
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.
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Prices
The United States storefront in every case, so this compares stores and not countries.
Prices
Each in the currency that store quoted — not converted: the gap between two rows is the publisher's pricing, not an exchange rate.
Every market we collect.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 3.14/day in the week to Aug 31 → 6.57/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 24 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 9 places towards #1, and the 2,419 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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Sums Steam only; PlayStation publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $19.99 | 13.3Kreviews | 93% | — | $5.2M |
| $19.99 | 4.3Kratings | 94% | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Updates
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 946 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
Jogo bom demais, extremamente viciante e difícil na medida certa. Game Goat. Recomendadíssimo.
BUEN JUEGO RECOMENDADO, UN 8/10. BUEN SOUNDTRACK BUENA HISTORIA EL CAMBIO DE 8BITS A 16BITS SI ES UN AIRE FRESCO EN EL GENERO, UN IMPERDIBLE SI TE GUSTAN LOS METROIDVANIA Y LOS JUEGOS RETROS
I've grown to really love The Messenger. It starts out as a typical platformer, but the wit and humor make it stand out. It's not afraid to make fun of itself, and there are some great moments. The platforming can be challenging, but not too challenging. Boss fights feel like just the right amount of challenge. I haven't found any yet that feel impossible to beat. And it's been running great on Linux with no tinkering.
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian
Hours played at review time, across 947 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Игра замечательная, прошёл когда раздавали бесплатно в EGS, решил купить в steam для коллекции и пройти ещё раз, но с ачивками. Музыка красивая, каждый трек существует в двух вариантах: 8 и 16bit, а если на локации присутствует плавание то ещё есть подводные варианты трека(т.е до 4 вариантов одного трека). Не припоминаю игр в которых решили сделать также. Сложность не очень высокая, управление приятное, есть некоторые моменты, которые облегчают жизнь по сравнению с старыми платформерами и retro-like играми. Например падение на шипы не убивает мгновенно, есть апгрейд позволяющий сделать компенсирующий прыжок после отбрасывания(когда гг получает урон). Да и фишки вроде возможности атаковать снаряд и прыгать ещё раз после атаки довольно удачные. Сейвы довольно частые. Сюжет хорош, со смешными моментами и забавными диалогами. Минусы конечно есть - бэктрекинг и неоднократное прохождение уровней во второй половине игры, особенно если хочешь собрать все печати
Incredibile è riduttivo. Regalatevi questa perla, non saprei nemmeno cosa aggiungere d'altro. Merita ogni centesimo, ogni minuto di gioco. <3
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Terminei o jogo recentemente e posso dizer que The Messenger foi uma das experiências mais felizes que tive com plataforma nos últimos anos. Em meio a tantos jogos que acabam sendo repetitivos, genéricos e sem muitas novidades, ele consegue pegar um "problema" clássico dos games retrô — que é a falta de um roteiro profundo, contexto ou motivação para a exploração — e transformar isso em um diálogo direto com o jogador. O jogo quebra paradigmas através de diálogos irônicos, quebras constantes da quarta parede e um tom super sarcástico em relação aos clichês do próprio gênero. A curva de aprendizado é extremamente gostosa. Você chega ao final percebendo que seus reflexos e entrosamento com o personagem foram muito recompensados. Dá aquela sensação de que "o jogo está ficando mais fácil", mas na verdade o nível das fases e dos chefes só aumentou — foi você que se tornou um jogador muito melhor. Para fechar, a trilha sonora é fantástica e a arte do jogo é linda, com sprites maravilhosas e cenários de fundo que te fazem parar só para contemplar o capricho desse trabalho artístico primoroso.
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7/10 고전적 재미와 현대적 농담까지
Es un juego que siempre me llamó la atención desde que salió. Ahora escribo la reseña que acabo terminar el DLC (gratuito) la historia la terminé hace días. Es difícil disfrutar más de un juego. Me ha encantado. Si te molan los juegos de antes de plataformas y los metroidvanias, este juego te va ha encantar. El cambio de gráficos y sonido entre 8 y 16 bits es tremendo. La jugabilidad es muy buena, recreando a los clásicos. La música es espectacular y muy pegadiza, otra vez, como las antes.. La dificultad está bastante equilibrada, aunque hay jefes y zonas que repetí bastantes veces En definitiva me ha parecido una joya que debes probar. Ahora me toca completarlo al 100% y quien sabe si platinarlo. ✅ Puntuación : 9/10 - Jugado íntegramente en la Steam Deck LCD
Active players
Estimated daily and monthly active players (DAU/MAU) modeled from peak concurrency.
Players by region
Where this game's players are, estimated from review languages.
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