Games like You Have to Win the Game
Games like You Have to Win the Game include Hollow Knight, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Celeste, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, and Super Meat Boy. We matched them by the tags players give You Have to Win the Game on Steam (Metroidvania, Free to Play, Retro, Platformer, and Indie): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Hollow Knight
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · 2D

Hollow Knight: Silksong
Shared: Metroidvania · Indie · Difficult

Celeste
Shared: Indie · Platformer · Pixel Graphics

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Shared: Platformer · Retro · Pixel Graphics

Super Meat Boy
Shared: Platformer · Indie · Difficult

The Messenger
Shared: Metroidvania · Retro · Platformer

Axiom Verge
Shared: Metroidvania · Indie · Platformer

Skul: The Hero Slayer
Shared: Indie · Pixel Graphics · 2D

VVVVVV
Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Indie

Blasphemous
Shared: Metroidvania · Pixel Graphics · 2D

Gato Roboto
Shared: Metroidvania · Indie · Pixel Graphics

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Shared: Retro · Metroidvania · Platformer

Jump King
Shared: Indie · Difficult · Platformer

Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Singleplayer

SANABI
Shared: Pixel Graphics · 2D · Indie

Geometry Dash
Shared: Difficult · 2D · Platformer

Rogue Legacy 2
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Indie

Rain World
Shared: Difficult · Indie · Platformer

Nine Sols
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · 2D

La-Mulana
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Indie

Out There Somewhere
Shared: Platformer · Indie · Pixel Graphics

Dust: An Elysian Tail
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Indie

Dead Cells
Shared: Metroidvania · 2D · Pixel Graphics

Environmental Station Alpha
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Indie