
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 77 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Themes across 77 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
친구와 같이 하기 딱 좋은 게임입니다. 어릴 때부터 lusty lake를 시리즈 별로 즐겨했던 사람으로써 2인용 게임이 나왔다는 소식에 바로 구매했습니다. 친구와 화면을 공유하는 게 아니라 음성으로만 소통하면서 퍼즐을 풀어나가는 과정이 참신하면서도 재밌었습니다. 조금 짧아서 아쉽지만 완전 추천합니다!!
klasik rusty lake temiz arkla sarıo
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The Past Within — кооперативная головоломка от Rusty Lake, в которую невозможно играть одному. Каждый игрок видит свою часть истории: один находится в прошлом, другой — в будущем. Один исследует классические двухмерные локации, второй взаимодействует с трехмерным кубом. Продвинуться можно только постоянно общаясь и обмениваясь информацией. Даже если ваш напарник никогда не играл в игры Rusty Lake, разобраться несложно. Конечно иногда приходится немного поломать голову, но именно это и делает прохождение увлекательным. Из минусов — игра довольно короткая, а также для прохождения обязательно нужен второй человек. Нет ни ИИ, ни случайного подбора игроков. Если вам нравятся кооперативные головоломки и вселенная Rusty Lake, The Past Within точно стоит попробовать.
锈湖系列目前为止唯一一款双人联机的游戏,不过也可以一人用两个设备玩,不需要同步。 流程挺短,在对方界面好像还有提示,交流的难度也几乎没有,谜底也都是显而易见的。 总之略有失望。
第一流程太短,第二感觉解密难度不够,第三没有存档,无法通过选择第一章第二章去玩。如果我不是为了集齐全成就我总共时长应该是不到2小时的。我觉得如果没有绣湖系列的情怀的话,在同价位有更好玩更有难度流程更长的游戏。
游戏流程比较短,但是游戏内容做的十分优秀,整体呈现线性解密模式,相比于其他双人解谜游戏不容易卡关,推荐大家尝试。
Oyunu en iyi arkadaşımla oynadım ve co op bulmaca tarzında bir baş yapıt herkese öneririm kesinlikle parasını hak ediyor.
this game was awesome and interesting
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Engagement
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Audience
Audience
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