Paint or Hunt

The best hiding spot here isn't behind anything. It's in plain sight, painted the exact shade of the wallpaper, frozen in 1 of 17 poses. Paint or Hunt is a free camouflage hide-and-seek game you play in your browser. One side paints themselves into the scenery like a chameleon, the other hunts for anything that looks slightly wrong.

Controls at a Glance

• Move: W,A,S,D or ARROW KEYS
• Run: LEFT SHIFT
• Jump: SPACE
• Hunter, aim and shoot: MOUSE and LEFT-CLICK
• Hider, change pose: R
• Hider, open the paint panel: V
• Hider, sample a color: B + LEFT CLICK
• Hider, resize the brush: ALT + MOUSE SCROLL
• Hider, taunt: T

How It Works

A round of Paint or Hunt splits players into Hiders and Hunters. Hiders get the first phase to themselves: pick a wall, floor or prop worth imitating, then recolor their own body until it reads as background. The pose matters as much as the paint: a perfectly colored figure standing upright is still a figure.

Then the Hunters walk in, working from whistle audio clues and whatever looks off, like a shape that breaks a straight edge. The Paint or Hunt game runs this on 7 maps, from a candy land to an art gallery, each with its own palette. Matches are customizable, from phase durations to Hunter counts, online or in local 2-player.

1. Pick a side, Hider or Hunter.
2. Scout the map as a Hider for a surface worth imitating.
3. Press V to open the paint panel, then sample nearby colors with B and left click.
4. Paint your body to match the surface, resizing the brush with Alt and mouse scroll.
5. Press R to cycle through poses until your silhouette disappears into the scene.
6. Follow whistle sounds as a Hunter and shoot anything suspicious with left click.

What Makes It Stand Out

• Paint is the hiding mechanic. Camouflage is drawn by hand with a brush and an eyedropper, not picked from a disguise menu.
• 7 maps with 7 palettes. From Candy Land to Office, every map demands different colors.
• 17 poses. Hiders shape their silhouette as well as their surface, often the difference between found and missed.
• 2 ways to play together. Online lobbies and a local 2-player mode share the same rounds.
• Whistles for the Hunters. Audio clues narrow the search area, so hiding is never fully passive.

Getting Started

• Sample, don't mix. Paint or Hunt gives Hiders an eyedropper for a reason: a color sampled from the surface behind you beats one mixed from memory.
• Pose before you paint. Settle your silhouette first, because changing pose after painting can expose angles you never colored.
• Avoid eye level. Hunters sweep the middle of the room first, so low corners and high ledges buy you extra seconds.
• As a Hunter, listen first. Whistles shrink the search area before your eyes do any work.

Going Further

The real progression in Paint or Hunt lives in the match settings, not in a shop. Shortening the hiding phase is the fastest way to raise difficulty, because a rushed paint job always leaves a seam. Adding a 2nd Hunter changes hiding more than any map, since a spot that beats 1 pair of eyes rarely beats 2 crossing search patterns. Good Hiders also learn to imitate boring surfaces, because Hunters stare at interesting objects and walk past plain walls. The taunt key is for the confident, best used to pull a Hunter toward a spot you already left.

Mistakes Worth Avoiding

• Matching the color but not the silhouette. A perfect shade still gets shot if your outline breaks a straight edge.
• Painting only the side that faces the room. Hunters walk around things, and an unpainted back is an easy find.
• Taunting from your hiding spot. The sound hands Hunters the one thing the paint took away, your location.
• Hunting with your eyes only. Ignoring whistle clues means searching the whole map instead of the corner that made a sound.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is Paint or Hunt?

   Paint or Hunt is a camouflage hide-and-seek game with 2 roles. Hiders paint their own bodies to blend into the map and hold 1 of 17 poses, while Hunters search for them using audio clues and visual detail.

2. How do you play Paint or Hunt?

   As a Hider, open the paint panel with V, sample colors with B and left click, paint yourself to match a surface, and set a pose with R. As a Hunter, follow whistle sounds and shoot suspected Hiders with left click.

3. Can 2 players play Paint or Hunt together?

   Yes. Paint or Hunt includes a local 2-player mode alongside its online multiplayer lobbies.

4. How many maps does Paint or Hunt have?

   Paint or Hunt has 7 maps: House, Amusement Park, Candy Land, Fruits and Veggies, Art Gallery, Warehouse and Office. Each has its own palette.

5. How do Hunters find Hiders in Paint or Hunt?

   Hunters in Paint or Hunt work from whistle audio clues and visual inconsistencies such as broken outlines or mismatched shading. No name tags or markers reveal Hider positions.

6. How do you paint yourself in Paint or Hunt?

   Press V to open the paint panel, hold B and left click to sample a color from the environment, and adjust brush size with Alt and mouse scroll.

Similar Hide and Seek Games

If drawing your own camouflage is the part that hooked you, Meccha Hunt is built on the same idea and adds an infected twist, where every captured meccha joins the Hunter team. Obby: Chameleon Paint and Hide plays the chameleon role with more movement, letting Hiders climb and crouch their way into disguises across larger maps. And Hide Online: Hunters vs Props is the classic version of the chase, where you become an object instead of painting one. More in 2 Player Games.

Final Thoughts

Hiding well takes real patience, the kind where you commit to being warehouse wall for 2 minutes. That stillness is the game, and it will bore anyone who needs constant input. The moment a Hunter stares straight at you and walks away is hard to beat. Play Paint or Hunt online with a friend and it gets better.