The Messenger
- Developer
- Sabotage
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital
- Released
- 30 August 2018
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £16.75
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
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.
Official system requirements
The Messenger isn't sold on Steam, so we don't have Steam-published specs to display. Our 2026 hardware recommendations above are based on real-world performance testing and similar-title comparison.
Can your PC run The Messenger?
Check the manufacturer's launcher (Battle.net, Riot Client, Epic, etc.) for specific requirements, most live-service titles run well on a modern entry-level gaming PC.