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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.

The Past Within is a co-op, puzzle and online co-op game developed and published by Rusty Lake.
Released on November 02nd 2022 is available on Windows and MacOS in 23 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America, Romanian, Finnish and Ukrainian.

It has received 15,156 reviews of which 14,362 were positive and 794 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 5.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Past Within into these genres:

Co-op Puzzle Online Co-Op Multiplayer Escape Room Horror Mystery Point & Click Adventure Indie Psychological Horror Local Co-Op Story Rich Atmospheric Local Multiplayer Asynchronous Multiplayer Thriller 2D Surreal 3D

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 8+
  • Processor: 2.4GHz Dual Core
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: macOS 10.13+
  • Processor: 2.4GHz Dual Core
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Iris Graphics 540
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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April 2025
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☑ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☑ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☑ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
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April 2025
A pleasant & short co-op puzzle game. I thought it was very clever game design, how you're playing together but actually your copies are not linked in any way.
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March 2025
First off, some Info for easily-scared people (like me lol)- there are a few jumpscare-y moments in the game (only one with a sound), though they're not SUPER scary and they're not gory or anything like that. If you're easily startled, just have awareness whenever you click on the lenses to look through it or when you click on the mirror. A short but fun experience. My playtime is with having experienced both roles. The difficulty isn't super high, but I liked the blend of classic "where do I use this item" point n' click style puzzles + We Were Here-style communication puzzles. The game does a great job of tying the plot to the puzzles, and I loved the moments where a plot point clicked for me and made me realize how my actions were tied to the other players' experience and environment. I do think the game would be better if it weren't asynchronous- it's a bit tedious and immersion-breaking to have the game constantly asking you "Did the other player do this yet?" and having it all be synced automatically would've been so much smoother. A neat concept anyhow and if this developer makes more co-op games I'd definitely try them and hope that the experience is online this time.
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March 2025
Amazing puzzle game to play with one other person. Has a very creepy atmosphere and visuals, with a interesting and a bit confusing story. Worth to play it two times so each person can see the different scenarios. Puzzles are just the right difficulty which is nice.
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Jan. 2025
This game can be beaten twice and played with a friend, but that'd be nice if i could play a "solo mode" that allows you to change between past and future and play alone, although it still was a worthy experience.
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Past Within is currently priced at 5.99€ on Steam.

The Past Within is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 5.99€ on Steam.

The Past Within received 14,362 positive votes out of a total of 15,156 achieving an impressive rating of 9.23.
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The Past Within was developed and published by Rusty Lake.

The Past Within is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Past Within is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

The Past Within is not playable on Linux.

The Past Within is a multi-player game.

The Past Within includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

There is a DLC available for The Past Within. Explore additional content available for The Past Within on Steam.

The Past Within does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Past Within does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Past Within is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The Past Within.

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The Past Within
5.99€
9.2
14,362
794
Game modes
Multiplayer
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Online players
51
Developer
Rusty Lake
Publisher
Rusty Lake
Release 02 Nov 2022
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