

SWAM
Paul O'Bar · January 6, 2017 · Indie, Casual, Action, Adventure
SWAM is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.
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About SWAM
SWAM is a story-based platformer where you play as Blob escaping from a sinister robotic mom across 40 thrilling levels filled with fast-paced action, enemy combat, and expanding environments. Collect currency to unlock characters and discover multiple endings as you befriend allies and uncover secrets throughout your adventure.
Play as Blob and escape the evil clutches of a robotic mom.
Find new friends, explore an expansive environment, fight terrifying enemies.
- 40 Thrilling Levels
- Unlockable Characters
- Collect Vops And Spend them
- Multiple Endings
WARNING: This game does contain effects that may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy.
SWAM — game info
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Player modes
- Single-player
- Controller
- Partial controller support
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
SWAM receives mixed reactions from players with some fundamental disagreements about the game's core nature. Supporters praise its meditative puzzle mechanics, minimalist visual style, and relaxing atmosphere without time pressure, while critics dismiss it as a derivative platformer cluttering an oversaturated genre with uninspired design and poor graphics. Players are split on whether this game offers genuine appeal or represents another forgettable entry in a crowded market.
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Why is this game called Swam when there's no swimming in it? Why is the money yellow tennis balls called "Vops?" Why? What? Why? I do like the effect of blob guts spilling everywhere as you move, though.
Thousands of retro 2D platformers are infesting Steam, and "SWAM" is just more pollution in a crowded market of terrible games. There are over 17,000 platformers on Steam, literally thousands (you can go see for yourself if you search for the platformer tag on the store, I'm not kidding). And this is far from being one of the best of those. This poorly made platformer is "narrative heavy" but takes most of the inspiration (to the point of being a ripoff) from Super Meat Boy, focusing on fast and frenetic precision platforming and offending gamers with truly terrible graphics. This is a tired, outdated experience from a tired, outdated and obsolete game genre. Just a couple of platformers out of literally thousands have any appeal for gamers lately (Super Meat Boy, Hollow Knight etc). This "me too" Steam Direct platformer in a crowded genre offers nothing new. It's "free", but [i]free[/i] doesn't mean [i]good.[/i] The graphics here are particularly awful, some of the laziest pixelcrap ever to offend gamers eyes, so bad that it actually stands out as one of the worst looking games on Steam. Quite an accomplishment. It's a big contributor to the failure of the game to attract …
Игра 'SWAM' – это освежающая и медитативная головоломка, которая очаровывает своей простотой и элегантностью. Визуальный стиль минималистичный, но очень приятный глазу, а успокаивающая музыка идеально дополняет расслабляющую атмосферу. Механика игры основана на перемещении разноцветных шариков по лабиринтам, чтобы собрать все соответствующие им по цвету фрагменты. Поначалу задачи кажутся простыми, но постепенно сложность возрастает, требуя от игрока не только логического мышления, но и пространственного воображения. Особенно радует то, что нет никаких временных ограничений или штрафов, что позволяет полностью сосредоточиться на решении головоломки и наслаждаться процессом. Единственный незначительный минус – небольшое количество уровней. Хотелось бы больше контента, чтобы растянуть удовольствие. В целом, 'SWAM' – отличная игра для тех, кто хочет расслабиться, потренировать свой мозг и насладиться красивым и минималистичным геймплеем. Рекомендую!
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[h1]Before I played SWAM, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]
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