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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.

The Past Within is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2022, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (95% of 16848 reviews) sentiment.

41
playing now
95%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (34 ratings)
69/100
opencritic · fair · 78% recommend · from 9 critics
2.5h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 4h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

41 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

The Past Within trailer thumbnail

The Past Within - Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 41 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 3% of 28,826 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 337k–758k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,848 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$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 60 of 90 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

227142026-09-15 12:00 — 85 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 34 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 20 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 90 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 54 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 28 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 36 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 69 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 25 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 75 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 38 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 24 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 74 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 209 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 69 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 92 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 186 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 58 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 34 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 132 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 71 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 43 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 41 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.3k41Nov 2022Aug 2026Nov 2022 — avg 1,285 · peak 11,533Jan 2023 — avg 269 · peak 1,219Mar 2023 — avg 164 · peak 702May 2023 — avg 122 · peak 835Jul 2023 — avg 144 · peak 480Sep 2023 — avg 129 · peak 354Nov 2023 — avg 207 · peak 1,464Jan 2024 — avg 114 · peak 363Mar 2024 — avg 67 · peak 255May 2024 — avg 76 · peak 332Jul 2024 — avg 77 · peak 258Sep 2024 — avg 61 · peak 268Nov 2024 — avg 62 · peak 293Jan 2025 — avg 64 · peak 173Mar 2025 — avg 55 · peak 190May 2025 — avg 141 · peak 719Jul 2025 — avg 64 · peak 201Sep 2025 — avg 43 · peak 134Nov 2025 — avg 59 · peak 302Jan 2026 — avg 73 · peak 309Mar 2026 — avg 65 · peak 270May 2026 — avg 71 · peak 300Jul 2026 — avg 87 · peak 287Aug 2026 — avg 107 · peak 481
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$1.792022-11-022026-10-142022-11-02 — best price $3.592023-02-23 — best price $3.592023-04-18 — best price $5.992023-07-04 — best price $5.992023-09-12 — best price $5.992023-11-09 — best price $5.992024-01-04 — best price $5.992024-03-14 — best price $3.592024-05-08 — best price $2.032024-06-27 — best price $3.352024-10-16 — best price $4.012024-11-27 — best price $4.012025-01-03 — best price $5.992025-02-21 — best price $5.992025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-08-07 — best price $3.592025-09-29 — best price $3.352025-10-28 — best price $5.992025-11-25 — best price $2.692026-01-03 — best price $5.992026-02-23 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-05-06 — best price $3.952026-06-16 — best price $5.992026-07-24 — best price $3.952026-08-28 — best price $3.952026-09-02 — best price $3.952026-09-07 — best price $3.952026-09-12 — best price $5.992026-09-17 — best price $3.952026-09-22 — best price $3.952026-09-27 — best price $3.952026-10-02 — best price $3.952026-10-07 — best price $5.992026-10-12 — best price $3.952026-10-14 — best price $3.95
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

145122026-05-30 — 34 pageviews2026-06-03 — 25 pageviews2026-06-07 — 28 pageviews2026-06-11 — 20 pageviews2026-06-15 — 21 pageviews2026-06-19 — 21 pageviews2026-06-23 — 18 pageviews2026-06-27 — 34 pageviews2026-07-01 — 15 pageviews2026-07-05 — 28 pageviews2026-07-09 — 23 pageviews2026-07-13 — 43 pageviews2026-07-17 — 40 pageviews2026-07-21 — 25 pageviews2026-07-25 — 12 pageviews2026-07-29 — 27 pageviews2026-08-02 — 43 pageviews2026-08-06 — 27 pageviews2026-08-10 — 44 pageviews2026-08-14 — 41 pageviews2026-08-18 — 50 pageviews2026-08-22 — 24 pageviews2026-08-26 — 40 pageviews2026-08-30 — 49 pageviews2026-09-03 — 27 pageviews2026-09-07 — 31 pageviews2026-09-11 — 35 pageviews2026-09-15 — 15 pageviews2026-09-19 — 27 pageviews2026-09-23 — 19 pageviews2026-09-27 — 34 pageviews2026-10-01 — 29 pageviews2026-10-05 — 145 pageviews2026-10-08 — 39 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…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-01-18 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opIndieHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureStory RichAtmosphericEscape RoomLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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