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When The Past Was Around

Mojiken · Toge Productions · 2020-09-22

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AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

When The Past Was Around is an Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 4418 reviews).

3
playing now
95%
positive of 4.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
4.49★
PlayStation Store rating (706 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 3.1h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 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.

Trailer

When The Past Was Around trailer thumbnail

When the Past was Around - Steam Launch Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3 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 6% of 29,161 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 89k–200k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,440 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$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 66 of 105 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

602026-09-15 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
152Oct 2020Aug 2026Oct 2020 — avg 9 · peak 36Dec 2020 — avg 9 · peak 28Feb 2021 — avg 7 · peak 32Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 25Jun 2021 — avg 5 · peak 20Aug 2021 — avg 4 · peak 18Oct 2021 — avg 5 · peak 18Dec 2021 — avg 6 · peak 17Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 19Apr 2022 — avg 4 · peak 9Jun 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2022 — avg 5 · peak 21Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2023 — avg 5 · peak 17Jun 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 9Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 21Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$8.49$0.002020-03-202026-10-152020-03-20 — best price $0.002021-02-10 — best price $6.392021-07-08 — best price $7.992021-11-10 — best price $5.992022-01-27 — best price $5.992022-05-05 — best price $5.992022-08-22 — best price $5.592023-01-05 — best price $7.992023-04-24 — best price $5.592023-07-13 — best price $7.992023-09-26 — best price $7.992023-11-29 — best price $7.192024-01-26 — best price $7.192024-03-10 — best price $7.992024-04-18 — best price $5.872024-06-21 — best price $5.872024-08-07 — best price $7.992024-10-08 — best price $7.992024-11-12 — best price $7.992025-01-17 — best price $4.792025-02-28 — best price $4.792025-04-10 — best price $4.792025-05-26 — best price $4.792025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-09-25 — best price $4.792025-11-16 — best price $7.992026-02-24 — best price $7.192026-04-13 — best price $3.832026-06-16 — best price $7.992026-08-16 — best price $7.992026-09-06 — best price $4.792026-09-18 — best price $4.792026-09-30 — best price $4.792026-10-12 — best price $4.792026-10-15 — best price $4.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2542026-05-30 — 7 pageviews2026-06-03 — 9 pageviews2026-06-07 — 22 pageviews2026-06-11 — 12 pageviews2026-06-15 — 7 pageviews2026-06-19 — 11 pageviews2026-06-23 — 20 pageviews2026-06-27 — 15 pageviews2026-07-01 — 11 pageviews2026-07-05 — 6 pageviews2026-07-09 — 7 pageviews2026-07-13 — 11 pageviews2026-07-17 — 10 pageviews2026-07-21 — 14 pageviews2026-07-25 — 17 pageviews2026-07-29 — 25 pageviews2026-08-02 — 11 pageviews2026-08-06 — 8 pageviews2026-08-10 — 4 pageviews2026-08-14 — 13 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-22 — 5 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews2026-08-30 — 9 pageviews2026-09-03 — 11 pageviews2026-09-07 — 11 pageviews2026-09-11 — 13 pageviews2026-09-15 — 10 pageviews2026-09-19 — 10 pageviews2026-09-23 — 7 pageviews2026-09-27 — 12 pageviews2026-10-01 — 7 pageviews2026-10-05 — 12 pageviews2026-10-08 — 11 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…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-09-22 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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