# You Have to Win the Game

Summer DB entity ID: dfe5a446\-33c1\-4b26\-8041\-d9c8cb870b67

Steam App ID: 286100

Originally released in May 2012,  You Have to Win the Game  has now arrived on Steam with a more difficult remixed campaign and Playable Cat DLC\*\!\!   You Have to Win the Game  is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic\.  Run, jump, and avoid deadly pitfalls as you explore the ruins of a lost world in search of hidden treasures and rare artifacts\!  Experience the thrill of four\-color CGA graphics and monotonic PC speaker sounds\! Or take a peek at the future of home entertainment with the SIXTEEN\-COLOR EGA GRAPHICS option\!  Want a tougher challenge? Try YOLO mode\! You only live once \-\- one wrong move and it's back to the start of the game\!

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Minor Key Games

- Publisher: Minor Key Games

- Release date: May 6, 2014

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Action, Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Stats, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac, linux

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/286100/ss\_8828c154cc251359ceb07af6e79e438611912bb9\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1733078621, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/286100/ss\_6b0a2bfcde541b679382805771dcc34b2d8e44b6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1733078621, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/286100/ss\_9560ffe2af2581d778c9e560be49c366880abe32\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1733078621, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/286100/ss\_6d2db8906233d3167a246385c9af0b44f58e7274\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1733078621, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/286100/ss\_4962cba1c8d3fbaec18fc0fd80720797f8438508\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1733078621

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 4

- Steam review count: 5727

- Steam positive reviews: 5326

- Steam negative reviews: 401

- Steam positive percentage: 92.9980792736162%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/dfe5a446-33c1-4b26-8041-d9c8cb870b67/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/dfe5a446-33c1-4b26-8041-d9c8cb870b67/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-21T23:14:15\.963807\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-21T23:14:17\.212267\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-21T23:14:17\.027435\+00:00

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Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"dfe5a446\-33c1\-4b26\-8041\-d9c8cb870b67","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\}

Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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