i bounced off of The Messenger when i played it in 2018 bc i'd just played Celeste and The Messenger was much less kind about failures/deaths in comparison and it rubbed me the wrong way, but i came back to it in anticipation of Sea of Stars and i'm really enjoying it this time.

i've also been playing Grow Home, which a friend gave me for my birthday nearly 7 years ago! sorry to that friend that it took so long to play, it's really good lol

i got 100% in the main game and now i'm playing the dlc. i really like The Messenger now
i watched some speedruns of it too and they were really cool