The Messenger
Aug 30, 2018
- Platform
- Adventure
- Indie
- Arcade
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One
IGDB community rating 7.9IGDB195 votes
Overview
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.
Story
In a village of ninjas, an ancient prophecy foretells that a "Western Hero" will one day arrive to save them from the demons that plague the land. When the Demon King attacks, the promised hero appears and repels him, then entrusts a young ninja with a sacred scroll — naming him the Messenger and charging him to carry it east, to the top of a distant mountain. Aided along the way by a mysterious blue-robed shopkeeper, the Messenger sets out across a perilous world, his simple delivery gradually drawing him into a far greater struggle that spans centuries and bends time itself.
- Developed by
- Sabotage
- Published by
- Devolver Digital
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Facts
- Game modes
- Single player
- Player perspectives
- Side view
- Themes
- Action, Comedy
- Game engine
- Unity
- Release dates
- Nintendo Switch: Aug 30, 2018
- PC (Microsoft Windows): Aug 30, 2018
- PlayStation 4: Mar 19, 2019
- Xbox One: Jun 25, 2020
- PlayStation 5: Jan 23, 2025
