The Swapper

Really cool and creative clone-based puzzle platformer. There is a bit of timing and character switching involved, not usually my thing, but it is all pretty manageable. The clay visuals give it a unique personality, and the gameplay itself totally holds up.

Works on Steam Deck

The game starts up, but my cursor is stuck in either the top left corner, or the middle of my screen. I made it to the settings menu, and then I couldn't click the confirm button in the bottom left corner. I'll bet it's an amazing game, but until it's fixed for KB+M users, I'll have to disagree.

To use mouse: In Steam go to game properties > Betas > enable Compatibility. Great puzzle platformer, you need keys to progress to new areas, but there's no item unlocks after the intro, so your second layer of progression is mastering the Swapper tool. 6-hour story for me. The claymation art style is really cool.

very cool and beautiful clone-based puzzle platformer. some timing is inevitably involved, never a fan of that, nor controlling multiple characters simultaneously, but it's all doable. it's also one of the few games where the unique clay-based visuals support the game that stands on its own regardless, instead of going all-in on a gimmicky presentation and hoping people would ignore their total incompetence at designing and making games (harold halibut, truberbrook and papetura come to mind, but there are many style over substance examples). not only that, but the devs go above and beyond to keep their game up-to-date from a technical standpoint, even a decade later. and when I first tried it many years ago, it wouldn't run on my ♥♥♥♥♥♥ gpu, so I emailed them and shortly after they patched in ancient hardware support. good stuff.

The game is currently broken, and apparently has been for over a year. Mouse tracking does not work and the developers do not care to fix it. This renders the game completely unplayable. Avoid.

Mouse is stuck in one place, you can play with the controller but it is awkward as hell. Looks like many people have this issue and there's no fix despite bad reviews due to this bug going back a year. I guess the devs have abandoned it? Don't buy this broken game. == 2025 tried again == Still having weird mouse issues, and man this game has one trick and that trick isn't even that great.

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