You Have to Win the Game

Minor Key Games’ You Have to Win the Game (2012) is retro platforming distilled to its purest form. It looks like it fell out of a dusty floppy disk from the 1980s, complete with CRT filters and a color palette that screams “old PC monitor.” The catch, of course, is in the title: winning isn’t easy. Tight jumps, tricky hazards, and cryptic secrets abound, making victory feel like an actual accomplishment. It’s equal parts nostalgia trip and brutal challenge, a love letter to an era where games were short, sharp, and unforgiving.