The Game Census
Messiah cover art

Messiah

Shiny Entertainment · interplay · 2017-01-16

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 15, 2000 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Bob is an angel ordered by God himself to go and clean up the putrid world of the future. He has been given the power of possession so that he can sneak up on any person, animal or genetically engineered being and leap right into their souls! The rules are up to you - enjoy the freedom.

0
playing now
63%
positive of 56 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Messiah is a 2000 action-adventure video game developed by Shiny Entertainment and published by Interplay Entertainment for Microsoft Windows. The game was promoted for its tessellation technology, which was claimed to drastically increase or reduce the number of polygons based on the speed of the system running the game. Messiah received a mixed response from reviewers.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 76% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 56 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at GOG (2012-04-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 19 of 31 observed days · $17.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.392015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-11-14 — best price $9.992016-06-11 — best price $3.992016-12-05 — best price $3.992017-06-22 — best price $10.492017-11-02 — best price $4.992017-12-27 — best price $9.992018-03-20 — best price $9.992018-06-19 — best price $9.992018-10-16 — best price $9.992018-12-10 — best price $7.492019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-07-01 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $7.492020-01-23 — best price $10.492020-06-25 — best price $5.092020-12-16 — best price $3.992021-06-28 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $11.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-04-28 — best price $10.492023-09-22 — best price $10.492024-01-05 — best price $10.492024-05-21 — best price $11.992024-09-17 — best price $11.992024-12-19 — best price $11.992025-04-03 — best price $14.992025-08-26 — best price $11.992025-11-02 — best price $19.992026-01-15 — best price $15.992026-06-25 — best price $15.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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