Steam app 764790 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 20:03 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.
719 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
101 months, January 2018 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 435 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 284 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
The Messenger was released on 30 Aug, 2018.
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A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.
48 achievements in total.
5 developer announcements, Oct 2018 to Jan 2021 · times in UTC
For a limited time*, Steam owners of GRIS, My Friend Pedro, Katana Zero, or The Messenger will save 15% on the just released Olija! Check out the animated launch trailer below: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1297330/Olija/ *Offer ends…
MattN{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31656805/9f7fd7298f18cbed04dd5a91ed5058d32e2f3d3c.png On March 19th we announced Sabotage's next game, Sea of Stars, along with the launch of a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. The enthusiasm for our retro inspired turn…
Misterproofhttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31656805/32ffca8a384fd291b541d7c5d9b66d5e47d12766.png Picnic Panic is a FREE sun-soaked expansion to the Messenger in which the beloved characters from the original game tag…
MisterproofNew Game+ mode: -NG+ is additive, where each subsequent cycle increases difficulty, but also lets you lock in an item to have from the start, making the quest shorter every time -Tread carefully; in NG+, you need to pay Quarble upfront, or…
Patch notesGreetings Messengers, we just pushed a patch to Steam to address some issues a few players were encountering. Patch notes v1.0.2 : - Fixed memory leak to prevent framerate drop issue when playing for extended periods of time (6+ hours)…
MisterproofEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
|---|---|---|
| The Messenger Soundtrack - Disc III: Picnic Panic | Windows | 11 Jul 2019 |
| The Messenger - Picnic Panic DLC | Windows | 11 Jul 2019 |
| The Messenger Soundtrack - Disc II: The Future [16-Bit] | WindowsmacOSLinux | 30 Aug 2018 |
| The Messenger EP by Keiji Yamagishi | Windows | 30 Aug 2018 |
| The Messenger Soundtrack - Disc I: The Past [8-Bit] | Windows | 16 Aug 2018 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | TheMessenger.exe | any |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
|---|---|---|
WinAppDataLocalLow | Sabotage Studio/The Messenger | SaveGame.txt |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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