Yesterday similar games & best alternatives

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Yesterday

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2012

Should you play it?

Yesterday is a thrilling and dark mystery from the masters of adventure, Pendulo Studios.

What works

  • Engaging dark story with plot twists
  • Logical and integrated puzzles with hint system
  • Unique comic book visual style
  • Multiple endings and replay options
  • Immersive atmosphere and voice acting

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short gameplay duration
  • Limited character development
  • Some awkward animations and lip-sync
  • Linear and straightforward puzzle design
  • Lack of save system beyond autosave

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Supper

  • Creepy Tale: Some Other Place

  • Goosebumps: The Game

  • Hector: Badge of Carnage - Full Series

  • Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes

  • Demons Never Lie

Less violent

Games that feels like Yesterday but with less combat and destruction

  • The Journey Down: Chapter One

  • Contrast

  • The Endless Journey

  • Kathy Rain

  • Kujlevka

  • Elroy and the Aliens

More continuation-driven

Games that feels like Yesterday but with an even stronger pull to keep playing

  • Slender Threads: Prologue

  • The Rise of the Golden Idol

  • Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

  • The Journey Down: Chapter Three

  • Yesterday Origins

  • Slender Threads

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Yesterday. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Yesterday. These titles are not in What to play next.

Yesterday: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival, Continuation, Value.

Last update: 21/08/2026