Steam Hide-and-Seek Game Meccha Chameleon Sells 500,000 Copies in Two Days
A two-person team has produced one of the fastest-selling indie launches on Steam this year, driven by social-media buzz and a simple, streamable concept.
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Developer LEMORION announced on June 12 that Meccha Chameleon, a multiplayer draw-and-camouflage hide-and-seek game released on Steam on June 10, has surpassed 500,000 sales. The game hit 200,000 sales on its first full day and doubled that figure by day two. Concurrent players reached roughly 26,000 on June 12, and the game holds a Mostly Positive rating from 1,560 user reviews.
LEMORION, the developer behind the horror series Penguin Hotel and Death Burger, released Meccha Chameleon on June 10. The game tasks players with coloring plain white characters to blend into 3D environments while one hunter tries to find and eliminate them. Modes include a single hunter versus all, a tag-style escalation, and a free-for-all search. Before launch, the title had accumulated over 500,000 wishlists. On release day it drew more than 15,000 concurrent players, and by June 11 sales had passed 200,000. The next day that number climbed past 500,000. SteamDB data shows concurrent players rising daily, reaching about 26,000 around 11:00 JST on June 12. The game is priced at 790 yen, with a 20 percent launch discount running until June 17. An update planned for June 12-13 will add a line-of-sight point system, a new official map, and two new poses.
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