— CAN YOU GUESS IT? —
GUESS THE MESSENGER FROM SCREENSHOTS
The Messenger starts as a crisp 8-bit ninja action game, then pulls off one of the great genre twists: time travel flips it between 8-bit and 16-bit eras and reshapes the linear adventure into a full Metroidvania. Sharp cloudstepping mechanics and a relentlessly funny shopkeeper seal the deal.
- 📅 Year:
- 2018
- 🎮 Platforms:
- nintendo-switch, playstation-4, windows, xbox-one
- 🏷️ Genres:
- 2D scrolling, Action, Direct control, Fantasy, Platform, Puzzle elements, Side view
- 💀 Difficulty:
- Easy
- 🕹️ On Game Guessr:
- 1 × screenshot
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▸ THE MESSENGER ON GAME GUESSR
This page's game shows up in the quiz as 1 in-game screenshot. Difficulty-wise it sits in the Easy tier, based on how often players guess it correctly.
Ready to play? Hit one of the play buttons above: the quiz drops you into a screenshot from a randomly picked title, type your guess and see how fast you can name it. The Messenger is in the pool, so it might be the very first scene you land on. It is free, browser-based and requires no download.