A game by Facepalm Games for PC, Mac, Linux, PS3, PS4, Vita, and Wii U, originally released in 2013.
The Swapper begins with an escape pod being launched from a research facility on a space station, landing the player on the desolate planet below. The player character emerges from the capsule clad in a space suit, and makes her way to a doorway embedded in the rock. Passing through the door reveals an expansive subterranean excavation site. You enter the site, looking for a teleporter that will allow you to return to the space station for reasons that are not yet clear. Along the way, you activate computer terminals and listen to radio broadcasts that provide a bit of context for your adventure, which unfolds – or perhaps, unravels – as you make your way through the moody and mysterious world.
The Swapper is a puzzle-based action adventure with a focus on a single core mechanic. A device known as the Swapper allows its user to generate clones of herself – up to four at a time – and then swap her consciousness with any of the newly-created bodies, thus taking over the new vessel and making it her own. In addition to the complex puzzles that this sort of mechanic allows for, it also presents a number of philosophical questions, mixed with the core science behind the device. What is it that is being transferred? Is it a soul? What happens to the bodies that you leave behind? What is it that makes you you?
