Posted on: March 7, 2025
Waterjuice
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Great Game
Great Game. Story development and Gameplay are amazing.
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The Messenger
Description
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.
Copyright © 2017-2018 Sabotage Studio Inc.
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system.
Recommended system requirements:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system.
Time to beat
12 hMain
14 h Main + Sides
16 h Completionist
14 h All Styles
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Action, Indie, 2D, Great Soundtrack, Pixel Graphics,
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Funny, Platformer, Difficult, Combat, Metroidvania, Ninja
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Critics reviews
Easy Allies
8.5/10
More than a tribute to a single retro franchise, The Messenger mixes amazing action platforming with the unique ability to jump between 8-bit and 16-bit worlds.
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8/10
The Messenger is a terrific throwback to action platformers like Ninja Gaiden with welcome twists. While a mid-game identity crisis detracts from the experience, it's still an adventure worth taking
Read full review »IGN
8/10
When you're fully geared up and The Messenger is hitting you with brand new stages and challenges that you haven't seen before, The Messenger is an amazing, must-play experience. Taken as a whole, it's brought down only by fetch quests that make The Messenger last several hours longer than it feels like it should.
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Posted on: March 24, 2025
jarj32
Verified ownerGames: 380 Reviews: 4
Simple Fun
It's a great game with entertaining writing. Definitely feels like NES ninja gaiden with some fun modern tweaks. Totally worth the purchase.
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Posted on: July 20, 2025
cielesny1989
Verified ownerGames: 163 Reviews: 2
"metroidvania"
If you play for metroidvania part.. just dont. not worth it.
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Posted on: August 3, 2025
rho366
Verified ownerGames: 260 Reviews: 2
Really funny
The game is simple and has funny parodies. It play fine with a controller.
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Posted on: August 4, 2025
RustyTull
Verified ownerGames: Reviews: 7
what a banger
amazing platforming super fun boss fights it's got jokes ;) it's got tunes, great ones
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