release date: Aug. 30, 2018
platform:
Windows
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PlayStation 4
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Xbox One
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Nintendo Switch
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PlayStation 5
genre:
Platform
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Adventure
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Indie
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Arcade
developer:
Sabotage
publisher:
Devolver Digital
overview
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.