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The Messenger
Sign in to save2018 action-platformer indie video game
Game data
Metacritic 84- Released
- 2018-08-30
- User rating
- 4.29 / 5
- Genres
- Adventure, Action, RPG, Indie, Platformer
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
- ESRB
- Everyone 10+
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Game details · IGDB
87Critic score · 8 ratings
79User score · 192 ratings
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.
- Released
- 2018
- Genres
- Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Game modes
- Single player
- Developer
- Sabotage
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- themessengergame.com
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- publication date
- 2018-08-30
- review score
- 88/100
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Categories
2018 video gamesAction gamesDevolver Digital gamesIndie gamesJapan in non-Japanese cultureMetroidvania gamesNintendo Switch gamesPlatformersPlayStation 4 gamesRetro-style video gamesSingle-player video gamesThe Game Awards winnersVideo games about demonsVideo games about ninjaVideo games developed in CanadaWindows gamesXbox Cloud Gaming gamesXbox One games