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The Chameleon

Antonio Freyre · Merlino Games · 2021-07-13

SteamEpic Games Store

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 13, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A tense stealth game with super-powers, set in the 70s, filled with glorious fat pixels. Transform into enemies, dash, teleport, slow time and super-punch your way through this moody retro stealth game.

0
playing now
92%
positive of 190 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

You play as a man in a Hawaiian shirt with superpowers, including the titular ability to disguise yourself as enemies. It takes place in the 70s in an underground research facility, protected by the G.U.A.R.D. System.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 52% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.8k–8.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 190 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.23 at Steam (2023-09-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

002026-08-12 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.232021-07-132026-08-032021-07-13 — best price $8.992021-10-25 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $6.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-02-26 — best price $3.092022-05-23 — best price $9.992022-07-25 — best price $3.092022-09-05 — best price $9.992022-11-07 — best price $3.092022-11-29 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $3.092023-03-04 — best price $9.992023-04-03 — best price $3.092023-07-24 — best price $1.542023-09-11 — best price $1.232023-11-28 — best price $3.992023-12-21 — best price $1.232024-01-29 — best price $3.992024-03-11 — best price $3.992024-04-15 — best price $2.792024-06-03 — best price $3.992024-07-15 — best price $1.232024-09-23 — best price $3.992024-12-20 — best price $1.232025-01-13 — best price $3.992025-03-13 — best price $1.232025-05-12 — best price $3.992025-06-27 — best price $1.232025-10-06 — best price $3.992025-12-18 — best price $1.232026-02-23 — best price $3.992026-04-13 — best price $1.232026-06-01 — best price $3.992026-07-27 — best price $1.232026-08-03 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

3D1980sHeistIndieRetroActionMysteryStealthOld SchoolOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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