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The Messenger

App ID 764790
App Type Game
Name The Messenger
Developer
Publisher Devolver Digital
Supported Systems
Last Record Update (October 8, 2019 – 22:44:13 UTC)
Last Change Number 6996006
Release Date August 30, 2018 – 15:49:00 UTC ()

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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User Tags

ActionAdventureIndiePlatformerMetroidvaniaNinjaGreat SoundtrackSide Scroller2DPixel GraphicsRetroDifficultFunnySingleplayerTime Travel

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Additional Information

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metacritic_name The Messenger
controller_support full
metacritic_score 83
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-messenger?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
releasestate released
Achievement Languages
  • brazilian: 1
  • english: 1
  • french: 1
  • german: 1
  • japanese: 1
  • koreana: 1
  • russian: 1
  • schinese: 1
  • spanish: 1
  • tchinese: 1
Store Release Date August 30, 2018 ()
community_hub_visible Yes
small_capsule
  • english: capsule_231x87.jpg
header_image
  • english: header.jpg
Associations
  • 0/name: Sabotage
  • 0/type: developer
  • 1/name: Devolver Digital
  • 1/type: publisher
Primary Genre 1
Store Genres
  • 0: 1
  • 1: 23
Store Categories
  • category_2: 1
  • category_22: 1
  • category_23: 1
  • category_28: 1
  • category_29: 1
Supported Languages
  • brazilian/subtitles: true
  • brazilian/supported: true
  • english/subtitles: true
  • english/supported: true
  • french/subtitles: true
  • french/supported: true
  • german/subtitles: true
  • german/supported: true
  • japanese/subtitles: true
  • japanese/supported: true
  • koreana/subtitles: true
  • koreana/supported: true
  • russian/subtitles: true
  • russian/supported: true
  • schinese/subtitles: true
  • schinese/supported: true
  • spanish/subtitles: true
  • spanish/supported: true
  • tchinese/subtitles: true
  • tchinese/supported: true
Steam Release Date August 30, 2018 – 15:49:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time September 16, 2019 – 01:19:48 UTC (1568596788)
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Player counts

  • 23 players right now
  • 49 24-hour player peak
  • 679 all-time player peak July 14, 2019 – 19:30:03 UTC

SteamSpy Estimations

  • 0 minutes median playtime in last 2 weeks 14.4 hours median total playtime
  • 0 minutes average playtime in last 2 weeks 14.2 hours average total playtime
  • 100,000 .. 200,000 owners 23,026 followers

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Bundles that include this app

ID Name % Created
9442 The Messenger + Soundtrack Collection -20% No November 28, 2018 – 20:08:06 UTC
10082 Devolver Lunar New Year Bundle -10% No February 5, 2019 – 00:02:07 UTC

Packages that include this app

SubID Name Billing Type Last Updated
226107 Steam Sub 226107 CD Key December 1, 2017 – 21:44:06 UTC
226108 The Messenger for Beta Testing CD Key July 11, 2019 – 15:38:04 UTC
226109 The Messenger Store or CD Key July 11, 2019 – 15:34:28 UTC
299722 The Messenger Store or CD Key September 2, 2019 – 17:01:09 UTC
305284 The Messenger ( 764790 ) - complimentary reviewer package No Cost July 11, 2019 – 15:37:48 UTC
308256 Steam Sub 308256 CD Key August 20, 2019 – 21:08:53 UTC
328811 The Messenger Launch (Giveaway: The Game Awards 2018 - Game Giveaway!) No Cost July 11, 2019 – 15:37:18 UTC
Cross reference packages and depots for this app

Downloadable Content

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AppID Name Last Updated
924330 The Messenger - 8-bit Soundtrack (The Messenger Soundtrack - Disc I: The Past [8-Bit]) August 30, 2018 – 16:20:18 UTC
924331 The Messenger - 16-bit Soundtrack (The Messenger Soundtrack - Disc II: The Future [16-Bit]) August 30, 2018 – 16:29:28 UTC
924332 The Messenger - Keiji Yamagishi EP (The Messenger EP by Keiji Yamagishi) August 30, 2018 – 16:37:34 UTC
1108260 The Messenger - Picnic Panic Soundtrack (The Messenger Soundtrack - Disc III: Picnic Panic) July 11, 2019 – 16:20:31 UTC
1107180 The Messenger - Picnic Panic DLC July 11, 2019 – 16:20:31 UTC

Depots

ID Name Max Size OS Extra Info
764791 The Messenger Content 1.58 GiB
924330 The Messenger - 8-bit Soundtrack (924330) Depot 126.16 MiB DLC 924330
924331 The Messenger - 16-bit Soundtrack (924331) Depot 126.38 MiB DLC 924331
924332 The Messenger - Keiji Yamagishi EP (924332) Depot 12.88 MiB DLC 924332
1108260 The Messenger - Picnic Panic Soundtrack (1108260) Depot 85.84 MiB DLC 1108260

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 4251184 October 4, 2019 – 18:08:59 UTC
demo Demo 3851350 May 23, 2019 – 15:21:40 UTC
devbranch 3992616 July 10, 2019 – 13:56:53 UTC
picnic_panic_press 3974776 July 2, 2019 – 17:43:56 UTC
qa_test Internal QA Test 4251184 October 2, 2019 – 18:56:09 UTC

Raw Information

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Launch Options

Description Executable Arguments Type OS Extra Info
None TheMessenger.exe None

Configuration

Key Value
installdir The Messenger
launch See section above

User File System

Key Value
quota 2.86 MiB (3000000)
maxnumfiles 1
savefiles
  • 0/path: Sabotage Studio/The Messenger
  • 0/pattern: SaveGame.txt
  • 0/platforms/1: Windows
  • 0/root: WinAppDataLocalLow

History

Achievements

API name Display name and description Icons
SAVE_ALL_PHOBEKINS Nothing To Fear

Rescue all Phobekins

COMPLETE_INTRO Enter The Ninja

Beat the intro without dying

DEFEAT_RUXXTIN Dungeon Brawler

Defeat the Necromancer

BAMBOO_CREEK_WATERFALL Deposit At The River Bank

Jump down the big waterfall in Bamboo Creek

DEFEAT_EMERALD_GOLEM My Bad!

Defeat the Emerald Golem

DEFEAT_QUEEN I Quill Survive

Defeat the Queen of Quills

DEFEAT_COLOS_SUSES Leg Day

Defeat Colos & Suses

PHASE_IN_TOWER Glacial Peaked

Get to the top of the mountain

DEFEAT_ARCANE_GOLEM Did The Thing

Defeat the Arcane Golem

ENTER_CLOUD_RUINS_16 Sweet 16!

Time travel to the future

DEFEAT_MANFRED Was That A Dragon?

Defeat the Sky Serpent

DEFEAT_DEMON_GENERAL More Like 'Dumb In General'

Defeat the Demon General

QUEST_2_BEGINING Man's Best Fred

Ride Manfred around the world back to where it all started

DEFEAT_LOST_WOODS Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow

Make it out of the underwater labyrinth

USE_THREE_BARREL_PLANTS Tumble Hijinx

Bump on a few flowers in Rivière Turquoise

RUN_ON_LAVA The Lava Is Floor

Run on lava

DEFEAT_DEMON_KING Not With THAT Altitude

Defeat the Demon King

COMPLETE_ELEMENTAL_SKYLANDS More like EleMENTAL Skylands

Complete the Elemental Skylands scenario

CLEAR_CORRUPTED_FUTURE Well, That Was Unsightly

Survive the Corrupted Future chase

GET_KEY_OV_LOVE Sun And Moon

Receive the Key of Love

DROP_ALL_NOTES It Sounds Better On Vinyl

Complete the Melody

DEFEAT_PHANTOM I'm Your Biggest Phan

Defeat Phantom

BEAT_THE_GAME The Fake Ending Was Better

Beat the game

BUY_5_UPGRADES Losing Weight, Gaining Ground

Buy five upgrades in the shop

DESTROY_MEGA_TIMESHARD Be Lootful And Multiply

Destroy a Big Time Shard

CLOUDSTEP_10_TIMES Walking On Air

Execute 15 Cloudsteps without landing or clinging to a wall

DARK_CAVE_NO_CANDLE I Swear It's My First Time

Make it through Dark Cave without the 'Power of True Sight'

COLLECT_POWER_SEAL Challenge Expected

Destroy your first Power Seal

COLLECT_ALL_POWER_SEAL Wheelin' And Sealin'

Destroy all Power Seals

BUY_ALL_UPGRADES Started From The Bottom

Buy all upgrades from the shop

DISCOVER_EVERY_ROOMS I've Been Around

Enter all areas of the world

MEET_QUARBLE Eye Of The Shareholder

Meet Quarble

FIRST_CABINET_RANT Fine, I Won't Open It

Be lectured on happiness

SECOND_CABINET_RANT Bait Taken

Be lectured on the power of stories

THIRD_CABINET_RANT You Said This Was A Platformer

Be lectured on the inner child

BUY_SWIM_DASH Hope This Phelps

Buy the Swim Dash upgrade from the shop

ONE_SHOT_GREEN_KAPPA One Hit Wonder

Kill a green demon in a single hit

DODGE_WINDMILL_SHURIKEN Welco Metot Henex Tlevel

Keep a windmill shuriken going for 15 seconds

NO_DEATH_QUEEN No Argument Here

Make it from the beginning of the game to beating the Queen of Quills with zero deaths

FIRST_PROJECTILE_ATTACK How Ninja Is That?

Attack your first enemy projectile

DEFEAT_OCTO Rocked Opus

Defeat Octo

DEFEAT_TOTEM Voodoo Told'em

Defeat the Voodoo Totem

DEFEAT_PUNCH_OUT Now THAT'S a finale!

Defeat the Demon General... again

PERFECT_RACE Star Messenger

Win the race with a perfect score

BUY_TOY Betcha can't buy just one

Make your first purchase at the Craftman's Corner

UNLOCK_MASK Thanks I hate it

Meet the voodoo mask

UNCLOG_SINK Sunk Cost

Unclog the Money Sink

DO_THE_DEAL All in

Accept 'THE DEAL'

Stats

API Name Display Name Default Value
PhobekinSaved PhobekinSaved 0
BarrelPlantsUsed BarrelPlantsUsed 0