The Past Within Lite

4.1
8.54K reviews
Content rating
Teen
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About this game

Welcome to The Past Within DEMO version, a 15 to 30 minutes co-op adventure by Rusty Lake. For this demo version of The Past Within, both players need to own a copy of the game in order to play. This version can be played cross-platform and has different content compared to the full premium version.

Choose between The Future or The Past and make some memories together with a friend. Join the Cubical Device Beta program in The Future to see if you can make a connection with The Past. The Past will be on the other side communicating valuable information to bring both universes together.

Key features
▪ Solve puzzles together with a friend
▪ This game is co-op only and can be played cross platform
▪ 15-30 minute gameplay, with a possibility to switch sides
▪ An atmospheric soundtrack composed by Victor Butzelaar

The full premium version of The Past Within releases November 2nd 2022 and will be translated in 18+ languages.
Updated on
Oct 28, 2025
Available on
Android, Windows

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Ratings and reviews

4.0
8.1K reviews
Samanawaya Datta
October 19, 2022
Pretty good. It's really similar to We Were Here on PC, and I think, Android needs more CO-OP games like these. But one thing is that, from atleast the demo, the guy from the future doesn't have much to do, or move around except using the monitor. I think he needs some more exploration. I've played every Rusty Lake game to date, and this one is pretty cool.
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Rusty Lake
October 28, 2022
Thank you so much for your feedback! 😊The full game will have more exploration for both the Past and the Future. We hope you will enjoy it more!🌹🦌
Stephanie St. Germain
October 31, 2022
This demo certainly doesn't entice me to pay money for the full version. It says it will take 20 minutes but we did it in about 5? We were surprised when it just suddenly ended. My husband chose the future section and he said he didn't have very much fun. We swapped and he said the same thing. It was less solving puzzles and more giving each other instructions. I want more Rusty Lake lore though. I wish this co-op could have been implemented better.
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Rusty Lake
October 31, 2022
Hello! Thank you for playing the demo and your detailed feedback. Sad that you didn't have a lot of fun. The final release will be longer (about 1,5-2 hours) and will have more storytelling and replayability to it. We hope you will still give it a chance and enjoy our hard work! 🦌🌹
C S
October 29, 2022
I'm such a huge fan of the Rusty Lake series but admittedly the puzzles sometimes are a huge head scratcher and I absolutely hate peeking behind the curtain. At first I didn't like the idea of it being two players but it wasn't hard to hit up a few friends who were gamers to get them to play....it also keeps me in check when I get frustrated trying to solve certain puzzles. Give it a chance....odds are if you have a phone, you have someone in your contacts who will be down to play!
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Rusty Lake
October 29, 2022
Happy to hear you tried the demo experience , hope you will give the full version a try too :)

What’s new

We fixed some small issues! Please enjoy The Past Within Lite!