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Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside
There's no reason to be afraid of the dark. Fed up with his fear of the dark, Sam transforms himself into Pajama Sam - world's youngest superhero and resolves to confront Darkness! With help from King the mine car, Otto the boat, and a host of fascinating characters.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“I finally defeated High Lord Elgrim and avenged my older brothers. Babagaboosh, brethren”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“I remember playing this over and over again with my mom beside me when I was little on our old Windows 95 pc. When I bought it on steam I called my mom, she came over, we sat down and went down memory lane together <3”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“So sad that Sam and his 24 older brothers were sacrificed to High Demon Elgrimm.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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NEW UPDATE 11/25/19
The ScummVM engine has been updated from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0. It improves the stability and audio quality. Our support e-mail: [email protected]
MacOS 64-bit update
We've integrated the MacOS branch with ScummVM engine 2.0.0. Now it is fully compatible with 64-bit MacOS. If you have any technical question, please contact our support team via this link.
New Windows update
The ScummVM engine has been updated from 1.7.0 to 2.0.0, which should fix Windows 10 full-screen and other compatibility issues. Also, Cloud Save Support has been added. Take your saves anywhere and p
Steam Trading Cards Now Available
Due to popular demand, you can now collect and trade Steam trading cards, craft badges, backgrounds and emoticons. We hope you all enjoy! http://humongous.com/images/HE%20trading%20card%20bannersPajam
Steam Trading Cards Now Available
Due to popular demand, you can now collect and trade Steam trading cards, craft badges, backgrounds and emoticons. We hope you all enjoy! http://humongous.com/images/HE%20trading%20card%20bannersPajam
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual |
| Player tags | Point & Click · Adventure · Nostalgia · Casual · Family Friendly · Puzzle · 1990's · Singleplayer · Great Soundtrack · Funny · Memes · Education (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German * , Dutch * , French * * |
| Official site | http://www.humongous.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 Processor: 1.0 GHz Processor Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 100% DirectX compatible graphics Storage: 512 MB available space Sound Card: 100% DirectX compatible card or onboard sound