The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth wont open

[Nova]

I've been playing this game for months but then it suddenly just stopped working. I tried restarting my computer, re-installing it, unsubscribed to all my mods, even verifying the game cache but it still wont open. Any tips? (106 hours, 197 achievements, and $30 probably all gone. Not what i want ;-;)

[Violet42]

Having the exact same problem. I've tried everything listed above. I press play and the game never even opens. For some reason the game launches fine on an old laptop of mine, but even copy and pasting the old files to my current computer has not fixed the issue.

The only lead I've found is that it could be the case that steam is launching the game as a background process, and windows automatically closes it. No idea how to fix that if it's the case.

Best of luck, I'll reply if I find anything out.

[Nova]

alright good luck to you too

[Violet42]

I've fixed the problem on my end, though I'm not sure if its generally applicable. I ran my game through a different graphics card, and it launched fine. Specifically, I switched from using my AMD Radeon R6 240 and instead launched it with my Intel HD 4600.

Assuming your on windows 10, go to your graphics settings. Select "Browse", and locate Isaac on your computer (The default directory is: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\The Binding of Isaac Rebirth", and select "isaac-ng.exe." ) Then select either "best performance" or "power saving" and one of them ought to work.

Hopefully this fixes the issue for you, too.

[Nova]

i found the game file, but i am not familiar with these things at all so i say: i cannot find "best performance" or "power saving". That or im just stupid

[Violet42]

Alright, I'll try to give a little bit more in-depth explanation.

1) Go to your Windows search bar, and type in "Graphics settings". Select the app by that name.
2) You should see a relatively blank page, a few lines of text at the top. Notably, there should be a dropdown menu that says "Desktop App" and a grey box that says "Browse"
3) Click on Browse. It will open a file explorer. From here, locate the game file that you were able to find before, and then double click on it.
4) Isaac.exe will appear beneath the "Browse" button. Click on it, and the options "Options" and "Remove" will drop down.
5) Click on "Options" and a menu will pop up. This will show you "performance" or "power saving"
6) Pick one of them, launch Isaac, and if it doesn't work, try selecting the other and re-launching.

The reason why this worked for me is some weird thing with my Radeon graphics card. Whenever Isaac tried to launch using that one, I had that issue of it never launching. When I changed to "Power Saving" mode, my PC launched it with my Intel graphics card, and it launched fine.

Let me know if you have any more questions!

[Nova]

it didnt work. Either i did it wrong or there's something else wrong with it. Yes i tried both "Performance" and "Power Saving".

[Genie]

Have you been able to run any other games either then TBOI

[Nova]

yes. Its only TBOI: Rebirth that wont work

[npostman]

Yo me too! It crashes right after I press start.

[toolboy2000]

I JUST purchased the bundle and when i launch rebirth and finally loads i see the afterbirth game. Any ideas?

[DaniZanskar]

I have the same problem. Click lauch, pops a white window, and closes after 1-2 seconds :(

[toolboy2000]

Originally posted by DaniZanskar:

I have the same problem. Click lauch, pops a white window, and closes after 1-2 seconds :(

Mine loads up straight into afterbirth+ even tho from the desktop icon shows rebirth. Either way sucks as we and others paid for the game or games. Hopefully someone knows of a fix unless this problem is new which i doubt.

[Nova]

toolboy2000 its supposed to be that way

[toolboy2000]

Originally posted by MewGamer124:

toolboy2000 its supposed to be that way

Excuse my ignorance. I just assumed it would have them separately. So am i to assume the bundle is continuous thru one game bundled up and unlocks as you complete? Just confused as i played rebirth on the vita.

[Nazemec]

Originally posted by toolboy2000:

Originally posted by MewGamer124:

toolboy2000 its supposed to be that way

Excuse my ignorance. I just assumed it would have them separately. So am i to assume the bundle is continuous thru one game bundled up and unlocks as you complete? Just confused as i played rebirth on the vita.

Afterbirth and Afterbirth+ are expansions of Rebirth, not other games. If the main menu says "AB+", then you can find/unlock all the content from Rebirth, AB and AB+.

On the other hand, your Steam library only mentions Rebirth because it's the base game. The name of the game doesn't technically change because an expansion is installed, it's still the same game at its core.