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 puzzles and uncover Albert Vanderboom’s plan.
Each input wears a grade, S to D, read from the buyer's side. The color is the direction: green raises the score, red lowers it, grey sits neutral. ▼ marks a dock, ? a missing input. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
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BANGER · Multiplayer · 2022
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Yes. A BANGER at $3.35.
about 1.9h$3.35 (~)
Better value than 97% of Multiplayer games
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The Past Within scores 86/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/1515210/the-past-within<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/1515210/the-past-within"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/1515210" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/1515210/the-past-within)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 2h ago.
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Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
Low $1.79High $5.99Now $3.3544% off high
PricePrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
The lowest price on record is $1.79, set in December 2025. It has been discounted 30 times in the 4 years tracked here, typically at 40 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 3 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Cube Escape: Paradox (free, scores 91) beats it on value, while it beats The Mr. Rabbit Magic Show (free, scores 81).