The Past Within
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 Past Within is an adventure developed by Rusty Lake, released 2 November 2022 on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and Mac.
What The Past Within is
The Past Within is an adventure game developed by Rusty Lake and released in 2022. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
Its themes are horror, mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
The Past Within launched on 2 November 2022, within three weeks of God of War Ragnarök, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Scorn and Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. It arrived 5 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: God of War Ragnarök, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Scorn, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Past Within yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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