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Game entry
The Messenger
2018 · Metroidvania, Platformer, Action-adventure, Arcade · PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One · Devolver Digital
The Messenger holds position no. 944 in the world ranking on GameForever, with 1,589 ELO points and 47% of duels won out of 251 played. The pairing that comes up most often sets it against Batman: Arkham City: 12 duels settled, 2 to 10. Where it fares best, it sits at no. 20 out of 96 (Metroidvania).
World rank
no. 944
ELO score
1,589
Wins
47%
Duels played
251
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.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,589 ELO points over the last 215 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Batman: Arkham City 17% 12 duels played · 296 points behind
- against Dead Cells 17% 6 duels played · 364 points behind
- against Ori and the Blind Forest 20% 5 duels played · 289 points behind
- against The Fall 100% 4 duels played · 203 points ahead
- against Zelda II: The Adventure of Link 75% 4 duels played · 93 points behind
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The standing
Where The Messenger ranks
The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where The Messenger stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 20 out of 96 (Metroidvania).
| Ranking | Position | Games competing |
|---|---|---|
| World ranking | 944 | 5,110 |
| Metroidvania | 20 | 96 |
| 2010s | 398 | 2,044 |
| 2018 | 38 | 206 |
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