Meccha Chameleon Hits an Astonishing 15 Million Gross sales, Teases Collaboration With Well-known Japanese Star

Skyrocketing Japanese indie hit Meccha Chameleon simply surpassed 15 million gross sales, regardless of launching on Steam lower than a month in the past. Now, the paint-and-seek multiplayer recreation is getting a collaboration with a well known Japanese star, and followers are abuzz with pleasure over who it could be.

Developed by a crew of two in simply two months (with zero advertising as well, apparently), Meccha Chameleon is a web based multiplayer recreation during which gamers are divided into Seekers and Hiders. In a twist on hide-and-seek, Hiders should paint their pintsized character’s plain white physique to match their environment, whereas the Seeker crew should hunt them down earlier than time runs out. An enormous hit with streamers, the sport has prompted gamers to provide you with some tremendous artistic and inventive methods of portray themselves into the surroundings.

Launching on June 10, Meccha Chameleon shot up the Steam charts and has now hit the 15 million milestone, in accordance with a latest Steam group weblog publish. “Thanks one million! Prepare for a brand new collaboration with a well-known Japanese star subsequent week!” teased the announcement from developer lemorion_1224.

Over on X, customers reacted with speculations on who this could be. The Japanese tweet particularly says “Japanese well-known particular person,” seemingly ruling out characters from different video games. Hikakin, beatboxer and considered one of Japan’s prime YouTubers was a widespread guess. Contemplating Meccha Chameleon’s portray theme, others talked about watercolor painter and comfortable YouTube content material creator Harumichi Shibasaki. Shibasaki is not any stranger to videogame collaborations, collaborating in Minecraft’s fifteenth anniversary celebrations (Automaton), so it is easy to think about his work of the Japanese countryside popping up in Meccha Chameleon.

Plainly gamers should wait till subsequent week to seek out out who Meccha Chameleon’s mysterious new visitor will probably be. The builders have been maintaining the patches and updates coming at a breakneck tempo for the reason that recreation’s launch. Meccha Chameleon has turn out to be such an in a single day phenomenon that some persons are even taking part in it in actual life now.

We have got some Meccha Chameleon Ideas and Tips that can assist you mix in and keep away from detection, plus a information to every of the Meccha Chameleon maps, with really useful hiding spots – and a information on methods to play Meccha Chameleon with associates.

Verity Townsend is a Japan-based freelance author who beforehand served as editor, contributor and translator for the sport information website Automaton West. She has additionally written about Japanese tradition and flicks for varied publications.