Meccha Chameleon Update Adds HIKAKIN Museum Collaboration Map
The HIKAKIN collaboration follows the game's rapid sales of over 15 million copies in less than a month, using a major YouTuber's audience to sustain momentum for one of Steam's fastest-selling indie titles.
Key Facts
- Update 2.6.0 for Meccha Chameleon was released on July 11, 2026, adding the HIKAKIN Museum collaboration map with special gimmicks.
- The game sold over 15 million copies by July 5, 2026, less than a month after its June 10 launch on Steam.
- The update includes a controller support alpha version, region tags for Japan, South Korea, and East Asia, a bug fix for clone hit detection, and a hunter field-of-view increase from 100 to 105.
- Meccha Chameleon costs 790 yen on PC (Steam) and supports the GeForce NOW cloud gaming service.
- The HIKAKIN Museum map features photos of HIKAKIN and his brother SEIKIN, plus items like misokin and ONICHA.
Reporting from 3 sources: Denfaminicogamer, Automaton, Game Spark.
On July 11, 2026, developers LEMORION and HAGANEIRO released update 2.6.0 for the drawing hide-and-seek game Meccha Chameleon, adding the official collaboration map "HIKAKIN Museum." The map is themed around YouTuber HIKAKIN and includes photos of HIKAKIN and his brother SEIKIN, as well as items such as misokin and ONICHA. Special collaboration-exclusive gimmicks are also included. The update also introduces a controller support alpha version, though UI operations are not supported. Region tags for Japan, South Korea, and East Asia were added, a bug fix for hit detection when the doppelganger was hidden, and an adjustment expanding the hunter's field of view from 100 to 105. Meccha Chameleon launched on Steam on June 10, 2026, and by July 5 had sold over 15 million copies. The game is available for 790 yen on PC (Steam) and supports the cloud gaming service GeForce NOW. The collaboration with HIKAKIN was previously teased under the label "collaboration with a famous Japanese person."
The HIKAKIN Museum map is a museum-themed field featuring exhibits that trace HIKAKIN's career, from his childhood and early videos to his signature creations Misokin and ONICHA. According to the update notes, special gimmicks exclusive to the collaboration are also present. Beyond the map, update 2.6.0 includes quality-of-life improvements: a controller support alpha version, region tags for Japan, South Korea, and East Asia, a fix for a bug where hit detection lingered after hiding a clone, and a balance change that increases the hunter's field of view from 100 to 105. The update was released on July 11, though the announcement post on X (formerly Twitter) was dated July 10. Meccha Chameleon, developed by LEMORION and HAGANEIRO, is a multiplayer hide-and-seek game where players paint their characters to blend into the environment. It sold over 10 million copies in its first 16 days and crossed 15 million by July 5. The developers previously worked on the Penguin Hotel series and Death Burger. The game is available on Steam for 790 yen and also supports GeForce NOW cloud streaming.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.