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Edmund McMillen's New Game Needs 500 Hours to Beat Everything

The Isaac creator's latest is basically a digital torture chamber for completionists. Good luck finding all those secrets.

Yuki

Yuki

February 10, 2026

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Edmund McMillen's New Game Needs 500 Hours to Beat Everything — GamerScout

So here's the thing about Edmund McMillen's next game - it's gonna destroy your free time. The guy behind The Binding of Isaac just casually dropped that his new project will take around 500 hours to fully complete. Not just beat, mind you. Fully complete. As in, find every single secret this madman has hidden away.

And get this - McMillen straight up said it'll take players "months or years" to discover everything. Remember, this is the same dude who packed Isaac with so many secrets that people are still finding new stuff in 2026. The community's gonna be digging through this one forever.

What really caught my eye though? Apparently we're breeding cats in this game. And then... well, let's just say those virtual felines aren't having a great time. The summary mentions "basically torturing" them, which sounds exactly like the kind of twisted gameplay McMillen would cook up. I mean, have you played Isaac? That game's about a crying child fighting poop monsters with his tears.

Look, I'm all for games with tons of content, but 500 hours? That's like playing through The Witcher 3 five times. In a row. While hunting every single Gwent card. McMillen's basically creating a part-time job disguised as a video game, and honestly? The completionist in me is both terrified and weirdly excited.

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