Yesterday Origins

Point-and-click mystery spanning centuries and an immortal's lost memories

Pendulo Studios · Published by Microids · Released Nov 10, 2016

Adventure

Reviews: Very Positive; 83% of 730
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 0; right now
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: 9 years ago; Jan 18, 2017

Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.

Metacritic: 74/100 (critic reviews)

What is Yesterday Origins?

A single-player point-and-click adventure that moves between the Spanish Inquisition in 1481 and present-day Paris. You examine scenes, speak with characters, and solve puzzles while immortal John Yesterday and his partner Pauline search for an artifact needed to remake an alchemical potion.

For you if...

+you like mysteries set across different historical periods
+you enjoy puzzles that take time to figure out

Not for you if...

−you want combat rather than investigation and puzzles
−you avoid stories with violence and occult themes

What players say

83% of 730 reviews are positive

Players praise the story and puzzles, but some report bugs with controller inputs and disappearing items.

Screenshots and trailer

Yesterday Origins system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 - 64 bits
Processor: AMD /Intel quad-core processor running at 2.2 GHz
Graphics: ATI/NVIDIA dedicated/integrated or mobile graphic card, with at least 512MB of dedicated VRAM and with at least Shader Model 4.0 support
Memory: 2048 MB RAM
Storage: 4 GB available space
DirectX: Version 9.0