The Swapper Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-01
- Puzzles are excellent and well-designed
- Unique clone-based mechanics
- Atmosphere is moody and unsettling
- Game is too short
- Mouse cursor bugs
- Achievements require guides
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 7,580
- Positive
- 7,13394.1%
- Negative
- 4475.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 533,128
- Estimated revenue
- $7,991,589
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 72.52%
- Estimated copies lost
- 492
- Estimated revenue lost
- $7,375
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 72.5% Avg playtime 0.7h | 207.2% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 124.3% Avg playtime 7.2h | 23986% Avg playtime 8.7h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 4.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,780.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
278 total
Organic purchasers20172.3%
Voted up: 92%
Key activations7727.7%
Voted up: 96%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
277 total
First impression0-2h3311.9%
Voted up: 76%
Mid game2-10h18767.3%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h4817.3%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+93.24%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
95.2%
Global baseline 93.2%
21 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 7,580 total.