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Yesterday

A point-and-click mystery about unexplained deaths and a forgotten past

Pendulo Studios · Published by Focus Entertainment · Released Mar 22, 2012

Adventure

Reviews
Very Positive
83% of 877
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
1
daily peak, Nov 1, 2026
Steam Deck
Untested
Last update on Steam
Unknown
no patch notes on Steam
Minimum PC
DirectX 9 GPU
1 GB RAM · 8 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 65/100 (critic reviews)

What is Yesterday?

This point-and-click adventure begins in New York in 2011, where homeless people are disappearing and turning up dead. You solve puzzles while following an investigation that connects charity volunteer Henry White and his friend Cooper to John Yesterday, a man with apparent memory loss.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy dark adventures with unsettling characters
  • +you like finding items and working out their uses

Not for you if...

  • −you want action-focused gameplay rather than dialogue and puzzles

What players say

83% of 877 reviews are positive

Players praise the story's twists and the visual style. The most common complaint is the short length, with some players also criticizing abrupt pacing and puzzle solutions they find poorly signposted or illogical.

Screenshots and trailer

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Yesterday system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 1 GB RAM, 8 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
WINDOWS XP SP2/VISTA SP1/WINDOWS 7
Processor
INTEL/AMD 2.0GHZ
Graphics
256 MB 100% DIRECTX 9 COMPATIBLE. ATI RADEON X800/INTEL GMA 3000/NVIDIA GEFORCE 6800 OR HIGHER*
Memory
1024 MB (XP)/2048 MB (VISTA/7)
Storage
8 GB
Notes
INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED FOR GAME ACTIVATION *SIS AND VIA/S3G GRAPHICS CONTROLLERS NON SUPPORTED

Does Yesterday have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Yesterday run on Steam Deck?

Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English, Russian. Text only: French, Polish.

Does Yesterday use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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