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Yesterday Origins

Yesterday Origins

Released: 9/29/2016

Discover the latest adventure from Pendulo Studios, creators of the Runaway series! "Yesterday Origins" will take the immortal heroes, John Yesterday and his other half Pauline, not only across the world, but across history itself. This interwoven narration gives the plot its depth and richness. It's 1418. In the dead of night, young John is publically humiliated and dragged through the street. He is imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition under suspicion of witchcraft. Later, he undergoes an alchemical transformation making him immortal. But the potion used during the ceremony has been tampered with by priest Ginés de Orduña. This means that after each resurrection, John completely forgets who he is. In the current day, John and Pauline are searching for an artefact that is needed to make the potion, this time correctly. During their investigation, they will have to face dangerous new protagonists who want to steal their secrets...

Discover the latest adventure from Pendulo Studios, creators of the Runaway series! "Yesterday Origins" will take the immortal heroes, John Yesterday and his other half Pauline, not only across the world, but across history itself. This interwoven narration gives the plot its depth and richness. It's 1418. In the dead of night, young John is publically humiliated and dragged through the street. He is imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition under suspicion of witchcraft. Later, he undergoes an alchemical transformation making him immortal. But the potion used during the ceremony has been tampered with by priest Ginés de Orduña. This means that after each resurrection, John completely forgets who he is. In the current day, John and Pauline are searching for an artefact that is needed to make the potion, this time correctly. During their investigation, they will have to face dangerous new protagonists who want to steal their secrets...

Discover the latest adventure from Pendulo Studios, creators of the Runaway series! "Yesterday Origins" will take the immortal heroes, John Yesterday and his other half Pauline, not only across the world, but across history itself. This interwoven narration gives the plot its depth and richness. It's 1418. In the dead of night, young John is publically humiliated and dragged through the street. He is imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition under suspicion of witchcraft. Later, he undergoes an alchemical transformation making him immortal. But the potion used during the ceremony has been tampered with by priest Ginés de Orduña. This means that after each resurrection, John completely forgets who he is. In the current day, John and Pauline are searching for an artefact that is needed to make the potion, this time correctly. During their investigation, they will have to face dangerous new protagonists who want to steal their secrets...

Critics
68
Steam
82
Metacritic
65

Score Breakdown

68.2

Critic Average

28 reviews

82

Steam User Score

719 reviews

65

Metacritic User Score

44 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-14.3
Metacritic Disparity
+3.2
Combined Disparity
-5.5

Average of both sources

Review Timing

10 launch window (36%)18 late (64%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Based on 28 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 68.2/100. Critics score this game 14.3 points lower than Steam users and 3.2 points higher than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 28)+
  1. Sérgio MotaviaFNintendo
    Aug 15, 2018·Late review
    70/100View review
    Steam 82.5/100 · -12.5 ptsMetacritic 65/100 · +5.0 pts
  2. NoesPaisparaFrikis StaffviaNoesPaisparaFrikis
    Jul 15, 2018·Late review
    79/100View review
    Steam 82.5/100 · -3.5 ptsMetacritic 65/100 · +14.0 pts
  3. David Cruz GarcíaviaAreajugones
    Jun 17, 2018·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 82.5/100 · -2.5 ptsMetacritic 65/100 · +15.0 pts
  4. Paul BroussardviaVGChartz
    Jun 6, 2018·Late review
    40/100View review
    Steam 82.5/100 · -42.5 ptsMetacritic 65/100 · -25.0 pts
  5. Daniel LipscombeviaNintendo Life
    May 31, 2018·Late review
    60/100View review
    Steam 82.5/100 · -22.5 ptsMetacritic 65/100 · -5.0 pts