Retrieving The Past
Retrieving The Past is a choice-based visual novel by MrKnobb that ran from 2020 to its final season. The last release is Season 3 Episode 6 with an epilogue, and the project is marked completed.
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About Retrieving The Past
The story is told from a male lead's point of view and moves between long kinetic passages and moments where you choose. Kinetic scenes carry the plot forward on their own; choice scenes decide how the women around him respond and which scenes you reach. That split keeps the reading pace steady without turning every line into a decision.
Visually it is a Ren'Py novel with a small set of locations and a cast built around older women, voyeurism and slow relationship turns. Because the game is finished, there is no missing ending waiting on a future patch: Season 3 Episode 6 closes the arc and the epilogue sits after it. Saves from earlier seasons can be carried forward within the same install.
Files are available for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android, each with more than one mirror, and the release is in English with no censorship. Releases date back to November 2020, and the listing was last updated only two days after that release, so any guide written before Season 3 will not match the final build.
Features
- Completed story with a written epilogue.
- Mix of kinetic scenes and player choices.
- Male lead with an older cast.
- Windows, Mac, Linux and Android builds.
- English release, uncensored.
How to install
Grab the archive for your platform, extract it and start the game executable. The Android build installs as its own package; the desktop folders cannot be reused on a phone.
Requirements
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android — English only, uncensored. Built on Ren'Py.
FAQ
- Is Retrieving The Past completed?
- Yes. The final release is Season 3 Episode 6 plus the epilogue, and the project is listed as completed.
- Does Retrieving The Past work on Mac?
- Yes. Windows, Mac, Linux and Android files are all offered.
- When did Retrieving The Past come out?
- The first release dates to November 2020, and the last update to the listing came in November of the same year.
Tags
See also kinetic novels, choice based novels, MrKnobb games.