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The Swapper

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App ID 231160
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Facepalm Games
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies MonoGame Engine
Last Changenumber 29429678
Last Record Update 7 June 2025 – 00:58:28 UTC ()
Release Date 30 May 2013 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
😍 91.01%
7k reviews
3
In-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.

Additional Information

Developer Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo Castellano
gamedir ValveTestApp231160
metacritic_name The Swapper
icon empty string
controller_support full
metacritic_score 87
NoServers No
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-swapper?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
state eStateComingSoonNoPreload
VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed Yes
community_visible_stats Yes
sourcegame Yes
checkpkgstate Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Facepalm Games
Store Release Date 30 May 2013 – 16:45:00 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 30 May 2013 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 21 March 2025 – 17:42:41 UTC () (1742578961)
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Detected Technologies (?) MonoGame Engine, FMOD SDK, OpenTK SDK, SDL SDK, SteamworksNET SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 31 May 2025 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 18614441
  • configuration:
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    requires_voice_files0
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First seen on SteamDB 4 May 2013 – 21:13:14 UTC (), in changelist #215290

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🧩 Puzzle 🚀 Sci-fi 🌫 Atmospheric 🌱 Indie 🌠 Space 🏗️ Platformer 🧩 Puzzle Platformer 👤 Singleplayer 🗺️ Adventure 🧙‍♂ Philosophical 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🏽 2D 🕴 Psychological Horror 💨 Metroidvania 🤫 Mystery 🗺 Exploration 📚 Story Rich 💥 Action 📺 Side Scroller 😓 Difficult

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Remote Play on TV Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp21 March 2025 – 17:42:49 UTC
Trailers
2028726 ↴
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Steam charts

  • 3 players right now
  • 11 24-hour peak
  • 890 all-time peak 22 June 2014
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Store data

  • 20,960 followers
  • 6,957 positive reviews
  • 442 negative reviews
  • 94.03% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 0 viewers right now
  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 7,985 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😍 Very Positive
  • 91.01% SteamDB Rating
  • 6,957 94.0% positive reviews
  • 442 6.0% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
30 May 2013 – 17:00 Steam Release -
18 February 2014 – 19:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Indie Bundle 11 -
28 August 2014 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: PAX 10 Humble Flash Bundle -
14 February 2017 – 06:37 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Freedom Bundle -

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How many players are playing The Swapper right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 3 players live playing The Swapper on Steam.

The Swapper had an all-time peak of 890 concurrent players on 22 June 2014.

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