The Swapper

The game is **BROKEN**, you cannot get out of the main menu because it can't read mouse input. You gotta switch to "compatibility mode" and play in 640x480. If you're lucky enough to make it to the game despite that, you'll have the choice between 60fps cap or running your GPU at full force 2000fps. Oh, and Steam doesn't give a flying ♥♥♥♥ and won't refund.

Sadly, this thumbs up comes 12 years too late, but it's better late than never. This game feels like a wholesome experience. A moderately short experience but it helps the game not become stale. Th mechanics are just as mysterious as the story. The difficulrt is probably on the easier side but there are several interesting headscratchers. ANd I loved the atmosphere in the game. Desolation, loleliness (despite having someone to talk to), mystery and lifeless coldness of space. It's as if from the very start the game tells you "this is not going to end well if you proceed" but you still push on to see it for youeself. A small gem that will occupy its own place in my heart.

I was lucky that the game was still on an old laptop and I was able to play it. The game can't cope with today's hardware and the mouse bugs. Unfortunately, I can't confirm whether an older operating system helps or whether I was lucky, so be warned. I can't give the game a bad review though. The mechanics are great and I enjoyed the puzzles. The atmosphere is just right, but I was a bit annoyed by how slow the game felt.

An eerie yet enjoyable puzzle platformer with great atmospheric sound and a strong piano soundtrack. Some of the puzzles really tease your brain, but you can figure everything out with some persistence and experimentation. I've seen reviewers complain about bugs that prevent game startup, etc., but I played with the compatibility beta enabled (as recommended in the forums), and the whole game was smooth as butter for me. No problems at all.

Broken, neither mouse nor controller works. Unplayable. I found the fix from community posts. In steam, select the game from your library and press the gear icon>properties>betas>select compatibility beta.

2 boyutlu olduğu için kolay olur sandığım ve aklımı kimi yerde başımdan alan bir bulmaca oyunu oldu. Atmosferi ve mekaniklerini bulmacalara yediriş şekliyle çoğu 3 boyutlu büyük yapım bulmaca oyunlarından daha keyifli, daha zor bir tasarımı var.

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 that it went into the philosophy behind using the device. I felt like some ideas weren't explored enough and I'm not sure how I feel about the ending(s), but I enjoyed the journey. I don't know if I am just forgetting, but I don't know if the game covered who I was playing as or how I got there (and why). Another character did refer to my character as "the girl" at the end, but that is about it. I expected more game mechanics would show up than the clone/swap functions, but those still made for some good puzzles. I will say that solving some of the puzzles was a little frustrating at times as all it is very easy to screw up (such as by messing up your positioning), resulting in you having to start all over due to the constraints. A couple of the puzzle towards the very end had me stumped, with one getting me to stop and come back the next day with a fresh mind. I think I may have solved another in an unintended way also. One quality of life issue is the absence of any manual save/chapter select. This is especially important for log entries, as some of them are tied to achievements. Some of these are missable - thankfully there are guides on here showing their content if you do want to read them. One you finish the game, your save is essentially gone (just plays the credits), so you also would miss out on content at the end of the game also. I backed up my save outside of the game to get around this. This game was in my Steam library for over a decade (one of the first games I ever bought), so I'm glad to tick it off.

It's a good game, not hard enough to become enraging, cool puzzles, story is also interesting. Definitely worth it. Mouse continues broken, buy it only if you plan to play on a gamepad.