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You Have to Win the Game

Developed by
  1. Minor Key Games
Published by
  1. Minor Key Games
Peak #235
Current #1016
Top 250 6%
Gem Peak #253

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You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.

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Dates

Released
2012-05-06
First review
2014-05-06
Age on Steam
2,732 days (7.4 years)

Reviews

Reviews of which
Verified Steam purchases
5,545 48 (1%)
Reviews per day
2
Positive reviews
5,159 (93%)
Days in top 1000
2,702 (98%)
Estimated owners Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
416K–693K 554,500

Pricing

Release price
Free since launch

Tags

Tags in descending order of votes. Votes are the number of times a tag has been applied to this game by a Steam user, shown next to each tag name.

  1. Metroidvania 273
  2. Free to Play 199
  3. Retro 190
  4. Platformer 174
  5. Indie 152
  6. 2D 111
  7. Pixel Graphics 101
  8. Difficult 100
  9. Singleplayer 87
  10. Precision Platformer 78
  11. Action 58
  12. Adventure 53
  13. Exploration 48
  1. Old School 40
  2. Arcade 35
  3. Side Scroller 22
  4. Great Soundtrack 20
  5. Classic 16
  6. Controller 15
  7. Open World 13

Tags below the threshold do not have enough votes to be considered valid for this game yet.

Details last updated: October 27, 2021 04:35

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