Games like Yesterday
If Yesterday is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shroud of Gloom, The Next BIG Thing and Rusty Lake: Roots — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dark cult conspiracy intrigue, mirrored themes and symbols and protagonists fractured identity. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
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Players who liked Yesterday also play
Steam players who put hours into Yesterday also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Shroud of Gloom
WHY THIS
Top pick for Yesterday fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Shroud of Gloom is a point-and-click horror adventure. Investigate an old manor, gather items and clues to solve environmental puzzles and discover dark secrets. Can you uncover the mystery… and make it out alive?
The Next BIG Thing
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Yesterday.
Second-strongest match for Yesterday fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
The Next Big Thing is a great adventure game in high definition, loaded with laughs, tributes, mysteries and wacky puzzles!
Rusty Lake: Roots
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Yesterday.
Third-strongest match for Yesterday fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
Yesterday Origins
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Yesterday.
Ranked #4 for Yesterday fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
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...
Post Mortem
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Yesterday.
Ranked #5 for Yesterday fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…
The Room Three
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Yesterday.
Ranked #6 for Yesterday fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?
Rusty Lake Paradise
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Yesterday.
Ranked #7 for Yesterday fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Rusty Lake Paradise is set on a small remote island which is cursed by the ten plagues of Egypt. Solve all the mysteries of this dark, macabre puzzle adventure. Paradise builds upon the distinctive atmosphere and excitement from the Rusty Lake series.
The Room
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Yesterday.
Ranked #8 for Yesterday fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Yesterday
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Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Yesterday cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
One of the all-time classic adventures, multi award winning "Broken Sword: Director's Cut" pitches sassy journalist Nico Collard, and intrepid American George Stobbart into a mysterious journey of intrigue and jeopardy.
Vertigo
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Yesterday cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Vertigo is a first person story-based shooter for the HTC Vive. Explore the sprawling underground facilities of Planck Interdimensional Energy Solutions' Quantum Reactor, filled with dark secrets, adorable drones, and parallel universes.
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Yesterday.
Reviewers of Yesterday cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Uncover secrets of past lives in this story-rich, tactical roleplaying game set in Sigil, a dark fantasy city at the heart of the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse. Explore the planes, survive combat alongside a party of bizarre companions, and solve puzzles unlike any ever seen in the genre.
SchoolBoy Runaway
WHY THIS
Shares a bleak mood with Yesterday.
Reviewers of Yesterday cross-mention this title as a similar play.
“You little rascal! Go study your lessons right now!” said the angry parents, grounding you. Try to outsmart them and find a way to have fun with your friends.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Yesterday at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Yesterday on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Yesterday on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Yesterday on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Yesterday on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Yesterday on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Yesterday on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
TOEM: A Photo Adventure
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Yesterday on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Set off on a delightful expedition and use your photographic eye to uncover the mysteries of the magical TOEM in this hand-drawn adventure game. Chat with quirky characters, solve their problems by snapping neat photos, and make your way through a relaxing landscape!
Aventura Copilului Albastru și Urât
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Yesterday on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Pornește într-o aventură scurtă de uitat în maxim 30min după ce ai închis jocul! Ce mai aștepți? Aventura îl urmărește pe Copilul Albastru și Urât într-o lume bizară, seara. 2D Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Multiple Endings.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Cube Escape: Paradox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
The Supper
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.
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More from Pendulo Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Pendulo Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Blacksad: Under the Skin
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Yesterday.
Another title from Pendulo Studios, the studio behind Yesterday. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Yesterday.
Another title from Pendulo Studios, the studio behind Yesterday. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.
Runaway, A Road Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares inventory combination with Yesterday.
Another title from Pendulo Studios, the studio behind Yesterday. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
New York, 2000......Without knowing how or why, Brian, a student on the verge of graduating from college, is attacked by Mafia gangsters. During his desperate getaway, in the company of a mysterious striptease dancer, he ends up meeting a wide range of unusual characters.
The Next BIG Thing
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Yesterday.
Another title from Pendulo Studios, the studio behind Yesterday. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
The Next Big Thing is a great adventure game in high definition, loaded with laughs, tributes, mysteries and wacky puzzles!
Yesterday Origins
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Yesterday.
Another title from Pendulo Studios, the studio behind Yesterday. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
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...
Runaway: A Twist of Fate
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Yesterday.
Another title from Pendulo Studios, the studio behind Yesterday. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Runaway: A Twist of Fate is the adventure game of the year! Featuring a production worthy of a big 2D animated movie, Runaway follows a story full of twists and turns, and packed with comical highlights. All in all, you will be confronted with more than 200 mysteries and puzzles to keep your brain running through a big adventure that you...
Runaway, The Dream of The Turtle
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Yesterday.
Another title from Pendulo Studios, the studio behind Yesterday. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Travel to the four corners of the world with Brian and Gina in a crazy story packed full of surprises. Pirates, spies, surfers, soldiers, and even aliens get in on the act - all combining to create a wonderfully rewarding experience to savour and remember forever!
Tintin Reporter - Cigars of the Pharaoh
WHY THIS
Another title from Pendulo Studios, the studio behind Yesterday. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Tintin and his faithful companion Snowy are going to experience some extraordinary adventures…After meeting Professor Sarcophagus whilst cruising the Mediterranean Sea, the famous reporter sets out in search of the tomb of the Pharaoh Kih-Oskh.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Rusty Lake: Roots
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Yesterday.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
Post Mortem
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Yesterday.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…
The Room
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Yesterday.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Yesterday.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
Frequently asked about Yesterday
- How much does Yesterday cost?
- Yesterday is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Yesterday?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Yesterday are Shroud of Gloom, The Next BIG Thing, Rusty Lake: Roots.
- Who developed Yesterday?
- Yesterday was developed by Pendulo Studios and published by Focus Entertainment.
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