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Is The Messenger Hard? Difficulty Rating 6.7/10 | HDII

The Messenger

Full Release (2018)

DIFFICULTY

6.7/10

Difficult

(11 ratings)

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Difficulty Summary

The Messenger is considered a challenging game that consistently tests players without reaching extreme difficulty.

Why Players Find It Difficult

Players often find this game difficult because of several demanding mechanics:

Tight movement and timing requirements throughout
Small execution mistakes can quickly cause failure
Success depends on consistency across long sequences
High execution ceiling in competitive or later encounters

Who Will Find It Difficult

The Messenger will push beginners and may still frustrate experienced players in certain sections. Players comfortable with similarly demanding games will have the best time here. Players who rated games like Slay the Spire, Hades, and Project Zomboid at a similar challenge level may find The Messenger broadly comparable in difficulty.

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11 ratings

avg: 6.7

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Based on 11 ratings on Normal/Default difficulty, the average score is 6.7/10. Most players rated this game between 5 and 8.

Developer(s)

Sabotage

Publisher(s)

Devolver Digital

Genre(s)

Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade

Platform(s)

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Keywords

8-bit, metroidvania, 2d, difficult, retro, ninja, pixel graphics

About The Messenger

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.

Users also rated

Players who rated The Messenger also rated the games shown below, with Slay the Spire (6.7), Hades (7.0), and Project Zomboid (7.0) being most similar in difficulty!