Binding of Isaac Repentance+ Co-op: 4 Online, $69.99

Four people can play Binding of Isaac Repentance+ co-op online on Switch 2, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S from Nov 19, but the two store pages we could read never say couch. Nintendo's US page prints Single system (1-4), Online (1-4) and a regular price of $69.99 as of Nov 12.

Desk note: Our upcoming list held 42 unreleased games on Nov 1, and this was the one Isaac row. It read $59.99 then; the Nintendo US page reads $69.99 on Nov 12. That is a $10.00 gap (16.7%), but the page was not yet open for purchase or pre-order on Nov 12, so we cannot say whether either figure is the digital or the physical copy.

Nov 19 on Switch 2, PS5 and Xbox: what is announced

Nicalis announced on Aug 18 that Repentance+ launches on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2 on Nov 19. Noisy Pixel's report says the console release "adds online co-op play for up to four players." The Switch 2 gets physical and digital copies; PS5 and Xbox are digital.

A Nov 4 update from Nicalis's founder, quoted by the Japanese outlet Game*Spark, repeats the date and adds a physical Switch 2 release for North America. Both say online; neither mentions players sharing a console.

Single system 1-4: what Nintendo's field covers

Nintendo's US product page for The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ (nsuid 70010000106369) lists Single system 1-4 and Online 1-4, with the local wireless field empty. The field gives the number of players one system takes. It does not say whether they share a TV. Nintendo's Australian page for the same game adds the line "Multiplayer requires one compatible controller per player. Additional controllers (sold separately) may be required."

The page's own text points one way. It promises "the ultimate thrill of online play for up to four players" and "full-featured online play for up to four participants." The Nicalis store, which lists the Switch 2 copy as "Players: 1 to 4," says "full-featured online co-op for up to four players."

Chart: CouchCoopDesk. Source: Nintendo US, Nicalis store, Xbox, PlayStation and Steam data read Nov 12.

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What the older Xbox and PlayStation Repentance pages print

We found no Xbox or PlayStation page for Repentance+ on Nov 12. The Xbox store's search lists four Isaac games, Rebirth, Afterbirth, Afterbirth+ and Repentance, and none is named Repentance+. We could not check the PlayStation Store search, which is built by script.

The 2021 listings do print player counts. Xbox's "The Binding of Isaac: Repentance" (ID 9PGHSK2QR07H) lists Xbox local co-op (2-4) and local multiplayer (2-4), with no online line and a regular price of $59.99. The PlayStation Store's PS5 "The Binding of Isaac: Repentance" lists 4 players, no network-player count and a base price of $59.99. These are older products, so they say nothing about what the Nov 19 pages will print. Our Xbox couch co-op list and PS5 couch co-op list give the seat count per console for other games.

What the Steam pages print for the same game

Steam's Repentance+ DLC (released in 2024) prints Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op and Shared/Split Screen, plus Remote Play Together. Its description calls it a "FREE DLC update." The labels are Steam's; Nintendo's Repentance+ page and Xbox's Repentance listing print none of them.

An archived copy of the same Steam page from Nov 10, 2025 shows Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op and Remote Play Together too, but not the Multi-player, Co-op and Shared/Split Screen entries the page reads on Nov 12.

Nicalis's March 2021 post describes the PC mode: "player 2-4 hits start on their gamepads while in the starting room." That is a PC statement. We read no console page that repeats it for the Nov 19 release.

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Price: $59.99 on Nov 1, $69.99 on Nov 12

Nintendo's US page for the Switch 2 listing showed a regular price of $69.99 and a final price of $69.99, not discounted, on Nov 12, with purchase and pre-order both switched off in its data. The Nicalis store listed the physical Switch 2 copy at $69.99 USD, "Standard," the same day. Our own row for the same Nintendo URL, checked Nov 1, said $59.99. Neither Nintendo read says whether its figure is for the digital or the physical copy.

Chart: CouchCoopDesk. Source: Nintendo US page read Nov 12 and our Nov 1 row; Xbox and PlayStation 2021 listings read Nov 12.

No page we read explains the change. The Xbox and PlayStation Repentance listings sit at $59.99, but they are 2021 products. Nicalis's founder wrote on Nov 4 that he would "reply to this post later with upgrade pricing details separately." We found no page that prints one.

Cross-save, cross-play and other homes

Game*Spark quotes the founder's Nov 4 update as promising cross-save through Steam Cloud, online multiplayer and a Cross-Play update after launch "by Q1 2027." We could not read the original post, and no store page prints either feature, so treat both as unconfirmed. Our crossplay co-op list and Remote Play Together list cover games whose stores do print them.

Our take

Buy Repentance+ on a console for online play with up to three friends, and wait for the release-day pages before planning a couch session. Both Nov 19 pages we read describe online play and nothing else, so Nintendo's Single system (1-4) field alone is not a promise that four people share a TV.

If a couch is the point, the 2021 Xbox and PlayStation Repentance listings are the only console pages that print a seat count, 2-4 and 4. Our Switch 2 couch co-op list has games whose Nintendo pages describe local play. Watch our upcoming games list for the release-day rows.

What we don't know yet

Whether the console version supports couch play. Whether Xbox and PlayStation list Repentance+ as new products and what they print. Upgrade pricing for Repentance owners. Why Nintendo's price read $59.99 on Nov 1 and $69.99 on Nov 12. Whether cross-save and cross-play ship as described. The Switch 1 listing prints no player fields on Nintendo's US Isaac Pack page, so we did not use it.

How we checked this

We read Nintendo's US Switch 2 product page and the Nicalis store page on Nov 12, both from our server because nintendo.com is not reachable from our desk. We read Microsoft's catalog entry for Repentance and the Xbox store search, the PlayStation Store concept page for Repentance, and Steam's store data for the Repentance and Repentance+ DLC from our server, with an archived Steam page from Nov 10, 2025. For announcements we read Noisy Pixel and Game*Spark. We found no player reviews to quote and read no Reddit thread for this article. We did not play the game.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Binding of Isaac Repentance+ have local co-op on Switch 2? No Nov 19 store page we read says so. Nintendo's US page prints Single system (1-4) and Online (1-4), but its description and Nicalis's store text only describe online play for up to four.

How much is Binding of Isaac Repentance+ on Switch 2? Nintendo's US page listed a regular price of $69.99, not discounted, on Nov 12. The Nicalis store listed the physical Switch 2 copy at $69.99 USD that day.

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References

1. Nintendo of America store, The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ (Switch 2): https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/the-binding-of-isaac-repentance-plus-switch-2/
2. Nicalis store, The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ (Switch 2): https://store.nicalis.com/products/repplus
3. Microsoft Store catalog, The Binding of Isaac: Repentance: https://displaycatalog.mp.microsoft.com/v7.0/products?bigIds=9PGHSK2QR07H&market=US&languages=en-us
4. PlayStation Store, The Binding of Isaac: Repentance: https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10002630
5. Steam, The Binding of Isaac: Repentance+ DLC (store data read Nov 12, 2026): https://store.steampowered.com/app/3353470
6. Steam page (archived Nov 10, 2025): http://web.archive.org/web/20251110112709/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3353470
7. Noisy Pixel, Repentance+ launches Nov 19: https://noisypixel.net/binding-of-isaac-repentance-plus-ps5-xbox-switch-2-online-co-op/
8. Game*Spark, Repentance+ update of Nov 4: https://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/11/04/174470.html
9. Nicalis on Steam, Friends till the end (March 2021): https://steamcommunity.com/games/250900/announcements/detail/3032584660739939427