Item idea: Rewind (Q1 - Active)

Idea

This item would be found in the shop and treasure item pools, with it having a two room recharge. On use, it makes the screen (except for Isaac) black and white, with every enemy, tear, bomb, or obstacle, move backwards, recreating whatever happened in the past 5 seconds. So, for example, if a mulligan exploded, and a fly was right in front of me, and I used the item, the fly would fly backwards, the mulligan would respawn, and walk back to where it was 5 seconds ago. If you fire, the effect ends. Damage dealt to bosses and enemies is not reversed unless the enemy dies. If items like the stopwatch, or hourglass are active in the room, the effect will last 10 seconds instead. Isaac can move freely during this period. Another version of this I had in mind is pretty similar, with it reversing everything, but it would instead work similarly to glowing hourglass, but without teleporting you out of the room. So, you would be unable to shoot, but anything that hit you recently would sort of just come back out of you, and the damage would be removed. Also, it could possibly be a 3 use item, instead of taking room charges, with it turning into Pause! after it’s third use. The design would look like the Pause! remote, but with a curved arrow on the middle of it. If I found this I would def reroll but it feels like something you’d get on a random eden start and immediately swap out for something else. I make a lot of q1 and q2 item concepts because I think the only synergies that are actually cool are the ones that include mid items to make them strong, like tiny planet.

Posted Aug 31, 2026, 2:33 AM UTC

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