The Past Within (2022)
- Developer
- Rusty Lake
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie
- Rating
- 4.7 of 5, 16,627 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 2.7 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
The Past Within is a tense, cooperative puzzle adventure where players must communicate across separate perspectives to unravel a shared mystery.
cooperativepuzzlingmysteriousatmospherictenseasynchronouspoint-and-clickstory-rich
What players say
Players praise the co-op puzzle design that requires real communication, though many say it is short and the puzzles are fairly easy.
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