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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Prices
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Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 3/day in the week to Aug 10 → 5.86/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 25 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 10 places towards #1, and the 2,413 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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
Sums Steam only; App Store, GOG, Nintendo publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $5.99 | 14.7Kreviews | 95% | — | $1.4M |
| $2.99 | 7.3Kratings | 97% | #62 | not modelled | |
Updates
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 315 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
锈湖工作室为啥会觉得他们的粉丝找得到人一起玩
I have no friends, so I play alone. this game needs two players, and I'm just one. no guest pass either. wuwu...
SIMPLE STORY about reviving. BUT working together to solve puzzles just isn't that interesting. It's just a kind of repetitive . AND I think "mr rabit magic show" and "rusty lake hotel" do a better job in this aspect; their puzzles connecting more closely with plotline and are more interesting.
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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
| $3.95−34% |
| 27ratings |
| 88% |
| — |
| not modelled |
| $5.99 | — | — | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 316 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
ótimos puzzle, ótimo jogo duo, adorei a experiência
太短了，打折价都不太值，蜜蜂、蝴蝶两个模式几乎0差异，玩法都一样，有点失望，感觉像找个噱头的圈钱之作。 我和朋友都是锈湖老玩家，所以3.3小时就通关了蜜蜂、蝴蝶两个模式，可以说是极速通关了。 当然除了短和简单，制作质量十分之夯，部分场景画面确实有被震撼到，挺有创意的，沉浸感也是有的。
Como persona que tiene mucho sexo a toda hora, puedo decir que este juego es 100% parecido a tener sexo con una mujer, como yo siempre hago. Obviamente este juego no me puso caliente, no soy gay, yo tengo mucho sexo con mujeres reales como para gastar más de 15 minutos en este juego. Por otro lado me gustaria recomendar este juego a la gente que no tiene sexo (no como yo porque yo tengo mucho sexo con mujeres, mucho) como si ahí hubiese una mujer desnuda y está desnuda. Ella también se ve como una de mis varias novias con la que tuve mucho sexo. He tenido mucho sexo. También soy muy guapo y las mujeres SIEMPRE quieren tener sexo conmigo porque soy muy musculoso y guapo y muy bueno en los videojuegos. Todas mis novias dicen que soy muy bueno en el sexo y jugando videojuegos y siendo guapo. Una de mis enamoradas me pidió tener sexo con ella pero le dije que estaba jugando un juego de sexo y empezó a llorar y se hizo lesbiana y se suicidó porque no tuve sexo con ella. Tengo sexo con mujeres, no con hombres, no soy gay. Soy muy cool y guapo así que las chicas siempre quieren tener sexo conmigo porque soy muy cool y sexy. Mi pene es muy grande. A todas mis novias les gusta mi pene porque es muy grande y soy muy bueno en el sexo y lo soy, tengo mucho sexo. También soy muy guapo y sexy y tengo mucho sexo.
我的老爸满地乱爬
PROS - Brilliant co-op puzzle design. - Creative past-and-future gameplay concept. - Requires genuine communication and teamwork. - Clever puzzles with satisfying solutions. - Great atmosphere, soundtrack, and storytelling. - Replaying with swapped roles offers a fresh perspective. CONS - Quite short. - Best experienced with a dedicated co-op partner. - Limited replay value after both playthroughs. VERDICT The Past Within is a fantastic co-op puzzle game that proves communication can be the most important mechanic in a game. While a single playthrough is relatively short, its clever dual-timeline design and the opportunity to replay from the opposite perspective make it a memorable experience that's well worth playing with a friend. 8/10
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the best game ive ever play
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