# 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.

## Game facts

- Developer: Mojiken
- Publisher: Toge Productions
- Release status: Released
- Release date: Sep 23, 2020
- Region for this schedule: GLOBAL
- Platforms: PC, MOBILE, Nintendo, and PlayStation
- Genres: Adventure, casual, Puzzle, BrainTeaser, Point&Click
- Steam Deck: Verified (Steam, checked Nov 4, 2026: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1164050/)
- Playtime: Main story 1 hr, Main + some extras 2.3 hr, 100% completion 3.1 hr (IGDB, checked Nov 4, 2026: https://www.igdb.com/games/when-the-past-was-around)
- Languages: Interface: American English, French (France), Italian (Italy), German (Germany), European Spanish, Korean (South Korea), Russian (Russia), Vietnamese (Vietnam), Japanese (Japan), Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Chinese (China), Polish (Poland), Turkish (Türkiye), Chinese (Taiwan), Mexican Spanish; Subtitles: American English, French (France), Italian (Italy), German (Germany), European Spanish, Korean (South Korea), Russian (Russia), Vietnamese (Vietnam), Japanese (Japan), Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Chinese (China), Polish (Poland), Turkish (Türkiye) (IGDB, checked Nov 4, 2026: https://www.igdb.com/games/when-the-past-was-around)

## AI Review Analysis

Analyzed Sep 1, 2026

### Strengths

- An original and beautiful hand-drawn art style with delicate animations
- Calm, beautiful violin-centered music that effectively strengthens the emotions of loss and love
- A method of conveying love, separation, and grief through puzzles, backgrounds, and direction without dialogue

### Weaknesses

- Narrow touch targets and small items and clues make interaction and observation inconvenient on mobile
- The puzzles are generally easy, and some feel like they can be solved by blindly clicking every object
- Complaints about the short playtime and being asked to purchase the full game immediately after the free prologue

## Links

- [When The Past Was Around on WAME](https://www.wame.is/game/5863)
- [Player reviews](https://www.wame.is/game/5863/reviews)

Updated: 2026-11-09T23:56:12.110Z