Best When The Past Was Around Apps &amp; Games

4.4😊(644 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

An adventure point-and-click puzzle game exploring themes of love, loss, and self-discovery. Guide a young woman through surreal memories and solve intricate puzzles to uncover the secrets of a past relationship and find her way forward.

What We Love

💕 Heartwarming story
🎨 Beautiful art style
🎶 Lovely music
👍 Engaging puzzles
🕰️ Calming and relaxing gameplay

Room to Improve

💰 Requires payment for full game
🔁 Lack of save progress
🔍 Difficulty reading small text/clues
🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches

Resonance of the Ocean by Pujia8 Limited

Strong Contender

4.6😊(1.6K ratings)

FreeAdsIn-App Purchases

Explore a desolate island, collecting washed-up items to craft unique instruments. Use these instruments to respond to mysterious echoes from across the ocean in a hand-drawn world. Immerse yourself in a calming soundscape of nature and found objects.

What We Love

🎨 Beautiful art style
🎶 Calming and immersive soundtrack
🧩 Clever puzzle mechanics
🌊 Serene and relaxing atmosphere

Room to Improve

⏱️ Extremely short game length
🤔 Unsatisfying or ambiguous ending
🔍 Lack of deeper story or lore exploration

Love is… in small things by Lunosoft Inc.

Emotional healing game!

Worth Considering

Olivia. The Witch's Magic Shop

4.6😊(284 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

This is a stress-free hidden object game that combines art and emotional healing. Discover hidden items within beautiful illustrations and enjoy original music. Collect puzzle pieces to unlock wallpaper collections and immerse yourself in a heartwarming love story.

What We Love

💗 Calming and relaxing
🎨 Beautiful art style
🎶 Soothing music
🧩 Enjoyable puzzles
❤️ Heartwarming story
🕰️ No time pressure
📱 Works offline

Room to Improve

💸 Ads can be intrusive
🔍 Some items hard to see
🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes

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Solve intriguing puzzlesDecode cryptic messagesGuide a lonely Shadow

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Local History and Photographs

Collect local memoriesPreserve historical photographsCommunity-driven archiving

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Personalized daily nostalgia feedHome screen widgetsNostalgia quizzes

Relive your childhood with a daily feed of personalized memories from your formative years. Discover music, movies, games, and toys that defined your past. Test your knowledge with quizzes and share your favorite moments.

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Can you find a way out?

Point-and-click gameplayAtmospheric environmentIntricate puzzles

Explore a mysterious room filled with peculiar objects and solve intricate puzzles to achieve enlightenment and escape. This atmospheric point-and-click adventure offers a re-imagined experience with new puzzles, story, and graphics.

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Curated throwback music collectionFeatures classic artistsNostalgic listening experience

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OldView: Historic City Tourism

Historic Photo Travel Maps

View historical photos at exact locationsUpload and share personal historical imagesDiscover images from an extensive database

Explore historical photos overlaid on your current location. Discover the past through images taken at precise spots and contribute your own historical snapshots to a global archive. Share your discoveries and connect with a community of history enthusiasts.

Run a bubble tea shop

Run a bubble tea shopMake and serve drinksUpgrade your shop

Own and manage your own bubble tea shop. Serve customers, discover new recipes, and upgrade your business to build a boba empire. This is a relaxing simulation game where you can explore the town and interact with characters.

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Vintage New York City

Historical NYC photographsExplore 2,500+ locationsCompare with Google Street View

Explore historical photographs of New York City from the New York Public Library's Digital Collections. Discover past scenes at over 2,500 locations and compare them with current Google Street View images.

Events and news 100 years ago

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by Cody Mace

Color matching gameplayCamera-based color detectionTimed game modes

Engage in a unique color-finding game where players use their device's camera to match colors displayed on screen. Compete with friends in timed challenges, earning points for accuracy. It simplifies traditional scavenger hunts into a fun, digital experience.