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You Have to Win the Game

Developed by
  1. Minor Key Games
Published by
  1. Minor Key Games
Peak #243
Current #902
Top 250 1%
Gem Peak #265

Ranking history

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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
2,490 days (6.8 years)

Reviews

Reviews of which
Verified Steam purchases
5,535 50 (1%)
Reviews per day
2
Positive reviews
5,143 (92.9%)
Days in top 1000
2,489 (99%)
Estimated owners Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
415K–692K 553,500

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 270
  2. Free to Play 198
  3. Retro 187
  4. Platformer 171
  5. Indie 152
  6. 2D 109
  7. Pixel Graphics 99
  8. Difficult 97
  9. Singleplayer 86
  10. Precision Platformer 76
  11. Action 58
  12. Adventure 52
  13. Exploration 47
  14. Old School 40
  15. Arcade 34
  16. Side Scroller 22
  17. Great Soundtrack 20
  18. Classic 17
  19. Controller 15
  20. Open World 14

The last few tags appear darker because they do not have enough votes to be considered valid for this game yet.

Details last updated: February 27, 2021 04:34

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