After selling over 20 million copies on Steam, Meccha Chameleon comes to Nintendo Switch 2 later today
Meccha Chameleon, the indie hide-and-seek game that launched on Steam a couple of months ago, is already one of the year's biggest hits, taking the PC market by storm.
Meccha Chameleon, the indie hide-and-seek game that launched on Steam a couple of months ago, is already one of the year's biggest hits, taking the PC market by storm.
The short version
- Now, as revealed in today's Nintendo Direct, the indie smash hit is coming to Nintnedo Switch 2 - and it arrives today.
- Hopefully on the Switch 2 version, we aren't going to see any of those user-made maps that were found to contain malware .
- The issue was resolved fairly quickly, but marred what has otherwise been a fairly positive run for the unlikely viral hit.
What happened
Meccha Chameleon's simple hook has made it a hit with streamers and fans of social co-op games. The game plays as an elaborate prop hunt where players paint themselves to blend into the environment.
Why it matters
Rather than simply hiding among the clutter, the ability to paint your character introduces an element of creativity that's part of what made it so popular.
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