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Games like The Messenger

Sabotage · 2018 · 93 % positive of 11,860

24 games that play like The Messenger and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Mute Crimson+, Cave Story+ and KUNAI.

Player tags

  • Retro
  • Platformer
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Metroidvania
  • Ninja
  • 2D
  • Great Soundtrack
  • Indie

At a glance

What games like The Messenger have in common

  • The tags they share most often with The Messenger: Platformer (23 of 24), Pixel Graphics (21) and Retro (18).
  • They came out between 2011 and 2026, 13 of them after The Messenger (2018).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Cave Story+ (92 % positive of 7,644).
  • 4 games both play and look like The Messenger, among them Cyber Shadow, Aggelos and Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.

By gameplay

Plays like The Messenger

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment94 % positive of 468Shared: Retro · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
  2. Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider86 % positive of 436Shared: Retro · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
  3. Timespinner85 % positive of 2,906Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Metroidvania
  4. Oniken: Unstoppable Edition79 % positive of 942Shared: Retro · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
  5. Demon Peak69 % positive of 232Shared: Retro · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
  6. Super Panda Adventures93 % positive of 938Shared: Retro · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
  7. Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland94 % positive of 131
  8. Venture Kid83 % positive of 215Shared: Retro · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
  9. Flynn: Son of Crimson85 % positive of 676Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Metroidvania
  10. Super Mombo Quest97 % positive of 726Shared: Retro · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
  11. Fallen Leaf92 % positive of 224Shared: Retro · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
  12. Ninja Hanrei84 % positive of 271Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Ninja

By look

Looks like The Messenger

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Fallen Leaf92 % positive of 224
  2. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove95 % positive of 16,112
  3. Micro Mages95 % positive of 408
  4. Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope94 % positive of 890
  5. Aggelos77 % positive of 596
  6. Primal Light81 % positive of 394
  7. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 285 % positive of 1,486
  8. Retro Game Crunch79 % positive of 418
  9. Infernax92 % positive of 1,989
  10. UFO 5095 % positive of 6,249
  11. Axiom Verge90 % positive of 6,064
  12. Within the blade86 % positive of 356

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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