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The Past Within

Rusty Lake · 2022-11-02

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 02, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 02, 2022 (Android), Nov 02, 2022 (iOS), Nov 02, 2022 (Mac), Jul 06, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

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.

106
playing now
95%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (34 ratings)
2.5h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 4h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

106 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

The Past Within is a 2022 adventure video game developed and published by Dutch studio Rusty Lake. It is a cooperative multiplayer game where two people must share clues to solve puzzles. It was initially released for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. A Nintendo Switch version was released in 2023.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 106 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 996 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~125/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (5,882 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 336k–756k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,799 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.95-34%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.95-34%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2025-12-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 28 of 50 observed days · $2.16 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.6k5.6k20222026Week of 2022-11-01: 5,590 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 292 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 979 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

453222026-08-06 21:00 — 27 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 158 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 36 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 72 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 162 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 64 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 78 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 164 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 60 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 77 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 147 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 60 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 115 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 263 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 99 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 112 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 453 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 151 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 103 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 140 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 83 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 102 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 153 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 112 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 53 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 88 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 120 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 67 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 106 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$1.792022-11-022026-08-302022-11-02 — best price $3.592023-02-20 — best price $4.012023-03-16 — best price $3.592023-05-01 — best price $5.992023-07-13 — best price $5.992023-09-12 — best price $5.992023-11-02 — best price $2.392023-11-28 — best price $5.992024-02-14 — best price $5.992024-03-21 — best price $5.992024-05-08 — best price $2.032024-06-11 — best price $5.992024-09-16 — best price $5.992024-10-28 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $5.992025-01-03 — best price $5.992025-02-13 — best price $3.592025-03-08 — best price $5.992025-05-08 — best price $5.992025-08-15 — best price $3.592025-09-29 — best price $3.352025-10-27 — best price $2.692025-11-14 — best price $5.992025-12-09 — best price $1.792026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-02-23 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $3.592026-04-21 — best price $2.032026-05-28 — best price $2.992026-06-17 — best price $3.952026-07-24 — best price $3.952026-08-25 — best price $3.952026-08-30 — best price $3.95
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

104122026-05-30 — 34 pageviews2026-06-02 — 31 pageviews2026-06-05 — 38 pageviews2026-06-08 — 24 pageviews2026-06-11 — 20 pageviews2026-06-14 — 31 pageviews2026-06-17 — 24 pageviews2026-06-20 — 24 pageviews2026-06-23 — 18 pageviews2026-06-26 — 22 pageviews2026-06-29 — 19 pageviews2026-07-02 — 27 pageviews2026-07-05 — 28 pageviews2026-07-08 — 28 pageviews2026-07-11 — 31 pageviews2026-07-14 — 34 pageviews2026-07-17 — 40 pageviews2026-07-20 — 53 pageviews2026-07-23 — 22 pageviews2026-07-26 — 24 pageviews2026-07-29 — 27 pageviews2026-08-01 — 23 pageviews2026-08-04 — 27 pageviews2026-08-07 — 26 pageviews2026-08-10 — 44 pageviews2026-08-13 — 46 pageviews2026-08-16 — 64 pageviews2026-08-19 — 33 pageviews2026-08-22 — 24 pageviews2026-08-25 — 54 pageviews2026-08-27 — 42 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
59.5%
earned "Behind the mask"
39.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

22 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,78714%24
Switch (Nintendo)240%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

Co-opIndieHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureStory RichAtmosphericEscape RoomLocal Co-Op

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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