The Messenger
August 30, 2018PlatformAdventureIndieArcade
83Player rating(195)87Critic rating(8)4following
- Developer
- Sabotage
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital
- Platforms
- WindowsPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch
- Themes
- Action · Comedy
About
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan's survival. Leveraging players expectations as a core game design ingredient, The Messenger is first presented as an 8-bit action platformer with a simple story, that unravels into an epic time traveling tale, eventually revealing itself as a 16-bit Metroidvania game packed with replay value and deadpan humor.
Across Zagreus servers
1 server
8 hours
Total playtime
3
Players
6
Sessions
#1466
Most played
of 4,740 games
- First played
- Oct 5, 2025
- Last played
- Mar 29, 2026
Top players
All servers
- 1
DanialBlackBone4 hours - 2
-Himuks4 hours - 3
BigBoss5 min
Screenshots
5
Trailers
Opens YouTube
Time to beat
Community-reported
- Hastily
- 15 hours
- Main story only
- Normally
- 16 hours
- Story plus some extras
Modes & multiplayer
Single player
Where to buy
Steam — opens The Messenger on Steam in a new tabGOG — opens The Messenger on GOG in a new tabPlayStation Store — opens The Messenger on PlayStation Store in a new tabXbox — opens The Messenger on Xbox in a new tabNintendo — opens The Messenger on Nintendo in a new tab
Official & community
Similar games
From IGDB
