How to Beat or Spare Chameleon

Short answer

For No Strings Attached, allow the confrontation to become a normal fight and defeat Chameleon. For Case Closed, choose 'Who are you?', enter Ollie or Ozzie exactly as shown by the gravestone clue in your save, say the film was impactful, and answer 'Irony.'

When to do it: At the end of the Timesville investigation, after inspecting the gravestone/name clue and before committing to Chameleon's confrontation.

What you need: A note or screenshot of the grave's name, the investigation dialogue, and a backup before the final answers if you want both Steam achievements.

Missable or risky: Yes. The name can vary between runs, and a copied Ollie/Ozzie answer from another player's save can force the fight.

Confirmed details

Steam awards No Strings Attached for defeating Chameleon and Case Closed for avoiding the fight.

The peaceful name is not universally fixed. Read the gravestone in the current route and type the indicated identity—Ollie or Ozzie—rather than treating one online answer as permanent.

After identifying the suspect, the documented peaceful dialogue describes the film as impactful and selects Irony as the final interpretive answer.

This page separates documented requirements from route advice. Names, achievement conditions, platform details, and item counts are checked against the linked Steam records; navigation is cross-checked against recorded gameplay. If an update changes a room, prompt, or trigger, use the verification note below before assuming the save is broken.

Step-by-step solution

Step 1 — Complete the Timesville investigation, inspect the relevant grave, and write the displayed name exactly before approaching the final confrontation.

Step 2 — Make a backup before the dialogue. For the defeat outcome, choose answers that allow the encounter to proceed, learn the current input prompts, and finish the fight for No Strings Attached.

Step 3 — Confirm the achievement, restore the pre-dialogue state, and begin the peaceful sequence by asking 'Who are you?'

Step 4 — Enter the name from your own gravestone clue—Ollie or Ozzie. Do not reuse the name from the previous attempt if a new save generated the other clue.

Step 5 — Choose the response that the film was impactful, then select Irony. Let the conversation conclude without combat and verify Case Closed.

Common failures and softlock risks

Ollie versus Ozzie is a variable clue. The gravestone in the active save is authoritative.

Capitalization is less important than choosing the correct name, but extra words or the wrong twin can fail the peaceful chain.

If the fight starts after the final answer, reload before the dialogue; there is no documented mercy conversion once normal combat is active.

Recovery rule: stop before crossing another chapter boundary. Confirm the current objective, cycle every usable inventory item, and retry the interaction from a clean room entry. If the trigger still fails, close the game before restoring a known-good save; copying or replacing live save files while the game is open can overwrite the recovery state.

Version and verification

The two achievement outcomes and complete peaceful answer chain were checked against Steam's achievement list, the launch pacifist guide, and recorded peaceful/battle boss footage.

Last verified: July 31, 2026, against the launch PC build, Steam achievement records, linked Steam Community guides, and recorded full-game footage. Endacopia can vary some puzzle clues between runs, so follow the clue in your own save when this page explains a method instead of a fixed answer.