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The Basement Collection

Edmund McMillen · 2012-08-31

Steam

AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 31, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 31, 2012 (Mac)

A collection of 9 award winning indie games from the creator of "Binding of isaac" and "Super Meat Boy"!

The Basement Collection is a 2012 Adventure, Indie, Strategy game priced at $3.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Very Positive (87% of 1665 reviews).

8
playing now
87%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 21:00 UTC (census sample)

The Basement Collection is a compilation of Edmund McMillen's Flash games released on August 31, 2012. The games were remade with added features and music tracks.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 113 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity up 82% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 29,427 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 67k–134k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,673 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.36 at GamersGate (2019-08-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1312026-09-16 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-15 21:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1571Sep 2012Aug 2026Sep 2012 — avg 157 · peak 940Feb 2013 — avg 26 · peak 71Jul 2013 — avg 35 · peak 126Dec 2013 — avg 11 · peak 33May 2014 — avg 8 · peak 19Oct 2014 — avg 6 · peak 15Mar 2015 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2015 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2016 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2016 — avg 5 · peak 21Nov 2016 — avg 3 · peak 15Apr 2017 — avg 2 · peak 11Sep 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10Feb 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2018 — avg 5 · peak 20Dec 2018 — avg 4 · peak 21May 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2020 — avg 7 · peak 22Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2021 — avg 11 · peak 60Jun 2021 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2021 — avg 4 · peak 20Apr 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$3.99$0.392015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-03-16 — best price $3.992015-07-10 — best price $3.992015-08-11 — best price $3.992015-12-01 — best price $3.992016-06-20 — best price $3.992016-08-01 — best price $3.992016-11-01 — best price $3.992017-04-10 — best price $3.992017-11-27 — best price $0.772018-01-04 — best price $3.992018-04-20 — best price $3.992018-07-03 — best price $3.992018-09-06 — best price $1.002018-11-28 — best price $3.992019-02-14 — best price $0.802019-05-13 — best price $3.992019-07-19 — best price $3.992019-11-26 — best price $0.512020-01-02 — best price $3.992020-05-07 — best price $0.392020-07-09 — best price $0.802020-08-31 — best price $3.992020-11-30 — best price $0.482021-01-05 — best price $3.992021-02-15 — best price $3.992021-06-21 — best price $3.992021-08-09 — best price $3.992021-11-01 — best price $3.992021-12-02 — best price $3.992022-01-05 — best price $3.992022-03-21 — best price $0.792022-12-22 — best price $0.792023-06-30 — best price $1.392024-03-14 — best price $1.232024-12-19 — best price $1.232025-12-19 — best price $1.312026-07-09 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

74212026-05-30 — 42 pageviews2026-06-03 — 51 pageviews2026-06-07 — 24 pageviews2026-06-11 — 40 pageviews2026-06-15 — 39 pageviews2026-06-19 — 31 pageviews2026-06-23 — 32 pageviews2026-06-27 — 47 pageviews2026-07-01 — 38 pageviews2026-07-05 — 37 pageviews2026-07-09 — 74 pageviews2026-07-13 — 42 pageviews2026-07-17 — 37 pageviews2026-07-21 — 29 pageviews2026-07-25 — 36 pageviews2026-07-29 — 45 pageviews2026-08-02 — 21 pageviews2026-08-06 — 43 pageviews2026-08-10 — 59 pageviews2026-08-14 — 36 pageviews2026-08-18 — 50 pageviews2026-08-22 — 40 pageviews2026-08-26 — 46 pageviews2026-08-30 — 39 pageviews2026-09-03 — 40 pageviews2026-09-07 — 41 pageviews2026-09-11 — 37 pageviews2026-09-15 — 65 pageviews2026-09-19 — 33 pageviews2026-09-23 — 37 pageviews2026-09-27 — 32 pageviews2026-10-01 — 35 pageviews2026-10-05 — 57 pageviews2026-10-08 — 44 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
42.2%
earned ""Oh, hello""
5.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15,0013%53

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieArcadeCasualPuzzlePhysicsStrategyAdventureDifficultPlatformer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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