 22 (35%)
Catalog popularity 822 adds 6,897 adds The Binding of Isaac by 6075 (739%)
Avg. playtime 3h 5h The Binding of Isaac is longer
Platform families 1 1 Tie
Release year 2013 2011 Legend of Dungeon is newer by 2 yr

Verdict

The Binding of Isaac takes 3 of 4 measurable categories. Both lean on Perma Death, Procedural Generation, Dungeon Crawler and Roguelite, so whichever you pick, the core feel carries over.

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Base game data via RAWG. Comparison computed by us.