The Swapper
The Swapper is a short puzzle platformer where you must complete every puzzle and collect 124 orbs, in groups of 3 and 9 later on, to complete the game. The game has a tool which lets you create up to 4 clones…
The Swapper is an adventure developed by Curve Studios, released 30 May 2013 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U and Xbox One. It currently starts at $2.24 at Steam. The main story takes about 6.5 hrs to finish.
What The Swapper is
The Swapper is an adventure game developed by Curve Studios and released in 2013. It was published by Curve Digital. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on MonoGame.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"The Swapper takes place in an isolated and atmospheric sci-fi world. Players wield an experimental device which allows them to create clones of themselves, swapping their entire consciousness into new bodies to overcome the challenges of the environment."
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, mystery and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 10 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Swapper holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 18 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 84, across 194 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6.5 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $2.24, that works out to about $0.34 per hour of the main story, or $0.34 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual Core CPU (2.2+ GHz Dual Core CPU or better), 1 GB RAM and GeForce® 8800 or Radeon® HD4800 series, 512 MB of memory, OpenGL 3.0 support required. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.24 at Steam, 85% below its usual price.
What it launched against
The Swapper launched on 30 May 2013, within three weeks of The Last of Us, Metro: Last Light, Trine 2: Complete Story and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: The Last of Us, Metro: Last Light, Trine 2: Complete Story, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Swapper yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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