Roblox clones of Meccha Chameleon outpace original Steam game
Originally published Jul 15, 2026
By Nicole Carpenter · Kotaku
AI-generated summary based on Kotaku · Aggregated by GamingCurve · Human-reviewed and approved on Jul 15, 2026
Key points
- Roblox versions of Meccha Chameleon regularly exceed the original's current player counts.
- Free clones attract tens of thousands of concurrent players on a mobile platform.
- Developers monetize clones through in‑game purchases like color‑matching tools.
- Similar cloning trends are seen with games such as Clean the Library.
Meccha Chameleon, a hide‑and‑seek style game that sold 15 million copies on Steam and peaked at over 340,000 concurrent players, has seen its popularity eclipsed by numerous near‑identical versions on Roblox. Free clones such as Backrooms Chameleon and Paint or Seek regularly attract tens of thousands of concurrent players, leveraging Roblox’s massive mobile user base.
The pattern extends to other viral Steam titles; for example, the Roblox version of Clean the Library now has over 26,000 concurrent players compared with a few thousand on its Steam counterpart. These clones generate revenue through in‑game purchases and illustrate how Roblox serves as a rapid distribution channel for simplified copies of successful PC games.
Read the original story: Kotaku — by Nicole Carpenter