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When The Past Was Around - Prologue

2019

Should you play it?

This is the prologue chapter of "When the Past was Around", an upcoming adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.

What works

  • Beautiful hand-drawn art
  • Soothing and fitting music
  • Emotional and poetic narrative
  • Simple and accessible puzzles
  • Relaxing and calming atmosphere

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short demo length
  • Puzzles are too simplistic
  • Music can be repetitive and annoying
  • Lack of story clarity for some players
  • No audio options to adjust music volume

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Little UNI

  • Night Reverie: Prologue

  • All Dream Long A Flower Storm

  • Evan's Remains

  • Rakuen

  • Elroy and the Aliens

Less intimate

Games that feels like When The Past Was Around - Prologue but with less focus on close relationships

  • Landlord of the Woods

  • Cube Escape Collection

  • Missing Translation

  • Confidential Killings - A Detective Game

  • Through Abandoned: The Underground City

  • PRICE

More expressive

Games that feels like When The Past Was Around - Prologue but with more self-expression and customization

  • 咕啾！文鸟恋爱物语 Love Story of Sparrow

  • Insomnia: Theater in the Head

  • Refind Self: The Personality Test Game

  • Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery

  • Leila

  • When The Past Was Around

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

When The Past Was Around - Prologue: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Strategy.

Last update: 03/08/2026