Break out your Smart Meat and sharpen those saws—Swapmeat, the chaotic co-op roguelite where you steal the body parts of alien weirdos for power-ups, is officially set to launch in 2025 for PC and macOS via Steam. Developer One More Game revealed the release window alongside a juicy new trailer and details for the upcoming Meat Lab 5 playtest, running May 15–22.
Become a Certified Meat Scientist in Meat Lab 5
The Meat Lab 5 open playtest is one of the final public test runs before launch. Players who join can experience the updated mutant-blasting chaos, and if you refer three friends, your whole squad gets guaranteed access (while supplies last).
Here’s what’s fresh on the slab in Meat Lab 5:
- New Biome + 3 New Planets to wreak havoc on
- Mutant Space Wrestler Boss in the Solar System 2 Championship Belt
- Gathering Mechanics with fish rifts, mineral veins, and ancient tech
- Weapon Switching + In-Run Weapon Upgrades
- Elemental Damage Revamp + Status Effects Overhaul
- Updated Active Reload + Combat Feel Improvements
- HUD Rework + Trader Mike (Ask About Your Expenses™)
Get the full patch notes in the game’s Discord server and tune into the developer livestream on Twitch May 16 at 4 p.m. PT to see it in action.
What Is Swapmeat?
In Swapmeat, you’re a field agent for Rangus Meats™, a galaxy-spanning mega-corp that solves problems by turning everything into meat. You and up to three friends infiltrate alien worlds in fast-paced, third-person combat, harvest DNA by defeating weirdos and beefy bosses, and swap body parts on the fly to gain wild new abilities.
Whether you’re swapping legs for dashes, arms for blasters, or heads for psychic blasts, every run offers new ways to play—and new abominations to become.
Swapmeat hits Steam and macOS in 2025, but you can wishlist it and sign up for playtests right now at playswapmeat.com.
