The Past Within

Rusty Lake

About this game

Note: The Past Within is a co-op only game. Both players need to own a copy of the game on their own device (mobile, tablet or computer), as well as a way to communicate with each other. Play together with a friend or find a partner on our official Discord server!

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.

Features:

▪ A co-op experience
Play together with a friend, one in The Past, the other in The Future. Work together to solve the puzzles and help Rose set her father’s plan in motion!
▪ Two worlds - Two perspectives
Both players will experience their environments in two different dimensions: 2D as well as in 3D - a first-time experience in the Rusty Lake universe!
▪ Cross-platform
As long as you can communicate with each other, you and your partner of choice can each play The Past Within on your preferred platform: PC, Mac, iOS, Android and (very soon) Nintendo Switch!
▪ Playtime & Replayability
The game contains 2 chapters and has an average play-time of 2 hours. For the full experience, we recommend replaying the game from the other perspective. Plus you can use our replayability feature for a fresh start with new solutions to all puzzles.

Ratings and reviews

I love this game, but I'm unfortunately having some trouble running it on my phone. Anytime I play as the future, the game starts glitching once it gets to the point where you help the past obtain the three substances. The visuals get choppy and the screen on the cube stops displaying anything. I've tried restarting the game and even uninstalling and installing it back but the problem is still there. It's possible the issue is on my end, but idk how to fix it.

great game and recommended. Me and my friend love this game and we finish it 3 hours +++. Since we so use to play this genre of game, we do not have any problem to solve the puzzle, only there this one puzzle that need to take a turn in fast way and this puzzle really require a teamwork and patient.

A fantastic experience played with my sibling and enjoyed every puzzle the difficulty was also not very hard so we had ton of fun playing It. Looking forward for the next title!

What’s new

Thank you for playing The Past Within, we fixed some bugs in this new version!