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Reception

SWAPMEAT is a fast-paced roguelite that is best played with friends. At first, the game seems like a silly cartoony shooter (and it is funny) but after playing a bunch of runs, I started to see the strategy behind the different body parts and combining them to create some really powerful builds. The boss battles are intense and far more manageable playing...

Swapmeat is a surprisingly deep roguelike with plenty of entertaining parts under the hood. Its titular mechanic is great fun, even if RNG occasionally gets in the way. Runs are challenging but never insurmountable, and the variety of locales, weapons, and powers gives the game plenty of replayability, whether you’re playing alone or with friends. Its...

SWAPMEAT is the kind of game that gets exponentially more fun as the player count goes up. Highly recommended with friends, recommended with caveats solo, and one of the more distinctive games released in the genre this year.

SWAPMEAT stands out as a game that defies convention, skilfully blending biting black humour directed at unbridled capitalism with a grotesque, cartoonish aesthetic. The mechanic of dissecting and grafting enemy body parts is not merely a brilliant aesthetic flourish, but the beating heart of frenetic gameplay that encourages constant tactical experimentation....

Swapmeat won me over on its chaos, silliness, and replayability. Its grotesque meat swapping mechanics kept me on my toes in building wild looking yet wildly powerful meaty monsters.