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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 #942
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
2,568 days (7 years)

Reviews

Reviews of which
Verified Steam purchases
5,549 50 (1%)
Reviews per day
2
Positive reviews
5,157 (92.9%)
Days in top 1000
2,567 (99%)
Estimated owners Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
416K–694K 554,900

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 98
  9. Singleplayer 86
  10. Precision Platformer 76
  11. Action 58
  12. Adventure 52
  13. Exploration 47
  1. Old School 40
  2. Arcade 34
  3. Side Scroller 22
  4. Great Soundtrack 20
  5. Classic 17
  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: May 16, 2021 04:32

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