Indie

The Swapper

93% positive of 5,073 Steam reviews

To 100%: 6.5 h
Released: 2013
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam, GOG, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation

Made by Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo Castellano. Published by Facepalm Games.

About the game

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Tagged by players

Philosophical
Metroidvania
Puzzle Platformer
Space
Side Scroller
Puzzle
Sci-fi
Cinematic
Psychological Horror
2.5D
Mystery
Difficult

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Indie

The Swapper

93% positive of 5,073 Steam reviews

View on Steam

To 100%: 6.5 h
Released: 2013
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam, GOG, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation

Made by Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo Castellano. Published by Facepalm Games.

About the game

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Tagged by players

Philosophical
Metroidvania
Puzzle Platformer
Space
Side Scroller
Puzzle
Sci-fi
Cinematic
Psychological Horror
2.5D
Mystery
Difficult

What players say

Recommended
A handcrafted tribute to retro psychological sci-fi. The mystery of this game is incredible. The gameplay hooks you from the start with a brilliant body-swapping system that keeps getting more challenging as you explore. The audio design is brilliant, the emptiness is beautifully satisfying, and the rooms are clever without being frustratingly impossible. Highly recommended.
10 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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Recommended
I loved playing this game. I liked its atmosphere which it achieves through the music, sound effects and animation. The lore was also very interesting to me. You get introduced to it very early in the story, but it only really picks up maybe about midway. TURN CAPTIONS ON IF YOU CARE ABOUT LORE IN GAMES!!! I didn't realize that captions were available and so I missed out on a lot as the voice lines were kind of…
9.4 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
While the physical craft behind The Swapper deserves acknowledgment, an evocative diorama cannot redeem a game whose foundation offers so little in return. Strip away the moody lighting, and the core gameplay degenerates into uninspired spatial logistics. The cloning device introduces an intriguing premise yet the game exhausts its conceptual possibilities almost immediately. Puzzle games need not be measured…
6.6 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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