Isle of Swaps
Released Sep 2024
Grab your cards, it's time to swap! Battle your school pals in this roguelite deckbuilder where you'll trade for new cards when you win defeat them and rip open booster packs looking for rare cards. Conquer everyones dungeon decks to become Critter Champion of the Playground!
91% positive · 147 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $14.99
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Evaluation
Isle of Swaps launched on September 27, 2024 as a complete, finished product. The developer explicitly stated at launch: "no Early Access here, the game is complete!" and reiterated in the pre-launch announcement on September 4, 2024 that "the game is done so you'll get the full experience from the beginning."
After launch, the developer issued one balance patch in October 2024 (adjusting card and critter stats) and a security/compatibility rebuild in November 2025 (updating the Unity engine version to address a vulnerability). Neither of these constitutes new content — they are maintenance and balance work.
The only DLC listed is the soundtrack, which released alongside the game on September 27, 2024. No additional DLC or expansions have been announced for Isle of Swaps.
A May 2025 post announced a new game in the same Critter universe called Critterrupters, but this is an entirely separate title — not additional content for Isle of Swaps. The developer has made no statements suggesting further content is planned for this game.
The last developer communication specifically about Isle of Swaps was the November 2025 Unity security patch. There is no indication of any planned updates beyond routine maintenance, and the developer's own launch messaging confirmed the game shipped as a complete experience.
Evidence
Launch post confirms Isle of Swaps has released into v1.0, explicitly stating 'the game is complete!'
Developer announced September 27 launch date, stating 'No Early Access, the game is done so you'll get the full experience from the beginning.'
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Fuzz Force
Achievements
29
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
The worldwide phenomenon of Critters has the world in its grip and the newest collectable, the Critter Trading Card Game, has just been released!
Dina is Critter mad and has been begging her parents for a week to get her some cards. Yesterday they relented and have bought her a starter deck and a lovely binder to keep them in but it's not enough, she wants all the Critter Cards.
It's finally lunch time and everyone rushes out to play some more Critter Challenges.
It's Critter Combat! Build up energy with weaker Skill cards and spend it to play stronger cards. With each Critter having varied stats, abilities, Weakness and Resistances, making a varied team is key. You don't want your whole team to be weak to Blaze attacks do you?
But Skill cards can only be used by Critters of the same element, so maybe using multiple Critters of the same type is a good strategy? You wouldn't want your Aqua Critter to be defeated and then not be able to use your Aqua Skill Cards.
Build your deck by swapping with the characters you beat in battle. Got some doubles? Swap as many times as you like and are able, no limits here. Any cards are added to your binder to change up your Battle Deck at any time. Equip Stickers for passive bonuses but be aware that using rarer Critters limits how many Stickers you can use. Balance your deck between Critters, Skills and Stickers to claim victory!
Proceed through Challenges by picking one of 3 map cards but if you're feeling brave, unflipped cards award money that can be used to buy Booster Packs. A victory in a Challenge adds the cards in your battle deck to your permanent Master Binder, letting you customise the starting Critter in future runs. Create decks from the Master Binder to take on the Critter Championship and put your deckbuilding to the test. And the next Challenge run? Totally different. With 6 different areas that can appear in any order, you never know what you'll run into next time.
This is a game inspired by a single dev's experience of when the pokemon trading card game took over school playgrounds, swapping every breaktime and having illustrated cardboard consume his life.
Dina is Critter mad and has been begging her parents for a week to get her some cards. Yesterday they relented and have bought her a starter deck and a lovely binder to keep them in but it's not enough, she wants all the Critter Cards.
It's finally lunch time and everyone rushes out to play some more Critter Challenges.
It's Critter Combat! Build up energy with weaker Skill cards and spend it to play stronger cards. With each Critter having varied stats, abilities, Weakness and Resistances, making a varied team is key. You don't want your whole team to be weak to Blaze attacks do you?
But Skill cards can only be used by Critters of the same element, so maybe using multiple Critters of the same type is a good strategy? You wouldn't want your Aqua Critter to be defeated and then not be able to use your Aqua Skill Cards.
Build your deck by swapping with the characters you beat in battle. Got some doubles? Swap as many times as you like and are able, no limits here. Any cards are added to your binder to change up your Battle Deck at any time. Equip Stickers for passive bonuses but be aware that using rarer Critters limits how many Stickers you can use. Balance your deck between Critters, Skills and Stickers to claim victory!
Proceed through Challenges by picking one of 3 map cards but if you're feeling brave, unflipped cards award money that can be used to buy Booster Packs. A victory in a Challenge adds the cards in your battle deck to your permanent Master Binder, letting you customise the starting Critter in future runs. Create decks from the Master Binder to take on the Critter Championship and put your deckbuilding to the test. And the next Challenge run? Totally different. With 6 different areas that can appear in any order, you never know what you'll run into next time.
Game Features
- A number of artists have illustrated hundreds of cards to collect and store lovingly in your binder
- A whole bunch of Skill cards and passive ability Stickers to come up with an array of strategies.
- Swap with characters you beat to build your deck instead of 'pick 1 of 3 cards'. Swap those dupes!
- Each run is made up from 3 of the 6 Areas and can be played in any order, doing acts in the same order is pretty boring, right?
- Collect cards between runs in the Master Binder and use Master Decks to take on the toughest fights in the Critter Championship.
This is a game inspired by a single dev's experience of when the pokemon trading card game took over school playgrounds, swapping every breaktime and having illustrated cardboard consume his life.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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