The Messenger
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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.
Storyline
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.
Release Dates
| Platform | Date |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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Game Info
- Developer
- Sabotage
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital
- Release Date
- August 30, 2018
- Perspective
- Side view