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The Messenger
Sabotage·2018·
How Long to Beat
16h
Time to Beat
15h
Speedrun
Based on 3 submissions
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 packe...
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.
Canada
August 30, 2018
The Messenger was released on August 30, 2018.
The Messenger takes about 16 hours to beat (main story).
The Messenger is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch.
No — The Messenger is a single-player game.
The Messenger was developed by Sabotage and published by Devolver Digital.
The Messenger is rated E10+ by ESRB.