[Meca Ranking] Look, let's be honest: the new hide-and-seek title 'MECCHA CHAMELEON', which launched on the 10th, has managed to topple Forza Horizon 6 to claim the top spot on Steam's global charts. It’s particularly impressive that it managed to climb past EA Sports FC 26, which had been enjoying a boost from the World Cup and seasonal discounts.

MECCHA CHAMELEON hit the upper echelons of the sales charts right out of the gate, sitting at second place by its second day. By the 15th, it finally unseated Forza Horizon 6, which had been camping at the top for nearly a month. The secret sauce? A fresh, inventive take on the hide-and-seek formula, a bargain price tag, and the inevitable snowball effect from streamers. While it started with a modest Concurrent Players count of around 10,000 on day one, that number surged to 95,000 over the weekend, driving sales through the roof.

The game’s core hook isn't about transforming into inanimate objects; instead, you manually paint your character to blend into the environment. The developers have been busy with back-to-back patches, squashing glitches that allowed players to clip through walls or escape the map boundaries, and they've been working hard on server stability. They even dropped a content update on the 13th, adding new maps and character poses.

That said, the Steam user reviews are currently sitting at 'Mostly Positive' (3,991 reviews, 78% positive). While the devs are actively ironing out the kinks, players are still grumbling about invites and server browsing issues, not to mention some lingering optimisation headaches and a rather clunky painting tool. Still, the sheer fun of it as a party game—coupled with its pocket-friendly price and Steam Workshop support for endless custom maps—is slowly winning people over.

Elsewhere in the charts, Dead by Daylight clawed its way to 6th place following its 10th-anniversary broadcast. Meanwhile, Gothic 1 Remake crawled back into the top 10 at 9th place after an update on the 12th addressed the dodgy lockpicking difficulty indicators and polished the localisation texts.

In the peak Concurrent Players chart, Taskbar Hero has smashed through the 500,000 mark. With the developers announcing the reopening of the Steam Community Market as of the 15th, those numbers might climb even higher. Don't Starve Together also hit 19th place with 102,643 players, largely thanks to a 90% discount and fresh content celebrating the studio’s 20th and the game’s 10th anniversary. Best of luck out there.