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When The Past Was Around cover art

When The Past Was Around

Mojiken · Toge Productions · 2020-09-22

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 15, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 13, 2022 (iOS), Dec 15, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Sep 22, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 22, 2020 (Mac), Jan 24, 2022 (Android)

When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.

4
playing now
95%
positive of 4.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 3.1h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

When the Past Was Around is a 2020 point-and-click adventure video game developed by Mojiken Studio and published by Toge Productions. The game was released on September 22, 2020, for Windows. It was released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in December 2020, then on Android and iOS in March 2022.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 214 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~27/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 88k–199k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,418 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.79-40%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.79-40%
Microsoft Store$8.49

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.39 at Microsoft Store (2021-08-24) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 37 of 68 observed days · $1.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28728720202026Week of 2020-09-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-08-11 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.49$0.002020-03-202026-08-302020-03-20 — best price $0.002021-01-20 — best price $7.192021-05-01 — best price $7.992021-09-02 — best price $7.992021-11-29 — best price $7.992022-02-03 — best price $7.992022-05-05 — best price $5.992022-08-04 — best price $5.592022-12-12 — best price $5.592023-03-16 — best price $5.592023-06-07 — best price $5.592023-07-19 — best price $7.192023-09-26 — best price $7.992023-11-21 — best price $4.792024-01-17 — best price $4.792024-02-24 — best price $7.192024-03-18 — best price $7.192024-04-25 — best price $4.792024-06-21 — best price $5.872024-08-01 — best price $7.192024-09-10 — best price $7.992024-10-27 — best price $7.192024-11-28 — best price $5.872025-01-24 — best price $5.872025-02-28 — best price $4.792025-04-03 — best price $7.992025-05-07 — best price $4.792025-06-07 — best price $5.872025-08-04 — best price $4.792025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-11-16 — best price $7.992026-02-12 — best price $7.992026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-05-06 — best price $4.792026-07-09 — best price $7.992026-08-25 — best price $4.792026-08-30 — best price $4.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2522026-05-30 — 7 pageviews2026-06-02 — 12 pageviews2026-06-05 — 5 pageviews2026-06-08 — 6 pageviews2026-06-11 — 12 pageviews2026-06-14 — 9 pageviews2026-06-17 — 11 pageviews2026-06-20 — 6 pageviews2026-06-23 — 20 pageviews2026-06-26 — 6 pageviews2026-06-29 — 14 pageviews2026-07-02 — 11 pageviews2026-07-05 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-11 — 13 pageviews2026-07-14 — 13 pageviews2026-07-17 — 10 pageviews2026-07-20 — 11 pageviews2026-07-23 — 14 pageviews2026-07-26 — 17 pageviews2026-07-29 — 25 pageviews2026-08-01 — 17 pageviews2026-08-04 — 9 pageviews2026-08-07 — 3 pageviews2026-08-10 — 4 pageviews2026-08-13 — 12 pageviews2026-08-16 — 13 pageviews2026-08-19 — 9 pageviews2026-08-22 — 5 pageviews2026-08-25 — 5 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
89.3%
earned "Prologue"
66.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing2 DLC

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian, Vietnamese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Portugal…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)4,55360%20
Steam (Steam)2,22251%20
PS4 (PlayStation)1,77791%20
Switch (Nintendo)200%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteCasualPuzzleRomanceSurrealAbstractColorfulRelaxingStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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