You Have to Win the Game on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
You Have to Win the Game is a metroidvania, free to play and retro game
developed and published by Minor Key Games.
Released on May 06th 2014 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.
It has received 5,668 reviews of which 5,267 were positive and 401 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎
The game is free to play on Steam.
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- OS *: Windows XP SP2
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 20 MB available space
- Additional Notes: 32-bit executable
- OS: OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
- Storage: 20 MB available space
- Additional Notes: 64-bit executable
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or similar
- Storage: 20 MB available space
- Additional Notes: 64-bit executable
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