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The Basement Collection
A collection of 9 award winning indie games from the creator of "Binding of isaac" and "Super Meat Boy"!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “fun, varied old games” (21 of 64 reviews) and “strong collection for six dollars” (5); the most common complaint is “punishing fan-made levels” (14). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
21 of the 64 reviews raise this.
“The games like Aether and Triacnid where fun short games, but... May Spewer and The Unknown rot in the deepest pits of hell.”
“Im too stupid for time fcuk chapter 2 and too bad to even get a handful of levels through meat boy, but by god are these so much fun for what they are. Best of the beginning games of edmund.”
“Uncensored orignal Meat boy and we get Time FU#K which is the 2 goats of this game”
5 of the 64 reviews raise this.
“super fun collection of old Edmund games with more cutscenes, well worth and you get some neat artwork and comics as completion rewards”
“some nice games for 6 dollars also steven <3”
3 of the 64 reviews raise this.
“The games like Aether and Triacnid where fun short games, but... May Spewer and The Unknown rot in the deepest pits of hell.”
14 of the 64 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“There is a reason this f*ing games were did not make Edmund famous. In case you are wondering, Edmund 'Mewgenics' McMillen decided it was just delightful to make players have to complete 33 fan made levels, without…”
“This game really sucked to play while stuck at 30 FPS; it’s just not worth playing Flash games anymore. The worst part was the last few achievements, especially in Time Fcuk and Grey Matter. It was like ♥♥♥♥ and ball…”
“Im too stupid for time fcuk chapter 2 and too bad to even get a handful of levels through meat boy, but by god are these so much fun for what they are. Best of the beginning games of edmund.”
12 of the 64 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“There is a reason this f*ing games were did not make Edmund famous. In case you are wondering, Edmund 'Mewgenics' McMillen decided it was just delightful to make players have to complete 33 fan made levels, without…”
“The games like Aether and Triacnid where fun short games, but... May Spewer and The Unknown rot in the deepest pits of hell.”
7 of the 64 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“There is a reason this f*ing games were did not make Edmund famous. In case you are wondering, Edmund 'Mewgenics' McMillen decided it was just delightful to make players have to complete 33 fan made levels, without…”
“everything in the game is amazing except don't get it if you want to 100% easily meat boy or dark matter isnt the issue, its just the complete rng fest that is Enter the Unkown in Time Fcuk, you can only skip levels…”
“I HATE TIME FCUK THAT ACHIEVEMENT WAS MISERABLE but great collection”
4 of the 64 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
3 of the 64 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This game really sucked to play while stuck at 30 FPS; it’s just not worth playing Flash games anymore. The worst part was the last few achievements, especially in Time Fcuk and Grey Matter. It was like ♥♥♥♥ and ball…”
“♥♥♥♥ performance like its 2010”
“This collection is pretty good, although it does get a little laggy if you play it for too long. (I've had said issues on certain Time Fcuk "The Unknown" runs, so it certainly isn't for the faint of heart lol)”
Counted across 64 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 87.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Triachnid is the worst game I've ever played, and I've played Dead by Daylight, TY Edmund for ruining my evening”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played“For this review, I will review each game individually as they are all technically their own titles before I review the entire collection, I will be pretty forgiving on a lot of things overall since these are old games as this is only 5 big ones. (Also I will be reviewing each…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“"Look guys i got Platinum god!" . . . . . . . . . "Wdym its the wrong game?"”
— a player, Steam review · 32 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Indie · Adventure · Strategy · Platformer · Singleplayer · Puzzle · 2D · Experimental · Physics · Casual · Arcade · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 53 |
| Official site | https://www.Edmundm.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7 Processor: 2.3 GHz Dual Core + Memory: 4GB Hard Disk Space: 1GB Video Card: Nvidia 9800 +