The Swapper cover

The Swapper 2013

Released
May 30, 2013
Genres
Platform · Puzzle · Strategy · Adventure · Indie
Platforms
PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Linux · PC · Mac · Wii U · PlayStation Vita · Xbox One
Developers
Facepalm Games · Curve Studios
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Where to buy

In a collection
Instant Indie Collection: Vol. 1
Physical

Affiliate links: GOG, Fanatical, Green Man Gaming, ININ Games and Amazon

Is it still worth playing?

A scavenger stranded on an abandoned research station finds a device that creates up to four clones of herself and switches her consciousness among them in this 2013 science fiction puzzle platformer. The clones move together with the player unless something blocks them, so a move left sends every clone left until one reaches a wall. This is how the player activates doors and switches and gathers the orbs that open the way forward, backtracking through the station's rooms as needed. The story explores consciousness, identity and the mind-body problem, and two of its characters are named after the philosophers Daniel Dennett and David Chalmers. Questions about identity and consciousness run through the story, and they are still worth meeting.

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