
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 23 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 14 places towards #1, and the 2,420 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 950 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
**9/10** The Messenger foi uma das experiências mais nostálgicas que já tive nos últimos anos. Desde os primeiros minutos, tive a sensação de estar novamente sentado na frente da TV jogando meu velho Nintendinho. O jogo consegue capturar perfeitamente a essência dos clássicos da era 8 e 16 bits, mas sem parecer ultrapassado. Pelo contrário, ele pega tudo o que havia de melhor naquela época e moderniza de forma inteligente. A trilha sonora é simplesmente sensacional. Existem fases em que você continua jogando apenas para ouvir a próxima música. Cada cenário possui uma identidade própria, e as composições conseguem elevar ainda mais a qualidade da aventura. Falando em cenários, o visual é lindo. As fases são muito bem construídas, cheias de personalidade e detalhes que tornam a exploração prazerosa do início ao fim. A dificuldade é desafiadora, mas justa. Você vai morrer algumas vezes, principalmente em determinadas plataformas e chefes, mas nunca tive a sensação de que o jogo estava sendo injusto. Cada erro é uma oportunidade de aprender e melhorar. Além disso, o humor presente nos diálogos foi uma surpresa muito agradável. Diversas conversas são genuinamente engraçadas e ajudam a criar ainda mais personalidade para o jogo. **Pontos positivos:** * Nostalgia pura para quem cresceu com o Nintendinho * Trilha sonora incrível * Fases bonitas e criativas * Dificuldade desafiadora, mas justa * Excelente senso de humor * Jogabilidade extremamente fluida **Pontos negativos:** * Algumas partes podem exigir bastante paciência * Quem não gosta de jogos retrô talvez não aproveite tanto a experiência The Messenger é uma verdadeira carta de amor aos clássicos dos videogames. Se você gosta de jogos de plataforma, ação e da era de ouro dos 8 bits, faça um favor a si mesmo e jogue.
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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 951 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
this game is dope
A retro-inspired Metroidvania with truly awesome 8-bit music ad great visuals; good story and fun twists throughout the plot (the game almost never takes itself seriously, but not in a cheesy way at all imo); backtracking might be a bit harsh sometimes, but overall it was a great, great experience
Un jeu correct! C'est agréable à jouer, pas trop dur ni trop simple, pas incroyablement excitant sans être ennuyeux. Si vous cherchez un metroidvania sympa pour tuer le temps et que vous avez déjà fait les grands noms du genre, c'est un bon choix
an exellent pixel graphics game , very nice mechanics and alot of fun.
Legal e bonito.
Quality metroidvania game. Chiptunes, pixel art, funny dialog, challenging platforming and bosses. This is a good game.
好玩
obra de arte
This is one of my favorite games ever! Reminds me when I was a kid playing Ninja Gaiden on the NES but this game has a ton of humor. The platforming is challenging but super fun, in my opinion. Also, the storyline is one of the best and the musical score is simply amazing. Tight and responsible controls, awesome music, great graphics, superb story telling, and a free DLC, makes The Messenger an absolute MUST HAVE for fans of the genre. 10/10 easily!
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.
Players also reviewed
The games this title's players most often review too — audience affinity.
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