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MECCHA CHAMELEON

MECCHA CHAMELEON

lemorion_1224 · released Jun 8, 2026

CasualPC

Paint yourself to blend in! "Meccha Chameleon" is a new-sensation hide-and-seek game where you paint your white body to mimic the stage. Spot, pose, and "artistic skill" are keys to survival. Deceive Seekers with techniques that put chameleons to shame! Supports public matches and streaming.

Steam page ↗Metacritic · users 8.1 ↗
81
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “BIG UPDATE 4.1.0” (4d ago)

80%
At launch
87%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
85%
Player sentiment
88%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 448 sampled Steam reviews (368 positive / 80 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

  • Multiplayer & servers4% mention it

What negative reviews complain about

  • Multiplayer & servers16% mention it
  • Bugs & crashes11% mention it
  • Controls & UI9% mention it

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

75%

159 reviews

5-15h

87%

186 reviews

15-40h

90%

81 reviews

40-100h

63%

16 reviews

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews87%811000
Metacritic user ratings–8519
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)88%82917
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Aug 28, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 917 total reviews in window · weighted 177.3 up / 15.7 down · computed 8h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (3)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 86
    Game8Game8
    trust 65Jun 19, 2026

    “Meccha Chameleon feels like a “forever game” in a sea of party games on Steam, and part of its appeal is all thanks to its inventive twist on the hide-and-seek genre. The best part is that it’s only the beginning for this viral sensation as more copies are being sold every day. Its low price point, paired with endless community mod support, can even draw in non-gamers because it’s such a low-risk purchase that’s well worth gifting to friends on a boring Friday night.”

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  • 82
    PC GamerPC Gamer
    trust 64Jun 26, 2026

    “Even with its blemishes, Meccha Chameleon's game of competitive camouflage is a multiplayer experience that exceeds its friendslop trappings.”

    read full review ↗
  • 80
    IGNIGN
    trust 61Jul 3, 2026

    “Meccha Chameleon delivers fantastic, creative chaos for next to nothing. The menus and servers are a mess, but the gameplay twist is pure gold.”

    read full review ↗

Patch history

  1. BIG UPDATE 4.1.0
    Aug 28, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. Update 4.0.2
    Aug 25, 2026
  3. fix4.0.1
    Aug 24, 2026
  4. Hotfix
    Aug 22, 2026
  5. update4.0.0
    Aug 20, 2026
  6. 3.9.1
    Aug 16, 2026
  7. update3.9.0
    Aug 16, 2026
  8. update 3.8.0
    Aug 14, 2026
  9. fix3.7.3
    Aug 12, 2026
  10. fix7.3.2
    Aug 11, 2026
  11. fix3.7.1
    Aug 10, 2026
  12. fix3.6.1
    Aug 8, 2026
  13. update3.6.0
    Aug 7, 2026
  14. update3.5.3
    Aug 5, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  15. fix3.5.1
    Aug 2, 2026
  16. update 3.5.0
    Aug 1, 2026
  17. update3.4.0
    Jul 31, 2026
  18. update3.3.0
    Jul 30, 2026
  19. fix3.3.2
    Jul 29, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  20. update3.3.0
    Jul 26, 2026
  21. update3.2.0
    Jul 26, 2026
  22. Official Discord Server Breach Update
    Jul 25, 2026
  23. update3.1.0
    Jul 25, 2026
  24. update3.0.0
    Jul 20, 2026
  25. update2.9.0
    Jul 19, 2026
  26. update2.8.0
    Jul 17, 2026
  27. update2.7.0
    Jul 12, 2026
  28. update2.6.0
    Jul 10, 2026
  29. fix2.5.1
    Jul 7, 2026
  30. update2.5.0
    Jul 4, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  31. fix2.4.1
    Jul 3, 2026
  32. update2.4.0
    Jul 2, 2026
  33. fix2.3.2
    Jul 2, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  34. fix2.3.1
    Jul 1, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  35. update2.3.0
    Jun 29, 2026
  36. fix2.2.1
    Jun 28, 2026
  37. update2.2.0
    Jun 28, 2026
  38. update2.1.0
    Jun 27, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  39. update 2.0.0
    Jun 26, 2026
  40. update 2.0.0
    Jun 26, 2026

…and 22 earlier patch announcements.