The Messenger

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About the Game 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. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.

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Developer:
Sabotage
Publisher:
Devolver Digital
Release date:
30 August 2018
Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (94)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (4728)

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Description

About the Game

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. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.



  • Dynamic, acrobatic gameplay and ultra tight controls worthy of an epic ninja adventure.

  • Character upgrades, new abilities, hidden levels, and branching paths to discover.

  • Meticulously designed 8-bit and 16-bit sprites, animations, and backgrounds in the spirit of the classics.

  • A memorable cast of offbeat villains, bosses, and associates.

  • Original soundtrack by renowned chiptune composer Rainbowdragoneyes, handmade using Famitracker.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or newer (64 bit)
Processor:
Intel core i5-4210 1.7ghz
Memory:
2 GB RAM
Graphics:
Intel HD Graphics 4400
Storage:
1200 MB available space
Sound Card:
Onboard soundcard or better

recommended*

Not specified

User reviews

Fusha
Not recommended | 21 Jun 2026
14.3h played

Mostly neutral review, but I'm still leaning towards a thumbs down. Spoilers ahead. I have to admit that the idea is very cool: a classic platformer that introduces time travel mechanics and then turns into a

Helpful: 7
hs*******
Not recommended | 07 Jul 2026
11.4h played

Went back to give it another chance since I really liked Sea of Stars. I still hate it. Atrocious boss designs after a while, levels "opening up" later just means pointless wandering trying to find where to go, and

Helpful: 3
=[SoL]= Gelean
Not recommended | 20 Jun 2026
16.9h played

This game suffers from poor controls and overall poor level design. Most of the areas suffer from being too easy and a few suffer from being ill-tuned and frustratingly difficult. Most levels offer a very bland way of

Helpful: 2
Captain Ape
Not recommended | 22 Jun 2026
33 min played

At first I was enjoying my time with this game. The pixel art is gorgeous and the music is really good. Gameplay felt snappy from the get-go as well. Yet very quickly, things went downhill. I really don't like how dying

Helpful: 10
chunny
Recommended | 04 Jul 2026
25.9h played

+ trilha sonora perfeita apenas bangers + gráficos lindos, a transição de 8-bit pra 16-bit é sempre bonita de se ver + personagens e diálogos fenomenais e engraçados. talvez o grande ponto alto do jogo, fiz questão de

Helpful: 2
Haggy McSaggy
Not recommended | 09 Jul 2026
12.9h played

Foreword Just to preface the scathing review i'm about to give, the game is fine for what it sets out to do, it just doesn't do enough for me to justify recommending it. If this is one of the first platformers you want

Helpful: 1