Genre PlatformerReleased Aug 30, 2018
The Messenger
Developed by Sabotage · Published by Devolver Digital
$19.99
Estimated lifetime revenue
$2.01M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$1.41M
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
203.7K
≈ 15 sales per review
Reviews
13,312
Very Positive93% positive
Playing now
33
25-day peak 48 · low 33
New reviews, last 25 days
+51
≈ 2 a day since Sep 17
History
Sep 17 – Oct 12
13.3K13.3K13.3K13.3K
Sep 17Sep 29Oct 12
Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.
How it compares
Platformer →Against the 120 most-reviewed Platformer games on Steam
Outearns 26% of them — below the group's median.
Median
$4.23M
28,865 reviews
Top 10% start at
$25.75M
This game
$2.01M
11th pct. by reviews
The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.
About
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.
- Developer
- Sabotage
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital
- Genre
- Platformer
- Released
- Aug 30, 2018
- Steam app ID
- 764790
- Data updated
- Oct 12, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.