When The Past Was Around
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2020
Genres
- puzzle video game
- adventure game*
Play modes
- single-player video game
Players by platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- No*
Store genres
- Adventure*
- Casual*
- Indie*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Phone*
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Russian*
- Vietnamese*
- Japanese*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Polish*
- Turkish*
- Indonesian*
Community tags · historical
- Cute*
- Votes · historical
- 770*
- Hidden Object*
- Votes · historical
- 770*
- Female Protagonist*
- Votes · historical
- 765*
- Relaxing*
- Votes · historical
- 756*
- Surreal*
- Votes · historical
- 743*
- Interactive Fiction*
- Votes · historical
- 712*
- 2D*
- Votes · historical
- 658*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 655*
- Puzzle*
- Votes · historical
- 646*
- Point & Click*
- Votes · historical
- 645*
- Story Rich*
- Votes · historical
- 623*
- Abstract*
- Votes · historical
- 623*
- Romance*
- Votes · historical
- 621*
- Casual*
- Votes · historical
- 611*
- Colorful*
- Votes · historical
- 592*
- Hand-drawn*
- Votes · historical
- 584*
- Stylized*
- Votes · historical
- 563*
- Philosophical*
- Votes · historical
- 562*
- Atmospheric*
- Votes · historical
- 557*
- Music*
- Votes · historical
- 554*
System requirements
- macOS · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Mac OS X 10.9+*
- Processor alternatives
- Dual Core 1.6 GHz*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Storage
- 2 GB available space*
- Audio hardware
- Any*
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Windows 7 Service Pack 1*
- Processor alternatives
- 1.8 GHz or faster processor*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Direct X 9.0c compatible video card*
- Graphics API
- Version 9.0c*
- Storage
- 2 GB available space*
- Audio hardware
- Any*
- Windows · Recommended*
- Memory
- 1 GB*
- Processor alternatives
- 2.8 GHz or faster processor*
- Graphics alternatives
- Direct X 9.0c compatible video card*
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27*
- Memory
- 1 GB*
Compatibility and community reports
- Controller support · 2026-06-27*
- Controller support
- Partial*
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Gold*
- Reports
- 6*
- Community confidence
- low*
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- Mojiken Studio
- Mojiken*
Publishers
- Toge Productions
Release history
- 2020-09-22
- Date precision
- Exact date
- 2020-09-21 · Microsoft Windows*
- Release date
- 2020-09-21*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- Sep 22, 2020*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 14 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- 1.8 GHz or faster processor*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Direct X 9.0c compatible video card*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 1* GB
- Name
- When the Past Was Around*
- Windows recommended processor requirement
- 2.8 GHz or faster processor*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- Direct X 9.0c compatible video card*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- 1* GB
- Release year
- 2,020*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- 1.8 GHz or faster processor*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Graphics alternatives
- Direct X 9.0c compatible video card*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 1 GB*
- Windows recommended processor requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Processor alternatives
- 2.8 GHz or faster processor*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Graphics alternatives
- Direct X 9.0c compatible video card*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Memory
- 1 GB*
Specifications 2 · 6 fields
- Developers · Microsoft Windows
- Mojiken
- Mojiken*
- Genres · Microsoft Windows
- adventure game
- adventure game*
- puzzle video game
- puzzle video game*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows*
- Publishers · Microsoft Windows
- Toge Productions
- Toge Productions*
- Release date · Microsoft Windows
- 2020-09-21 · Microsoft Windows
- Release date
- 2020-09-21*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Specifications 3 · 32 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 20*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 80* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Phone*
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Mojiken*
- DLC count · historical
- 2*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 100000 - 200000*
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Casual*
- Indie*
- Linux support · historical
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- Yes*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 87* min
- Metacritic score
- 77*
- Name
- When The Past Was Around*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 184*
- Peak ccu
- 3*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 3,865*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 4.79*
- Publishers
- Toge Productions*
- Recommendations
- 3,737*
- Store release date · historical
- Sep 22, 2020*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Russian*
- Vietnamese*
- Japanese*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Polish*
- Turkish*
- Indonesian*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Partial Controller Support
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Phone
- Remote Play on Phone*
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Mojiken
- Mojiken*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Casual
- Casual*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Toge Productions
- Toge Productions*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Sep 22, 2020*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Russian*
- Vietnamese*
- Japanese*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Polish*
- Turkish*
- Indonesian*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 4 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 109* min
- Ccu
- 3*
- Developer
- Mojiken*
- Historical discount
- 0* %
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Casual*
- Indie*
- Historical US original list price
- 799* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Russian*
- Vietnamese*
- Japanese*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Polish*
- Turkish*
- Indonesian*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 134* min
- Name
- When The Past Was Around*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 184*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 100,000 .. 200,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 3,865*
- Historical US price
- 799* US cents
- Publisher
- Toge Productions*
- Community tags · historical
- Cute*
- Hidden Object*
- Female Protagonist*
- Relaxing*
- Surreal*
- Interactive Fiction*
- 2D*
- Singleplayer*
- Puzzle*
- Point & Click*
- Story Rich*
- Abstract*
- Romance*
- Casual*
- Colorful*
- Hand-drawn*
- Stylized*
- Philosophical*
- Atmospheric*
- Music*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Casual
- Casual*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Russian*
- Vietnamese*
- Japanese*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Polish*
- Turkish*
- Indonesian*
- Community tags · historical
- Cute
- Cute*
- Hidden Object
- Hidden Object*
- Female Protagonist
- Female Protagonist*
- Relaxing
- Relaxing*
- Surreal
- Surreal*
- Interactive Fiction
- Interactive Fiction*
- 2D
- 2D*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Puzzle
- Puzzle*
- Point & Click
- Point & Click*
- Story Rich
- Story Rich*
- Abstract
- Abstract*
- Romance
- Romance*
- Casual
- Casual*
- Colorful
- Colorful*
- Hand-drawn
- Hand-drawn*
- Stylized
- Stylized*
- Philosophical
- Philosophical*
- Atmospheric
- Atmospheric*
- Music
- Music*
- Tags votes
- Cute
- Votes · historical
- 770*
- Hidden Object
- Votes · historical
- 770*
- Female Protagonist
- Votes · historical
- 765*
- Relaxing
- Votes · historical
- 756*
- Surreal
- Votes · historical
- 743*
- Interactive Fiction
- Votes · historical
- 712*
- 2D
- Votes · historical
- 658*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 655*
- Puzzle
- Votes · historical
- 646*
- Point & Click
- Votes · historical
- 645*
- Story Rich
- Votes · historical
- 623*
- Abstract
- Votes · historical
- 623*
- Romance
- Votes · historical
- 621*
- Casual
- Votes · historical
- 611*
- Colorful
- Votes · historical
- 592*
- Hand-drawn
- Votes · historical
- 584*
- Stylized
- Votes · historical
- 563*
- Philosophical
- Votes · historical
- 562*
- Atmospheric
- Votes · historical
- 557*
- Music
- Votes · historical
- 554*
Specifications 5 · 27 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Phone*
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Mojiken*
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Casual*
- Indie*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- macOS requirements
- Minimum: OS: Mac OS X 10.9+ Processor: Dual Core 1.6 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: Any *
- Metacritic score
- 77*
- Name
- When The Past Was Around*
- Windows requirements
- Minimum: 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 *
- Platforms
- windows*
- mac*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 0*
- Historical store price
- $7.99*
- Publishers
- Toge Productions*
- Recommendations total
- 3,719*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- Sep 22, 2020*
- Interface languages
- English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian, Vietnamese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Indonesian*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Partial Controller Support
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Phone
- Remote Play on Phone*
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Mojiken
- Mojiken*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Casual
- Casual*
- Indie
- Indie*
- macOS requirements
- macOS · Minimum
- Operating system
- Mac OS X 10.9+*
- Processor alternatives
- Dual Core 1.6 GHz*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Storage
- 2 GB available space*
- Audio hardware
- Any*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- Windows 7 Service Pack 1*
- Processor alternatives
- 1.8 GHz or faster processor*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Direct X 9.0c compatible video card*
- Graphics API
- Version 9.0c*
- Storage
- 2 GB available space*
- Audio hardware
- Any*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Toge Productions
- Toge Productions*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Sep 22, 2020*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Russian*
- Vietnamese*
- Japanese*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Polish*
- Turkish*
- Indonesian*
Specifications 6 · 19 fields
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- partial*
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- verified*
- Store genres
- Adventure|Casual|Indie*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 7,610*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- low*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 6*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- gold*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- 1* GB
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,020*
- Title
- When The Past Was Around*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support
- Partial*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Casual
- Casual*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Gold*
- Reports
- 6*
- Community confidence
- low*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27
- Memory
- 1 GB*
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