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Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ Online heads to consoles on 19 November — same day as GTA 6

Vince MaglayaPublished 2w ago3 min readBased on 7 sources
Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ Online heads to consoles on 19 November — same day as GTA 6
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The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ Online will launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch 2 on 19 November 2026, publisher Nicalis has confirmed — the same date Rockstar Games has slated for Grand Theft Auto VI (Eurogamer).

The package bundles The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, the 2014 dungeon-crawling roguelike from designer Edmund McMillen, with every add-on released since: Afterbirth, Afterbirth+, Repentance and Repentance+. A roguelike is a game where each run through procedurally generated levels is different, and death sends you back to the start with persistent unlocks. For consoles, the headline addition is full online cooperative play for up to four players — a feature PC owners have had access to in beta since 2024 (Eurogamer; Gematsu).

That PC beta let players host private matches with friends or jump into public matchmaking, running dungeons together in real time. The console release brings the full version of that online mode to television and handheld screens for the first time.

Nintendo Switch 2 owners will get both digital and physical editions on the same day. Nicalis announced the Switch 2 date alongside a new trailer on 18 August (Nintendo Everything; GoNintendo).

For context on the series' timeline: Afterbirth+ arrived on Steam in January 2017, on Nintendo Switch that March, and on PlayStation 4 that September, according to Nicalis's online store. Repentance, the expansion that preceded Repentance+, has been listed on the same store with a December 2022 date. The Nicalis store is currently closed for inventory, with checkout disabled.

The decision to share a release date with Grand Theft Auto VI is either a confident statement or a scheduling curiosity, depending on how you read it. GTA VI is one of the most anticipated games of the decade; most publishers steer clear of its launch window. But the two games target very different audiences — a dungeon-crawling roguelike with a devoted cult following is unlikely to lose many sales to an open-world crime epic, and may even benefit from players looking for something to play once the GTA launch dust settles.

Either way, 19 November is now a date with two very different games arriving on it — and Switch 2 owners, at least, will have a physical box they can pick up alongside whatever else fills their day.