
Platform · Adventure · Indieby SabotageReleased Aug 2018IGDB 83/100
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.
Top 1 streams by peak concurrent viewers where The Messenger was the main category
| Date | Channel | Title | Peak | Avg | Duration | Hours watched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sept 2026 | Maldito Yuki que confia no Yuki: Jogos do chat #31~ ❕clip ❕sr ❕comandos 🦈 | 148 | 126 | 3h | 378h |
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.