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Games like You Have to Win the Game

30 games alike in Metroidvania, Platformer and Side Scroller, with VVVVVV, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove and Celeste closest.

ClosestVVVVVV

You Have to Win the Game, but twice the hours

3.5 hoursLoved · 96%Its page

Precision PlatformerPlatformer

7 games that share both with You Have to Win the Game

  1. 1Closest

    VVVVVV

    You Have to Win the Game, but twice the hours

    Loved · 96%

  2. 3

    Celeste

    You Have to Win the Game, but nine times the hours, and even better loved

    Loved · 97%

  3. 6

    Lone Fungus

    You Have to Win the Game, but six times the hours

    Liked · 83%

  4. 8

    Super Meat Boy

    You Have to Win the Game, but faster, and three times the hours

    Loved · 94%

  5. 18

    The End Is Nigh

    You Have to Win the Game, but post-apocalyptic, and six times the hours

    Loved · 94%

  6. 21

    Kitsune Tails

    You Have to Win the Game, but story-rich

    Loved · 94%

  7. 26Shortest

    LOVE

    You Have to Win the Game, but minimalist

    Loved · 91%

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PlatformerRetro

4 games that share both with You Have to Win the Game

  1. 2

    Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

    You Have to Win the Game, but seven times the hours

    Loved · 95%

  2. 12

    Volgarr the Viking

    You Have to Win the Game, but twice the hours, and more divisive

    Liked · 81%

  3. 20

    8BitBoy

    You Have to Win the Game, but half the hours

    Mixed · 74%

  4. 30

    Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio

    You Have to Win the Game, but funny

    Loved · 90%

MetroidvaniaPlatformer

12 games that share both with You Have to Win the Game

  1. 4

    Gato Roboto

    You Have to Win the Game, but cute, and twice the hours

    Loved · 94%

  2. 5

    Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

    You Have to Win the Game, but story-rich, and seven times the hours

    Loved · 95%

  3. 7Best loved

    Hollow Knight

    You Have to Win the Game, but 19 times the hours, and even better loved

    Loved · 97%

  4. 9

    Axiom Verge

    You Have to Win the Game, but sci-fi, and seven times the hours

    Loved · 90%

  5. 11

    Cave Story+

    You Have to Win the Game, but with several endings, and five times the hours

    Loved · 93%

  6. 15

    Ori and the Will of the Wisps

    You Have to Win the Game, but story-rich, and eight times the hours

    Loved · 96%

  7. 16

    Unbound: Worlds Apart

    You Have to Win the Game, but dark fantasy, and four times the hours

    Liked · 83%

  8. 19

    Aggelos

    You Have to Win the Game, but four times the hours, and more divisive

    Mixed · 77%

  9. 22

    Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

    You Have to Win the Game, but hand-drawn, and three times the hours

    Liked · 85%

  10. 24

    Unepic

    You Have to Win the Game, but an action RPG, and 11 times the hours

    Loved · 91%

  11. 27

    Rogue Legacy 2

    You Have to Win the Game, but an action roguelike, and nine times the hours

    Loved · 91%

  12. 28

    Alwa's Awakening

    You Have to Win the Game, but four times the hours

    Liked · 80%

MetroidvaniaRetro

3 games that share both with You Have to Win the Game

  1. 10

    Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

    You Have to Win the Game, but gothic, and three times the hours

    Loved · 94%

  2. 25

    The Mummy Demastered

    You Have to Win the Game, but three times the hours, and more divisive

    Mixed · 74%

  3. 29

    Odallus: The Dark Call

    You Have to Win the Game, but gorier

    Liked · 88%

And more like You Have to Win the Game

Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.

  1. 13

    Prince of Persia The Lost Crown

    You Have to Win the Game, but 12 times the hours

    Liked · 84%Metroidvania · Precision Platformer

  2. 14Hidden gem

    Leap Year

    You Have to Win the Game, but full of puzzles, and nonlinear

    Loved · 97%Metroidvania · Precision Platformer

  3. 17

    Dungeon Escape

    You Have to Win the Game, but more divisive

    Liked · 80%Precision Platformer · Retro

  4. 23

    Wings of Vi

    You Have to Win the Game, but anime, and five times the hours

    Liked · 80%Precision Platformer · Metroidvania

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How this list is made

A game is here when it shares the strongest of You Have to Win the Game's Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes, each shared tag counting for more the fewer games carry it: two metroidvanias are alike, two action games barely. Games of You Have to Win the Game's own series that play like it stand apart, above the list, and take no place on it. A similar typical length breaks near-ties, and a game sold twice is shown once. Games that share the same kinds with You Have to Win the Game stand together, under those kinds. Up to 30 games are shown, and the list stops where they grow much less alike. Where to start: the closest; the best loved of the closest fifteen with 10,000 reviews or more; the shortest of the ones 80% or more recommend; and a hidden gem, 90% or more but under 10,000 reviews.

Under each name, how it differs from You Have to Win the Game: a kind of game it is that You Have to Win the Game is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that You Have to Win the Game's barely do, how many hours people play it beside You Have to Win the Game, and how its reviewers feel beside You Have to Win the Game's.

The sticker on a case is the hours its own page leads with: half of the game's Steam reviewers had played that long or less when they gave their verdict. It is not a time to beat. Under a name, the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it: loved at 90% or more, liked at 80%, mixed at 65%.