The Messenger

201884Metacritic
Developer
Sabotage
Publisher
Devolver Digital
Platforms
PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genre
Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade

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.

Screenshots

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Tags

  • Action
  • Comedy
  • Retro
  • Ninja
  • 2d
  • Metroidvania
  • Difficult
  • Pixel graphics