The Swapper

Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo Castellano · Facepalm Games

Released
May 30, 2013
Platforms
Windows
Last updated
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PuzzleSci-fiAtmosphericIndieSpace

Updates & announcements

19 posts

Change history · Builds & patches

  1. PC Gamer

    One of the best puzzle games on Steam just got its first update in 11 years and is also verified for Steam Deck: 'We couldn't resist including some visual, aural, and input adjustments'

    Have you played The Swapper? If not, you should swap whatever you're doing right now for playing The Swapper. Originally released back in 2013, it's a sci-fi puzzler that hinges on your ability to create clones of yourself, which then mimic your every movement. From this simple c

  2. Developer post

    Maintenance update out now!

    <<< BEGIN INCOMING TRANSMISSION >>> Survey expedition reporting again. The maintenance update is now available for all players. The original purpose of this release was addressing bit rot that had accumulated over the years, but we couldn't resist including some

  3. Developer post

    Maintenance update #3 deployed to beta datastream

    <<< BEGIN INCOMING TRANSMISSION >>> Survey expedition reporting again. Engineering continues deploying corrective patches. Please note that these changes appear only in the beta2025 branch. This update focuses on removing some rough edges (pun intended) in rende

  4. Developer post

    Maintenance update #2 deployed to beta datastream

    <<< BEGIN INCOMING TRANSMISSION >>> Survey expedition reporting again. Engineering continues deploying corrective patches. Please note that these changes appear only in the beta2025 branch. *** CHANGELOG *** - Audio - more natural sound panning - Audio - made te

  5. Developer post

    Maintenance update deployed to beta datastream

    <<< BEGIN INCOMING TRANSMISSION >>> Survey expedition reporting. Analysis of cumulative bit degradation over elapsed cycles has yielded actionable intel. Engineering has begun deploying corrective patches addressing critical system instabilities. *** CHANGELOG *

  6. Developer post

    Noita coming to Early Access on September 24th!

    Some of you have been wondering if there's ever going to be another game from the developers of The Swapper. A new game, Noita , by bunch of friends and me (Olli), is launching in Early Access in less than a month: Noita has been a a ton of fun to work on. The game's pixel based

  7. Rock, Paper, Shotgun

    Have You Played The Swapper?

    Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. When you play the game of clones, you win or you die. Or both. The Swapper is a 2D platformer that asks metaphysical questions about the intersection between consciousness, s

  8. Announcement

    Daily Deal - The Swapper, 85% Off

    Today's Deal: Save 85% on The Swapper !* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time

  9. Shacknews

    The Swapper deploying clones to PS4, PS3 and Vita

    As befits a game about cloning yourself, The Swapper is multiplying onto PlayStation 4, PS3, and Vita. Facepalm Games' sci-fi puzzle-platformer is fizzing away in Sony test tubes at Curve Studios, the folks behind PlayStation ports of PC games from Proteus to Thomas Was Alone .

  10. Rock, Paper, Shotgun

    What s Yours Is Charity s: Humble Indie Bundle 11

    Another Humble Indie Bundle? What a strange turn of events. I thought for sure that Humble was going to suddenly and inexplicably shut down their massively successful enterprise this time around. I mean, they’re on Humble Indie Bundle 11 now. What a gross number. Ten – nay, X – w

  11. Developer post

    Linux + OS X support, compatibility fixes!

    We've just released an update that we decided to call v1.16. It adds and contains, amongst other boring techy things: Linux support! OSX support! SDL2 as platform abstraction library instead of OpenTK, fixes multiple compatibility issues GPU-scaled fullscreen mode, the game never

  12. Developer post

    Linux + OS X support, compatibility fixes!

    We've just released an update that we decided to call v1.16. It adds and contains, amongst other boring techy things: Linux support! OSX support! SDL2 as platform abstraction library instead of OpenTK, fixes multiple compatibility issues GPU-scaled fullscreen mode, the game never

  13. Shacknews

    Humble Indie Bundle 11 includes Guacamelee, Antichamber, and Monaco

    Humble Bundle is stepping into the ring with a new batch of indie games. The Humble Indie Bundle 11 includes up to six games, depending on how much you choose to play, including Drinkbox Games' lucha libre Metrovania beat-'em-up, Guacamelee! Gold Edition , the Escher-esque first-

  14. Developer post

    Gamepad + Big Picture mode update is out!

    Now you can explore the dark mysteries of Theseus from the comfort of your sofa! As the title says this update adds native gamepad support to The Swapper. We've put a big effort into making playing with gamepad feel natural by adding snapping support to the map and reworking all

  15. Developer post

    Gamepad + Big Picture mode update is out!

    Now you can explore the dark mysteries of Theseus from the comfort of your sofa! As the title says this update adds native gamepad support to The Swapper. We've put a big effort into making playing with gamepad feel natural by adding snapping support to the map and reworking all

  16. Rock, Paper, Shotgun

    FLEEE IN TERROR FROM THE HUGE SEAL (STEAM SALE)

    Do you hear that? Something’s coming. Something big. It’s… it’s… SEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL. (more…)

  17. Shacknews

    Humble Bundle opens permanent Humble Store for charity

    Humble Bundle is best-known for its pay-what-you-want bundles, but has now launched something a little less fleeting: the Humble Store. The permanent storefront will sell games for Android as well as PC, Mac, and Linux. It all kicks off with a sale on nine games, including Don't

  18. Rock, Paper, Shotgun

    Wot I Think: The Swapper

    What would you do if you had a small army of identical, perfectly obedient clones? It’s a question I think we’ve all asked ourselves at least once (usually at around age six) but never really contemplated the ramifications of. Facepalm Games’ The Swapper dives deep into that part

  19. Product Release

    Now Available - The Swapper

    The Swapper is Now Available on Steam and is 25% off Holder of numerous awards and accolades, the Swapper is an atmospheric puzzle platformer set in the furthest reaches of space. Players wield an experimental device able to clone the user and swap control between them. Dropped i