When the Past Was Around
- Developer
- Mojiken Studio
- Publisher
- Toge Productions
- Released
- 22 September 2020
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £6.69
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, macOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres: point and click , music , puzzle , adventure , indie
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.
Best gaming PC for When the Past Was Around in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for When the Past Was Around today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Toge Productions on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 Service Pack 1 | Windows 10 |
| CPU | 1.8 GHz or faster processor | 2.8 GHz or faster processor |
| RAM | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| GPU | Direct X 9.0c compatible video card | Direct X 9.0c compatible video card |
| Storage | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| DirectX | 9.0 | 9.0 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run When the Past Was Around?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to 2.8 GHz and your GPU is at or above Direct X 9.0c compatible video card, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.
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