Games like You Have to Win the Game on Nintendo Switch
Closest overall match: Xeodrifter (★ 3.0). Highest rated: Hollow Knight at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Xeodrifter at about 1 hours.
These 5 games score highest on our similarity model for You Have to Win the Game — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Pixel Graphics, 2D and Great Soundtrack.
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62%
1. Xeodrifter
Shares Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, Exploration, 2D and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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57%
2. TowerFall Ascension
Shares Controller, stats, Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 4 more tags; rated 1.0 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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57%
3. Electronic Super Joy
Shares Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags; rated 0.5 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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57%
4. Freedom Planet
Shares Side Scroller, Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Full controller support and 3 more tags; rated 0.9 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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56%
5. Hollow Knight
Shares Metroidvania, Side Scroller, Controller, Exploration and Open World and 6 more tags; rated 1.4 higher; about 6h longer.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie, 83
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like You Have to Win the Game on Nintendo Switch?
On our similarity model, Xeodrifter is the closest match to You Have to Win the Game on Nintendo Switch — shares Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, Exploration, 2D and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; same release year.
Which game like You Have to Win the Game is rated highest?
Hollow Knight holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 2,778 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against You Have to Win the Game on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.