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Life & fun · December 5, 2016

Swap Sword

A match-3 puzzle game with roguelike battles

Swap Sword launched on December 5, 2016 with 67 votes, #693 of 3,449 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

What it does

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A roguelike dungeon crawler built inside a match-three puzzler? That’s a sword-stroke of genius. By mixing two game types we know and love, Swap Sword bends our brains like a red-hot blade on a blacksmith’s anvil—in a good way! Do we match shields for protection? Line up keys to reveal the dungeon exit? Or find clever ways to defeat ever-spawning foes? A roguelike dungeon crawler built inside a match-three puzzler? That’s a sword-stroke of genius. By mixing two game types we know and love, Swap Sword bends our brains like a red-hot blade on a blacksmith’s anvil—in a good way! Do we match shields for protection? Line up keys to reveal the dungeon exit? Or find clever ways to defeat…from apps.apple.com

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