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Yesterday Origins

Pendulo Studios · Microids · 2016-11-10

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 10, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Nov 10, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 10, 2016 (Mac), Sep 26, 2016 (iOS), Nov 17, 2016 (Xbox One), May 31, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

John Yesterday becomes immortal following an occult ritual. However, not everything goes to plan. He and his girlfriend Pauline must embark on an investigation to try to reproduce the immortality ritual. But his former acquaintances have other plans for him...

0
playing now
83%
positive of 728 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
12h
time to beat (IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Yesterday Origins is a 2016 graphic adventure game developed by the Spanish company Pendulo Studios and published by Microïds. Both a prequel and a sequel to Pendulo's earlier Yesterday, the game follows protagonists John Yesterday and his girlfriend Pauline as they try to unravel the mystery of John's immortality. The player takes control of John and Pauline and explores the game world, solves puzzles, collects items and converses with non-player characters.

Health check

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  • · Top 35% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 728 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.99-90%
GOG$1.49-85%
GOG$1.49-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.49-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.58 at GameBillet (2020-12-11) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 80 of 101 observed days · $0.41 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.802016-08-192026-08-302016-08-19 — best price $23.992017-03-15 — best price $12.002017-06-15 — best price $14.992017-10-26 — best price $4.942018-02-15 — best price $7.942018-06-25 — best price $14.992018-11-09 — best price $3.742019-03-04 — best price $5.992019-07-15 — best price $3.752019-11-18 — best price $2.932020-01-19 — best price $14.962020-03-09 — best price $14.992020-05-25 — best price $2.072020-07-28 — best price $2.152020-10-15 — best price $1.492020-12-31 — best price $1.502021-02-21 — best price $10.752021-04-23 — best price $12.632021-06-11 — best price $1.502021-08-18 — best price $1.572021-10-20 — best price $1.492021-12-15 — best price $1.492022-03-28 — best price $1.492022-07-25 — best price $14.992022-12-02 — best price $29.992023-03-30 — best price $14.992023-07-12 — best price $1.492023-10-27 — best price $3.002024-02-19 — best price $0.892024-06-04 — best price $1.192024-09-25 — best price $1.492025-02-10 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-11-06 — best price $1.492026-03-17 — best price $1.502026-07-31 — best price $0.802026-08-30 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)3,02543%37
Steam (Steam)1,13911%36
Xbox One (Xbox)1,03320%36
Switch (Nintendo)150%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

DarkPuzzleMysteryViolentAdventureStory RichSingleplayerPoint & Click

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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