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Pajama Sam in No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside

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App ID 283960
App Type Game
Store Name Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside
Developer
Publisher Humongous Entertainment, Nightdive Studios
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies SCUMMVM Emulator
Last Changenumber 29757132
Last Record Update 26 June 2025 – 07:07:44 UTC ()
Release Date 17 April 2014 – 16:00:04 UTC ()
😍 92.06%
1k reviews
21
In-Game
🔎 Point & Click 🗺️ Adventure 🕯️ Nostalgia 😌 Casual 👪 Family Friendly

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.

Additional Information

Developer Humongous Entertainment
metacritic_name Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside
GameManualURL https://store.steampowered.com/manual/283960/
ReleaseState released
Publisher Humongous Entertainment
Store Release Date 4 October 1996 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Casual (4)
Steam Release Date 17 April 2014 – 16:00:04 UTC ()
Original Release Date 4 October 1996 – 07:00:00 UTC () (844412400)
Store Asset Modification Time 16 December 2019 – 17:50:15 UTC () (1576518615)
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Detected Technologies (?) SCUMMVM Emulator, FluidSynth SDK, SDL SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 15 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 4419216
  • configuration:
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-1
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 26 February 2014 – 01:24:29 UTC (), in changelist #415129

Supported Languages

4 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Dutch Yes Yes
French Yes Yes

Tags

🔎 Point & Click 🗺️ Adventure 🕯️ Nostalgia 😌 Casual 👪 Family Friendly 🧩 Puzzle 📼 1990's 👤 Singleplayer 🎶 Great Soundtrack 😃 Funny 🤣 Memes 🏫 Education 🏽 2D 👁️ Illuminati

Categories

Single-player Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Assets

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timestamp16 December 2019 – 18:00:51 UTC

Steam charts

  • 21 players right now
  • 31 24-hour peak
  • 169 all-time peak 30 June 2016
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  • 8,414 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😍 Overwhelmingly Positive
  • 92.06% SteamDB Rating
  • 1,228 97.6% positive reviews
  • 30 2.4% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
17 April 2014 Steam Release -
28 July 2014 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Flash Bundle: Humongous Entertainment -
1 December 2014 ⇄ Fanatical: Humongous Bundle -
14 April 2017 ⇄ Fanatical: The Happy Humongous Easter Basket -
27 March 2019 ⇄ Fanatical: Tommo Pick and Mix -
9 April 2019 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Humongous Entertainment Bundle -
20 May 2019 ⇄ Fanatical: Tommo Pick and Mix -
3 September 2021 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Humongous Back to School Bundle -
15 March 2024 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Spring into Learning: The Complete Humongous Collection -

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Steam player counter indicates there are currently 21 players live playing Pajama Sam in No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside on Steam.

Pajama Sam in No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside had an all-time peak of 169 concurrent players on 30 June 2016.

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