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The Chameleon

Antonio Freyre · Merlino Games · 2021-07-13

SteamEpic Games Store

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

The Chameleon is a 2021 Indie game priced at $3.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 191 reviews).

0
playing now
92%
positive of 191 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.8k–8.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 191 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 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820212026Week of 2021-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 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).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
96%
earned "Oriented"
30%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-07-15 (Steam store data)

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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