The Swapper

The Swapper
Developer(s)Facepalm Games
Curve Studios (Console Ports)
Publisher(s)Facepalm Games
Curve Digital (Console Ports)
Designer(s)Olli Harjola
Programmer(s)Olli Harjola
Artist(s)Olli Harjola
Writer(s)Tom Jubert[1]
Composer(s)Carlo Castellano
Platform(s)
ReleaseWindows
  • WW: 30 May 2013
Mac, Linux
  • WW: 18 February 2014
PlayStation 3 / 4 / Vita
  • NA: 5 August 2014
  • EU: 6 August 2014
Wii U
  • NA: 6 November 2014
  • EU: 6 November 2014
  • JP: 2 April 2015
Xbox One
  • WW: 5 June 2015
Genre(s)Puzzle-platform, Metroidvania[2]
Mode(s)Single-player

The Swapper is a puzzle-platform game for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux from Facepalm Games, an independent developer in Helsinki, Finland.[3] Curve Studios later ported the game to PlayStation and Nintendo platforms in 2014.[4] A science fiction-themed title, the player controls a female scavenger stranded aboard an abandoned research station, and discovers a strange device that allows her to create clones of herself and switch her consciousness between these clones. The player uses this ability to solve various puzzles and learn about the fate of the station's researchers. The Swapper was released on May 30, 2013 to critical acclaim, with reviewers praising the game's visual style and atmosphere, the quality of the puzzles, and the game's ability to innovate on already well-established game mechanics.

  1. ^ Harjola, Olli (31 July 2012). "Penumbra's Tom Jubert hired for narrative design on The Swapper". Facepalm Games. Helsinki, Finland. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. ^ Matulef, Jeffrey (May 16, 2013). "Stop-motion Metroidvania The Swapper due this month on Steam". Eurogamer. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "About | Facepalm Games". Facepalm Games. Archived from the original on 16 October 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  4. ^ "The Swapper Wii U release date". October 15, 2014.

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