
games like
When the Past Was Around
When the Past Was Around leans Variance (Systems & Chaos). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Point-and-click, Music - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
10 games like When the Past Was Around
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: variance (5 vs 6) - Replicant identities are randomised each playthrough
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: optimization (4 vs 6) - Escape-room puzzles and route flowchart are fully solvable
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Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: variance (5 vs 3) - Branching outcomes obscure which paths are accessible from current state
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: variance (5 vs 3) - Art-theft mystery hides its heretical secret initially.
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: variance (5 vs 3) - Branch outcomes hidden on first viewing
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Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (1 vs 2) - QTEs and heartbeat prompts need basic timing.
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Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: variance (5 vs 4) - First-run unknowns are the whole experience; spoilers defuse it
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (1 vs 0) - Pure reading and clicking, no physical layer
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Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: variance (5 vs 4) - Navigating by map coordinates with hidden danger zones
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- Released
- 2020
- Developer
- Mojiken Studio
- Platforms
- PS4, Android, PC, iOS, Mac, XONE, Switch
- Modes
- Single player
- IGDB users
- 68/100