The Swapper is a puzzle-platform game with a side-scrolling perspective. In the game, the player has control over "The Swapper", a device that allows the player to create clones of themselves and take control of them (swapping). All clones respond to movement input, but only the active clone can activate buttons and create new clones. Puzzles consist mostly of trying to move the different clones to the correct position at the right time so that doors open by the pressure plates they can stand on. Additional difficulty arises from red, blue, and purple lamps which block the player from swapping to other clones, creating new clones, or both respectively.
The game takes place on an mostly abandoned space station. The story unfolds mostly through diary logs and encounters with an NPC. The theme of cloning is related to human consciousness and the soul.
The Swapper was released on PlayStation 4 in April 2017, a sci-fi action-adventure game that challenges players to use their wits to progress through the story.