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. Summary: IGDB
Mind Score
NourishingAge · PEGI 12
Respect
95
Nourish
68
Stimulation
gentle
Has an endingStop anytimePlay together
On failure
Forgiving: quick retry, no lost progress
- Steam tag “Point & Click” (82 votes)
What it exercises
Cooperation
- Steam tag “Co-op” (301 votes)
- Wikipedia: played together
Problem solving
- Steam tag “Puzzle” (261 votes)
- Wikipedia: built around puzzles
Exploration and curiosity
- Wikipedia: built around exploration
Story and reading
- Steam tag “Story Rich” (40 votes)
- IGDB keyword “story rich”
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