Steam Megahit Meccha Chameleon Hits 15 Million Sales, Teases Collaboration With Famous Japanese Star

Skyrocketing Japanese indie hit Meccha Chameleon just surpassed 15 million sales, despite launching on Steam less than a month ago. Now, the paint-and-seek multiplayer game is getting a collaboration with a well-known Japanese star, and fans are abuzz with excitement over who it might be. Developed by a team of two in just two months (with zero marketing to boot, apparently), Meccha Chameleon is an online multiplayer game in which players are divided into Seekers and Hiders. In a twist on hide-and-seek, Hiders must paint their pintsized character’s plain white body to match their surroundings, while the Seeker team must hunt them down before time runs out. A huge hit with streamers, the game has prompted players to come up with some super creative and artistic ways of painting themselves into the scenery. Launching on June 10, Meccha Chameleon shot up the Steam charts and has now hit the 15 million milestone, according to a recent Steam community blog post. “Thanks a million! Get ready for a new collaboration with a famous Japanese star next week!” teased the announcement from developer lemorion_1224. Over on X, users reacted with speculations on who this might be. The Japanese twe