Fake Me is hide-and-seek on steroids as Meccha Chameleon crosses impressive milestone

With more games than ever releasing on Steam, it seems a title's 15 minutes of fame is now down to 15 seconds (if you're lucky). You'll all remember the grip the likes of Among Us and Fall Guys had on us during the pandemic, and while there's still a place for party games, there's simply too much choice these days.

One game that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere is Meccha Chameleon.

With a cheap point of entry at just $6, Meccha Chameleon is designed with you and your friends in mind, meaning it's become a viral hit as many streamers' latest addiction.

As Meccha Chameleon outpaces many AAA rivals, there's been the inevitable avalanche of Roblox clones, Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) maps, and Steam copies like the AI-generated Scribble Hunt.

At least YUMEXE's Fake Me tried to up the ante as it asks us to be more creative than ever.

Fake Me could be the next Meccha Chameleon

The Steam listing for Fake Me explains how the game combines the classic hide-and-seek formula with 3D modelling. Whereas Meccha Chameleon tasks us with using MS Paint-inspired tools to blend into the background, Fake Me takes this up a notch as you sculpt yourself into a variety of weird and wonderful objects.

Basically, if you can imagine it and think you can do it, go for it.

We're promised that Fake Me has 'easy-to-use modeling tools', although we'll be the judge of that. Split into Fakers and Seekers, the Fakers can model a single shape or use multiple pieces to create anything from a small and inconspicuous decoration to a massive structure.

Because you build your own models, and similar to Meccha Chameleon's painting, no two rounds are the same.

When Fake Me footage was shared on X, it seems some were unconvinced by the whole premise.

Saying Fake Me misses the point of Meccha Chameleon, one skeptic wrote: "Meccha Chameleon is fun because it's funnier to try and blend in with a super scuffed paint job. If you can model yourself to look exactly like something in the map, it takes some of that fun away."

Enjoying the relative simplicity of Meccha Chamel, another added: "I don't know man I want to laugh at bad paint jobs, not to become a 3d model worker lol."

A third mused: "Imma be honest this might be the worst one out of all of the multiplayer games because where is the fun in this? Like what’s stopping most people from just being a really thin floor tile in some corner so small the seekers can’t even get into?”

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Meccha Chameleon hits sales milestone

While we're sure the copycats will keep on coming, Meccha Chameleon shows no signs of slowing down. In a simple post on Steam, the painting powerhouse confirmed it's hit over 20 million sales in just two months.

This would almost definitely make Meccha Chameleon the best-selling game of 2026, eclipsing the likes of 007 First Light's three million sales and Resident Evil Requiem's eight million. In early July, Alinea Analytics' Rhys Elliott said that Meccha Chameleon's (then) 12.6 million sales but it far ahead of FC26 in second place with 9.1 million.

With clones popping up all over the place as the 'friendslop' genre continues to explode, it remains to be seen whether the likes of Fake Me can differentiate themselves enough from Meccha Chameleon, let alone get anywhere near its level of success.

Even the OG has plummeted from an all-time high of 340,534 concurrent players. Meccha Chameleon currently has a 24-hour peak of 18,342 concurrent players, and although the friendslop bubble shows no sign of bursting yet, it's getting harder than ever to stand out.

Ironic when the whole aim of Meccha Chameleon and Fake Me is to remain hidden.