Full list of all 48 The Messenger achievements worth 1,250 gamerscore. It takes around 15-20 hours to unlock all of the achievements in the base game.
The base game contains 40 achievements worth 1,000 Gamerscore, and there is 1 DLC pack containing 8 achievements worth 250 Gamerscore.
Beat the game
Defeat Phantom
Keep a windmill shuriken going for 15 seconds
Complete the melody
Survive the Corrupted Future chase
Enter all areas
Destroy all Power Seals
Defeat the Demon King
Rescue all Phobekins
Run on lava
Receive the Key of Love
Make it out of the underwater labyrinth
Complete the Elemental Skylands scenario
Bump on a few flowers in Rivière Turquoise
Make it through the Dark Cave without the 'Power of True Sight'
Kill a green demon in a single hit
Buy all upgrades from the shop
Be lectured on the inner child
Ride Manfred around the world back to where it all started
Defeat the Demon General
Defeat the Sky Serpent
Time travel to the future
Defeat the Arcane Golem
Get to the top of the mountain
Be lectured on the power of stories
Defeat Colos & Suses
Meet Quarble
Make it from the beginning of the game to beating the Queen of Quills with zero deaths
Defeat the Queen of Quills
Execute 15 Cloudsteps without landing or clinging to a wall
Defeat the Emerald Golem
Jump down the big waterfall in Bamboo Creek
Attack your enemy projectile
Defeat the Necromancer
Buy the Swim Dash upgrade from the shop
Buy five upgrades in the shop
Be lectured on happiness
Destroy a big Time Shard
Destroy your first Power Seal
Complete Ninja Village's intro
Accept 'THE DEAL'
Meet the voodoo mask
Defeat the Demon General... Again
Win the race with a perfect score
Defeat the Voodoo Totem
Defeat Octo
Make your first purchase at the Craftman's Corner
Unclog the Money Sink