When The Past Was Around

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 a hidden object, cute and female protagonist game developed by Mojiken and published by Toge Productions.
Released on September 22nd 2020 is available on Windows and MacOS in 16 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian, Vietnamese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Turkish and Indonesian.

It has received 3,862 reviews of which 3,688 were positive and 174 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 4.67€ on Steam and has a 40% discount.

The Steam community has classified When The Past Was Around into these genres:

Hidden Object Cute Female Protagonist Relaxing Surreal Interactive Fiction 2D Singleplayer Puzzle Point & Click Abstract Story Rich Romance Casual Colorful Hand-drawn Stylized Philosophical Atmospheric Music

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
Processor: 1.8 GHz or faster processor
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Direct X 9.0c compatible video card
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 2 GB available space
Sound Card: Any

MacOS

OS: Mac OS X 10.9+
Processor: Dual Core 1.6 GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Storage: 2 GB available space
Sound Card: Any

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

May 2024

A simple, lovely and short story for one of the hundreds of sleepless nights. ✧˚ ༘ ⋆｡♡˚

March 2024

i cried like a baby. a point and click puzzle game with a really emotional story about love, loss and grief. i have never experienced the loss of someone i love and the game made me feel and made me realize that sometimes no matter how long and how much time passes by, some memories just wont fade away. thank you for making me experience how it probably would feel like to lose someone i love forever. i will appreciate and love the people in my life more. life is short, evil and unfair. its the reason why i'd rather spend it loving, loving and loving with all my heart. we're all leaving someday. make sure you hold the people you love tightly <3 10/10

Feb. 2024

When the Past Was Around is a very warm, atmospheric, and gentle game about love and how it doesn’t fade even after years, rather the memories remain with us, transforming as we grow with them. It is a bittersweet story at its core, highlighting the journey of moving on and letting go. It resembles Florence, so if you liked that, it can be a good choice. It is a point-and-click journey with puzzles (there are some harder ones, but most of them are quite easy), and I really appreciated the fact that the game is without narration, so it’s all on you how you imagine the story between Eda and Owl. The visuals, artwork, and music of this game are super cute. I liked the art style so much that I bought the separate Artwork, and I honestly recommend it as it displays how the characters were born and made to interact with each other. <3

Jan. 2024

A gorgeous and meaningful hand drawn, click and point game. The puzzles to get through were quite interesting and I appreciate that they weren't *too* easy. I love games with no dialogue as you can experience the story in your own way. For me I viewed this as a story about relationships, grief and love, that no matter how much time has passed you will always have warm memories of someone. The grief aspect showed me that it's hard to accept when someone is gone too. I really enjoyed playing through this, I'm usually a crier in these types of games but I didn't get emotional with it - though the story and art style nonetheless was very expressive and just lovely.

Jan. 2024

A beautiful game with stunning art, an emotional story, and really thought out puzzles. I felt captivated the whole way through.

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Steam data	16 November 2024 15:16
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Steam price	23 December 2024 20:26
Steam reviews	21 December 2024 23:46

-40% 7.79€ 4.67€

9.2

3,688

174

Online players

Developer

Mojiken

Publisher

Toge Productions

Release 22 Sep 2020

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