The Hide-and-Seek Game Where You Paint Yourself Into the Scenery Just Won a Japan Game Award

Fooling the Seeker comes down to drawing

The rules are plain hide-and-seek. Players split into a Seeker team and a Hider team, and the Seekers win if they find everyone before time runs out.

The hiding is the unusual part. A Hider is white from head to toe, and you paint directly onto that body to melt into the stage. Once you have picked a spot, you copy the background behind it onto yourself.

The Steam page says the hiding spot, the pose and, above all, your drawing skill decide who survives. So the better artist tends to last longer than the better hider.

An award for reaching people who don't usually play

The Japan Game Awards are organised by the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA). The 2026 Annual Division ceremony was held at 6 p.m. on September 15, and that is where MECCHA CHAMELEON received the Movement Award.

The Movement Award goes to a single title each year. According to the official site, it is for a game that reached a wide audience, including people who rarely play games, and left a memorable mark on that year. Committee members put forward candidates regardless of release year.

On Switch 2 you can draw with a mouse

The Switch 2 version was announced in the Nintendo Direct at 11 p.m. Japan time on September 9 and went on sale as soon as the stream ended. In Japan it costs 790 yen.

The Switch 2 version supports mouse controls and cross-play with PC. Stages made by players are due to become playable before the end of the year.

The PC version came out on Steam first, in June.

Streaming it? Sort out the title first

You can play with friends, and with strangers too. Any server not set to private is open for anyone to join, so if you would rather not play with people you don't know, make your room private. On the flip side, that is what makes viewer-participation streams easy to run. The player cap depends on the host's connection, and 2 to 10 players is the recommended range.

Gameplay videos and streams are welcome. The one requirement is to put the game's name in the title. Adding the Steam store link to the description is optional.

If you want to warm up your hand before your turn as Seeker, DoYouBox has The Circle Test, which reads your personality from a circle drawn in one stroke. To sharpen the eye that spots hidden things, try Memory, where you flip cards to find matching pairs.