
The Past Within is the new co-op experience from Rusty Lake! Play together with someone you deem trustworthy: one in The Past, the other in The Future. Observe and communicate what you see around you. Solve the puzzles and uncover Albert Vanderboom’s plan.
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About
Note: The Past Within is a co-op-only game. Both players need to own a copy of the game and a way to communicate with each other. Play with a friend or find a partner on our official Discord, which is linked in the sidebar!
The past and future cannot be explored alone! Team up with a friend and piece together the mysteries surrounding Albert Vanderboom. Communicate what you see around you to help one another solve various puzzles and explore the worlds from different perspectives!
The Past Within is the first co-op only point-and-click adventure set in the mysterious world of Rusty Lake.
A co-op experience
Play together with a friend, one in The Past, the other in The Future. Work together to solve the puzzles and help Rose set her father’s plan in motion!
Two worlds - Two perspectives
Both players will experience their environments in two different dimensions: 2D as well as in 3D - a first-time experience in the Rusty Lake universe!
Cross-platform play
As long as you can communicate with each other, you and your partner of choice can each play The Past Within on your preferred platform: PC, Mac, iOS, Android and (very soon) Nintendo Switch!
Playtime & Replayability
The game contains 2 chapters and has an average play-time of 2 hours. For the full experience, we recommend replaying the game from the other perspective. Plus you can use our replayability feature for a fresh start with new solutions to all puzzles.
Genres
Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil +11 more
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 73 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Themes across 73 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Reviews
хорошая игра, несложные головоломки
I enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyed it so much
真的很短,巨短,超级短,第一次玩这系列作品,想着二十来块钱怎么着也得三四章吧?结果两章就告诉我结束了??我难以置信地看着那棵树,好像自己被嘲笑了。 和搭子玩了两遍,总共4h(中间还吃了顿饭)而且玩完完全没有再刷的欲望,就感觉我的钱就这样一次性地消耗了,虽然确实不贵而且我还趁打折买的,但实在是有些失望,这么短的流程到底谁能玩尽兴,作为收集癖我连拿成就都不想管了。 也确实有可取之处,它整体的怪诞诡谲的风格很扣人心弦(也导致结束的时候特别意犹未尽)双人联机方式很独特有趣,剧情可深挖但2个小时就玩完了没欲望再投入时间。 总结:如果是和搭子线下小聚的时候可以玩,但要是准备靠这个游戏度过一个爽快的休息日那(即使只有半天)除非是此系列深度爱好者,否则快跑吧。
very tough game
The Past Within the future, the future within the past,. use this knowledge to Escape this Cube and get to Rusty Lake., The Past Within is a two player cooperative experience with someone in the past and someone in the future, each player will get the chance to experience the glorious THIRD DIMENSION (Being able to look at all sides of a cube on a table), which is very reminiscent of The Room series. The puzzles within this game aren't very hard, mostly relying on your communication skills with your puzzle partner, but they are very fun to solve, the story is also nice too.
Довольно интересная головоломка, было интересно играть с другом гидроцефалом, который не смог объяснить где находятся тайники, несмотря на то, что у него они были обведены ♥♥♥♥♥. Очень понравилось.
I loved it, it wasn't too difficult to where you and your partner get stuck. The story was very interesting and pulls you in, the creepy yet lovely art style really makes it. I enjoyed being able to work together with my partner, 10/10 !!! We are excited to play the bee playthrough next (We started with the butterfly)!
好玩!
第一次自己玩锈湖的作品就是被我弟拉来玩《The Past Within》,同时也是第一次玩这种双人“离线”合作的游戏。感觉这种解密合作的机制还是蛮有趣的,双方通过语言描述来进行解谜的合作。同时感觉锈湖的画风氛围也是不错的,不过剧情确实相当晦涩和意识流表现(此前也有所耳闻),或许之后会尝试其他锈湖的单人作品。
完全意义不明的游戏
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Trends
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Momentum
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Engagement
DAU/MAU are modeled from peak concurrent players (≈×8 and ×28) — Steam publishes no active-user counts, so treat these as rough estimates, not reported figures.
Audience
Audience
Games most often reviewed by the same players — an audience-affinity signal from our review sample, not full ownership data.
Estimated from the language of this game's reviews — a proxy for where players are, not official Steam demographics.
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