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With My Past is a single player platformer game. It was developed by Imagine Wings Studio and was released on May 6, 2024. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

"With My Past" is a pixel-art puzzle platformer game. The protagonist of the story is an ordinary child who, like everyone else, has made some wrong choices in the process of growing up. To help her overcome regrets from the past, you need to unravel layers of puzzles with her "shadow of the past," understand and assist her in recognizing and facing her own past, finding a way to coexist. -This …

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96%Audience ScoreBased on 25 reviews
gameplay3 positive mentions
replayability1 negative mentions

  • Innovative core mechanic using a delayed shadow self that integrates deeply with both gameplay and narrative, creating thought-provoking puzzles.
  • Emotionally resonant storytelling that aligns well with the puzzle design, offering a personal and introspective experience.
  • Beautiful pixel-art style and calming, melancholic soundtrack that enhance the contemplative atmosphere.
  • Narrative sections can feel overbearing, repetitive, and sometimes detract from the core puzzle gameplay.
  • Some puzzles are overly basic or unclear, leading to confusion about the correct solutions.
  • Occasional awkward English translations that slightly affect immersion but do not obscure overall meaning.
  • gameplay

    19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    16% positive mentions, 84% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The gameplay of "With My Past" is a thoughtful puzzle-platforming experience centered around a shadowy past-self mechanic that copies player actions with a delay, creating increasingly complex and meaningful puzzles. It skillfully integrates evolving mechanics with emotional storytelling, offering well-paced difficulty progression and challenges that are both satisfying and symbolic. Players appreciate the seamless connection between gameplay and narrative, dynamic mechanic changes reflecting the story's tone, and fair, intuitive puzzle design.

    • “With My Past is a deeply introspective puzzle-platforming experience that blends thoughtful mechanics with emotional storytelling in a way that feels personal and deliberate.”
    • “The defining feature of With My Past is its core mechanic, which introduces a shadowy manifestation of the protagonist’s past that follows her actions with a delay. This 'past self' is not merely a visual flourish but a central gameplay element that must be carefully managed in order to progress.”
    • “The mechanic is elegant in its simplicity, yet surprisingly deep, as later stages expand upon it with new rules and interactions that keep the puzzles feeling fresh and increasingly complex.”
  • story

    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    19% positive mentions, 81% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The story in "With My Past" is simple yet deeply emotional, conveyed through subtle, introspective storytelling that seamlessly integrates with the puzzle gameplay. Its restrained narrative approach invites personal interpretation, enhancing the emotional impact and creating a profound, immersive experience. The evolving relationship between the player and their past self is thoughtfully reflected in both the mechanics and storytelling, making it a memorable and resonant puzzle-platformer.

    • “With My Past is a deeply introspective puzzle-platforming experience that blends thoughtful mechanics with emotional storytelling in a way that feels personal and deliberate.”
    • “This restrained approach gives the story room to breathe and invites players to project their own interpretations and experiences onto the journey, making the emotional impact feel more personal and universal at the same time.”
    • “One thing this game does a particularly good job of is linking its story to the gameplay - the text boxes appear dynamically throughout each level as you solve them, and the meanings relate to both the story as a whole as well as the current puzzle you're solving.”
  • emotional

    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    With My Past delivers a deeply introspective and emotionally resonant experience, seamlessly blending thoughtful puzzle mechanics with a contemplative and symbolic narrative. Its restrained storytelling invites personal interpretation, creating a quiet yet powerful emotional journey that evolves alongside gameplay. Ideal for players who appreciate meaningful, emotionally driven design over fast-paced action.

    • “With my past is a deeply introspective puzzle-platforming experience that blends thoughtful mechanics with emotional storytelling in a way that feels personal and deliberate.”
    • “Each chapter feels like a different stage in the protagonist’s internal struggle, reflecting shifts in mindset and emotional state without explicitly naming them.”
    • “This restrained approach gives the story room to breathe and invites players to project their own interpretations and experiences onto the journey, making the emotional impact feel more personal and universal at the same time.”
  • music

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music is praised for its gentle, melancholic, and calming melodies that effectively enhance the game's atmosphere without being overwhelming, contributing to moments of tension and reflection.

    • “The soundtrack further enhances this atmosphere, offering gentle, melancholic melodies that underscore moments of tension and reflection without overwhelming the player.”
    • “Beautiful art style and music (very calm and chill, plus a sprinkle of sadness).”
    • “The music is great too, gonna try the B-sides next.”
  • graphics

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's clean and expressive pixel-art style uses color and animation sparingly yet effectively to convey mood, complemented by beautiful, calm, and subtly melancholic visuals and music that create a cohesive, immersive emotional atmosphere.

    • “The pixel-art style is clean and expressive, using color and animation sparingly but effectively to convey mood.”
    • “Together, the visuals and audio create a cohesive emotional space that draws players inward and encourages thoughtful engagement.”
    • “Beautiful art style and music (very calm and chill, with a sprinkle of sadness).”
  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game offers no replayability, with players finding little to no incentive to play it more than once.

    • “This game has zero replayability.”
  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is effectively enriched by a gentle, melancholic soundtrack that supports moments of tension and reflection, creating an immersive experience without overpowering the gameplay.

    • “The soundtrack further enhances this atmosphere, offering gentle, melancholic melodies that underscore moments of tension and reflection without overwhelming the player.”
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With My Past is a platformer game. Common tags for With My Past include indie, 2d, female protagonist, linear, psychological and others.

With My Past is available on PC and Windows.

With My Past was released on May 6, 2024.

With My Past was developed by Imagine Wings Studio.

With My Past has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked With My Past for its gameplay but disliked it for its replayability.

With My Past is a single player game.

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