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
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Возможно это бы стало хорошей причиной поругаться с напарником, но нас это обошло стороной =) Играли с молодым человеком, годнота. Он впервые в игру от Расти Лей, я не впервой. Зашло обоим
아니 샤갈 미친 친구놈아 시계를 못 읽으면 어쩌자는거니?
可以
Recommend. Love the solution for co-op without hosting the game.
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2.7小时完成游戏，内容还可以但是体量太小了
Did not expect to have this much fun playing this game. Both my friend and I really enjoyed every second, solving all the puzzles, communicating back and forth, and sometimes questioning our intelligence. Really recommend it.
Really great game, I need more co-op games from you guys!
配置要求最高的一部，得有个人陪你玩（当然也真的是首次使用了3D技术） 伪联机，本质是通过双方选择不同的时间线，并且联线互相传递密码和线索来推进的，设计理念上还是很新颖的 虽然指南中说不推荐互相窥屏，但是我觉得这游戏最适合两个并排的屏幕来玩，语言表述能力实在有限，不如展示图像来的直接 如果真的按照指南所示，仅通过语言文字沟通的话，那本作解谜难度较高，尤其是首次游玩时双方信息差过大 虽然有些推进方式（例如直接传递六位密码）比较刻意，解谜设计也没那么精巧，甚至有些重复，但是整体创新性很强，过去与未来两个时空的谜题相互呼应，需要双方协同才能推进。蝴蝶与蜜蜂两种模式的解谜路线不同，让游戏具备了一定的重玩价值，真的找到个愿意陪你玩的朋友会很有趣
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Trends
Modeled estimate over time, reconstructed from Steam's monthly review histogram.
Momentum
Pace estimated from the game's recent review growth (our daily snapshots) at its own sales-per-review ratio — a momentum signal, not booked sales.
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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