Désiré vs Yestertide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Désiré
Embark on a poetic point-and-click adventure in a monochrome world. Guide a colorblind protagonist through a journey of emotional discovery and societal critique. Unravel mysteries and encounter diverse characters as you seek the meaning of color.
- Point-and-click gameplay
- Black and white art style
- Poetic narrative
- Character interactions
- Riddles and puzzles
- Societal critique
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Désiré is a poetic point-and-click adventure game in black and white. When the schoolteacher asks Désiré why he didn't draw the sun like the other pupils, he replies spontaneously: « It's always night in my head. » Désiré is colour-blind from birth and he will lead you into in world of black and white. He marches on hesitantly, as life never brought him much joy. From a tender age, he is going to meet several characters who will elicit in Désiré intense emotions and alter his vision in surprising ways. Is colour at the end of the road? The game is, at its core, a critique of the modern world and of the perverting nature of a consumer, profit-obsessed society. The game contains 4 chapters, 50+ scenes, 40+ characters and a lot of riddles.
Yestertide
Embark on a mysterious adventure in a quaint, uncharted village. Solve puzzles, interact with cryptic characters, and uncover secrets involving time travel and aliens. Your choices are crucial to saving this strange place.
- Hand-drawn art
- Puzzles and riddles
- Cryptic character interaction
- Time-travel elements
- Alien encounters
- Card tricks
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Come in. Stay for AGES and AGES … Welcome to YESTERTIDE, another exciting mind-bender from the MysteryCaper team. Enjoy your visit. You're not going anywhere anytime soon. – You've been backpacking for days. You're tired; you're sore. You just want to SLEEP … You stumble upon a quaint old village. YESTERTIDE. Quiet, unassuming, cobblestoney. You'll rest here. It's funny, though. You've never heard of this place, and it's not on any maps. Oh well. It will do for now. But when is NOW exactly? And why do you feel like someone — or some-THING — is watching you? – FEATURES • a thrilling array of hand-drawn art • an endless supply of puzzles and riddles • the occasional cryptic character interaction • hilarious in-game comments • a pigeon • a cat • time-travel • aliens • card tricks • and YOU, the last hope for Yestertide — and beyond – MysteryCaper. It's COMEDY SOLVED.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Yestertide at 4.6 against Désiré's 3.2. Yestertide also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 52%) and price ($5.99 vs $6.99). Désiré's advantage is chart position (#195 vs unranked) and device support (5 vs 3). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Désiré costs $6.99 and Yestertide $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Yestertide holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 76 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Désiré's written reviews are positive against 77% of Yestertide's.
Désiré ships an update every 3 months, Yestertide every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Désiré | Yestertide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $5.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.2 (38 ratings) | 4.6 (76 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.1% of reviews | 76.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 76 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #195 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 231 MB | 396 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sylvain Seccia | MysteryCaper, LLC |
Customer experience
Désiré
Yestertide
User reviews
Désiré
From 38 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Beautiful graphics and art style
- 📖 Engaging and thought-provoking story
- 🎶 Melancholic and fitting music
- 🤔 Unique and unconventional themes
- 💡 Well-crafted puzzles
Room to improve
- 🐌 Slow character movement
- 🗣️ Long and sometimes tedious dialogues
- 🔞 Mature and controversial themes
- ❓ Unclear objectives or puzzles
- 💰 Paid game with issues
Yestertide
From 76 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Engaging story and humor
- 💡 Creative and challenging puzzles
- ⭐️ Excellent hint system available
- 🎨 Charming art style
- ⏳ Good game length
Room to improve
- 🤔 Puzzles lack logic
- 😵 Navigation is confusing
- 🤯 Puzzles are too obscure
- frustrating to navigate hints
- 🤷♀️ Some puzzles not solvable
Bugs and requests
Désiré
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game crashes frequently
- App closes unexpectedly
- Progression lost due to crashes
- Inventory menu blocking items
- Display errors for Chinese characters
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- Game gets stuck at specific points
- Unresponsive controls on certain devices
- Save game issues
- Loading problems
- Incompatible with older OS versions
Requested features
7 requests- Faster character movement
- Hint system for puzzles
- Option to skip dialogues
- Improved save system (auto-save)
- Better optimization for older devices
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- Russian language support
- Magnifying glass for small objects
Yestertide
Reported bugs
5 issues- Fruits must be dragged twice to blend
- Cafe safe code didn't work
- Hot plate puzzle bug
- Alien keypad issue
- Safe combination in hints doesn't work
Requested features
3 requests- More games from the developer
- In-game hints instead of website
- Notebook to remind of tasks
In-app purchases
Désiré
No in-app purchases
Yestertide
No in-app purchases









