MECCHA CHAMELEON BEGINNER GUIDE
A beginner-friendly guide to joining a match, understanding the Hider and Hunter roles, choosing a mode, building a disguise, and searching the map.
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Meccha Chameleon is a multiplayer hide-and-seek game that divides players into Hiders and Hunters.
Hiders begin with white bodies, choose a hiding position, paint themselves to match the stage, and use a pose that helps their silhouette blend into the environment.
Hunters search the map with a firearm and try to identify concealed Hiders according to the selected game mode.
OFFICIAL RULES VS PRACTICAL PLAY
Join an available public room or create a room for friends. A non-private room may allow other players to join freely.
The host may need to choose Basic, Infection, or Double from the lobby map-settings stand before starting.
The current player-tested interface may show body-model or character selection before the round begins.
Hiders find a position, place the body, choose a pose, paint the disguise, and inspect for visible mistakes.
Hunters inspect unusual silhouettes, color mismatches, shadows, movement, clipping, and repeated shapes.
Found Hiders may spectate, become Hunters, or participate in a different competition depending on the selected mode.
Search the environment, identify suspicious human shapes or color mismatches, and shoot concealed Hiders according to the selected game mode.
The exact elimination, spectator, conversion, and victory flow depends on the selected game mode. This page does not claim the same Hunter number for every round.
Found Hiders move to spectator viewing while the remaining Hiders continue the round.
The Hunter side grows as more Hiders are discovered.
Players first prepare or hide, then compete to catch more targets.
The host selects the mode from the lobby's map-settings stand before starting the match.
Compare All Game ModesChoose the wall, object, shelf, sign, furniture edge, or other location you want to imitate.
Move close to a suitable surface, attach, rotate, and adjust the body's placement.
Use the pose selector to reduce the obvious human outline.
Enter painting mode and apply the broad base color.
Sample nearby colors and refine edges, shadows, highlights, or object details.
Check for exposed limbs, red overlap flashing, unnatural shadows, and obvious human shapes.
Painting first can waste time if the final position or pose later changes.
Attach, rotate, pan, move up or down, and detach.
Pose SelectionHold R, move to the pose, release R, and use left click to change pose pages.
Color CopyingPress F, press Space once, aim at a scene surface, and click to sample.
Clone ControlsPress Q to create clones and X to remove all active clones.
In the current player-tested interface, a body-model or character-selection prompt may appear before the round begins.
Different models can have different proportions, shapes, and silhouette sizes. A blockier body may fit some hiding locations better, while another model may work better for narrow or irregular objects.
Different models create different visible outlines.
A model may appear wider, narrower, taller, shorter, or more block-like.
Choose a model that matches the location and object shape you intend to imitate.
The exact available models and selection timing may change by version, lobby, or mode. This is not a permanent shrink-body button, and one model is not always better.
Repeated red flashing can indicate that part of the Hider is overlapping or intersecting with a wall, object, or nearby map geometry.
Reduce how deeply the body enters the surface.
Use a different angle.
Move the body to a cleaner area.
Choose a pose that fits the available space.
Try the placement again from a better position.
Check whether a limb or body section remains inside the environment.
Persistent overlap may remain visible and make the hiding position easier to notice. Red flashing does not guarantee immediate elimination.
A matching color is not enough if the body still looks like a person.
Rotate and pose the body in the same direction as nearby objects.
Use shelves, furniture, signs, shadows, and object boundaries to break up arms and legs.
Use the 3D eyedropper as a starting point, then test the painted result.
Adjust brightness, saturation, or hue only when the test patch needs it.
Check whether the disguise still works from a Hunter's likely viewing angle.
Move the character.
Move more quickly when the current role and situation allow it.
Look around and control the viewing direction.
Enter or exit painting mode.
Press Space once in painting mode to switch to the 3D eyedropper, then click the target surface.
Change the brush size.
Hold R, move to the desired pose, then release R to confirm. Left click changes to the next pose page.
Detach from an attached position in the current player-tested controls.
Use text chat, toggle your microphone with V, and toggle the game audio channel you hear with B.
These are player-tested default controls for the current version. Keybinds may change or be customized.
View Every ControlCreating a room does not necessarily start the round automatically. The host may need to choose the mode, review the map settings, and use the Start Game control.
Exact elimination, spectator, conversion, scoring, rewards, team results, and balance systems may vary between updates, room settings, and game modes.
Useful when:
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The official Steam page confirms that players can play with friends or people they do not know. A server that is not private can be joined freely by other players.
Learn How to Play With FriendsBody shape can be more revealing than color.
Overlapping body parts may expose a Hider.
A disguised body can create lighting that does not match the object.
Clones or several similar human-like forms may deserve closer inspection.
Arms and legs are often hidden near furniture, signs, corners, or shelves.
In Infection mode, found Hiders join the Hunter side. In Basic mode, they spectate.
Hunter ammunition may depend on the host's room settings. Some rounds may use limited ammunition, and the current HUD may show the available amount.
FREE FAN-MADE PRACTICE TOOL
Our browser-based Color Practice tool lets you practice sampling, comparing, adjusting, and painting colors without joining a multiplayer room.
It is not the official game and does not reproduce full movement, roles, poses, maps, voice chat, Hunter gameplay, or complete matches.
A Hider chooses a position, adjusts the body and pose, paints a disguise, and tries to remain undiscovered until the hiding time ends.
A Hunter searches the environment, identifies concealed Hiders, and shoots them according to the selected game mode.
The currently reported modes are Basic, Infection, and Double. Basic sends found Hiders to spectator viewing, Infection turns them into Hunters, and Double later turns everyone into a Hunter for a catching competition.
Find a position first, adjust the body and pose second, and paint the disguise last.
Part of the body may be overlapping a wall, object, or nearby geometry. Adjust the position, rotation, or pose.
The current player-tested interface may show a body-model selection before the round. Available models and timing can vary by version or mode.
No. In Infection mode they become Hunters, while in Basic mode they move to spectator viewing.
Not necessarily. The host may still need to select the mode, review the map settings, and use Start Game.
Ammunition may depend on the host's room settings. Check the current Hunter HUD or room configuration.
Use the Controls Guide for the full player-tested keyboard and mouse controls.
