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A Taste of the Past

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

What do you do when you lose someone you love? A Taste of the Past is an emotional sidescroller about reconnecting with your Chinese culture while navigating a train to the afterlife. Featuring a wholesome story, cooking minigames, and hope.

What works

  • Beautiful art and music
  • Emotional and touching story
  • Short and accessible
  • Relatable themes of grief and family
  • Free to play

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short gameplay
  • Simple and minimal minigames
  • Limited voice acting
  • Linear narrative with minimal player impact
  • Some minor bugs reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Mr. Saitou

  • Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County

  • Please Be Happy

  • Rakuen

  • Margo

  • Teacup

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like A Taste of the Past but with less of a community feel

  • Florence

  • When The Past Was Around

  • Before Your Eyes

  • Deathless Death

  • Threefold Recital

  • Little Misfortune

Less fantastical

Games that feels like A Taste of the Past but with less imaginative fiction

  • A YEAR OF SPRINGS

  • missed messages.

  • The Average Everyday Adventures of Samantha Browne

  • Perfect Tides

  • Venba

  • The Heroes Around Me

More strategic

Games that feels like A Taste of the Past but with more strategic problem-solving

  • LoveChoice

  • The Red Strings Club

  • Coffee Talk

  • Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines

  • FixFox

  • Purrgatory

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A Taste of the Past: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Strategy.

Last update: 21/08/2026