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The Swapper
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I don't even remember when I bought this, it was part of a humble bundle or something probably. I have no idea why I didn't play it but now that they've updated it for Steam Deck I thought I'd check it out. It hasn't aged a day, it may even feel a bit better than when I ♥♥♥♥♥♥…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“This is a short and thought-provoking puzzle game. I originally played this game on Xbox One years ago, and it's just as good as I remember it being. Its visually distinctive claymation-like graphics definitely make it stand out in its category. The story's subject matter on the…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“A decent puzzle game with an interesting concept and story. I enjoyed using the swapper device to solve puzzles and progress through the game. Fairly short - I completed it over two days, but it is definitely possible to do in one long run. It did leave me wanting more. I liked…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:58 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Maintenance update out now!
>> 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 c
Maintenance update #3 deployed to beta datastream
>> 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
Maintenance update #2 deployed to beta datastream
>> Survey expedition reporting again. Engineering continues deploying corrective patches. Please note that these changes appear only in the beta2025 branch. *** CHANGELOG *** - Audio - more natural so
Maintenance update deployed to beta datastream
>> Survey expedition reporting. Analysis of cumulative bit degradation over elapsed cycles has yielded actionable intel. Engineering has begun deploying corrective patches addressing critical system i
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
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Puzzle · Sci-fi · Atmospheric · Indie · Space · Platformer · Puzzle-Platformer · Singleplayer · Adventure · Philosophical · Great Soundtrack · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://facepalmgames.com/the-swapper |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows XP SP3 or later, 64/32bit Processor: Dual Core CPU (2.2+ GHz Dual Core CPU or better) Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce® 8800 or Radeon® HD4800 series, 512 MB of memory, OpenGL 3.0 support required Hard Drive: 1 GB HD space Additional: Intel HD Graphics are not officially supported. But if you've got yourself a 3000 or better then there is a reasonable chance it will mostly/sorta work. No promises, but we've been working hard on it, at any rate.