Genre PlatformerReleased May 6, 2014
You Have to Win the Game
Developed and published by Minor Key Games
Free
Estimated lifetime revenue
$0
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$0
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
48.7K
≈ 8 sales per review
Reviews
5,731
Very Positive93% positive
Playing now
2
13-day peak 2 · low 1
New reviews, last 13 days
+2
≈ 0 a day since Oct 4
History
Oct 4 – Oct 17
5.7K5.7K5.7K5.7K
Oct 4Oct 10Oct 17
Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.
How it compares
Platformer →Against the 120 most-reviewed Platformer games on Steam
Outearns 0% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.
Median
$4.30M
28,868 reviews
Top 10% start at
$25.75M
This game
$0
Fewest reviews of the group
The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.
About
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
- Developer
- Minor Key Games
- Publisher
- Minor Key Games
- Genre
- Platformer
- Released
- May 6, 2014
- Steam app ID
- 286100
- Data updated
- Oct 17, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.