On each floor, there is a high chance for a curse room to spawn, which requires taking a heart of damage to enter and exit.
There are ways to bypass the health.
Yum Heart
Restores a full red heart, cd 4
In Greed mode, the players goal is to go through floors with one central combat room and reach the boss Mega Greed.
Ultra Greed
A Lump of Coal
Adds flat damage to players tears based on distance traveled
The character Cain is identical to Isaac, except for different base stats, a lucky foot, and the lack of a d6 if unlocked.
Cain has one eye
Treasure Map
Reveals a floors layout, without any indicators.
The chapter progression goes from basement, to caves, to depths, to womb, to [beyond] (no spoilers :D)
There are alternate chapters.
Lucky Foot
Increases the players luck, guarantees good pills, and boosts machine payouts.
A devil deal is not guaranteed to spawn, rather a devil room is, which may contain 0-3 devil deals.
Grants brimstone for the current room cd 4