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Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside cover art

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

Humongous Entertainment · 2014-04-17

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Oct 04, 1996 (Mac), Dec 12, 2012 (iOS), Aug 19, 2008 (Wii), Oct 04, 1996 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside is a 2014 Adventure and Casual game priced at $6.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 1349 reviews).

19
playing now
97%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
4.83★
PlayStation Store rating (75 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside is a 1996 adventure game developed and published by Humongous Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. The first game of the Pajama Sam franchise, it sold nearly three million units and won 50 awards.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 63 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 28,764 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 34k–81k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,349 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.69 at WinGameStore (2015-09-04) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 22 of 42 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820172026Week of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3162026-09-15 00:00 — 22 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 13 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 13 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 21 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 17 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 16 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 23 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 16 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 23 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 24 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 13 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 19 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 27 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 25 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
202Apr 2014Aug 2026Apr 2014 — avg 18 · peak 68Aug 2014 — avg 3 · peak 13Dec 2014 — avg 7 · peak 30Apr 2015 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2015 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2015 — avg 6 · peak 18Apr 2016 — avg 6 · peak 27Aug 2016 — avg 7 · peak 26Dec 2016 — avg 6 · peak 21Apr 2017 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2017 — avg 9 · peak 20Dec 2017 — avg 8 · peak 22Apr 2018 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2018 — avg 8 · peak 20Dec 2018 — avg 6 · peak 17Apr 2019 — avg 14 · peak 34Aug 2019 — avg 8 · peak 20Dec 2019 — avg 8 · peak 21Apr 2020 — avg 19 · peak 51Aug 2020 — avg 14 · peak 30Dec 2020 — avg 14 · peak 37Apr 2021 — avg 12 · peak 28Aug 2021 — avg 15 · peak 28Dec 2021 — avg 13 · peak 30Apr 2022 — avg 12 · peak 26Aug 2022 — avg 13 · peak 28Dec 2022 — avg 16 · peak 30Apr 2023 — avg 12 · peak 28Aug 2023 — avg 12 · peak 31Dec 2023 — avg 16 · peak 31Apr 2024 — avg 16 · peak 37Aug 2024 — avg 15 · peak 33Dec 2024 — avg 18 · peak 34Apr 2025 — avg 13 · peak 32Aug 2025 — avg 15 · peak 30Dec 2025 — avg 17 · peak 35Apr 2026 — avg 20 · peak 50Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 36
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$1.742015-01-012026-08-132015-01-01 — best price $3.492015-10-27 — best price $6.992016-03-02 — best price $6.992016-06-23 — best price $2.792016-10-31 — best price $6.992017-01-12 — best price $2.792017-05-11 — best price $2.792017-09-25 — best price $6.992017-12-14 — best price $2.792018-02-27 — best price $6.992018-06-26 — best price $6.992018-10-15 — best price $6.992018-12-18 — best price $2.802019-03-22 — best price $2.792019-06-24 — best price $2.792019-09-19 — best price $2.792019-12-01 — best price $6.992020-01-27 — best price $6.992020-04-28 — best price $6.992020-07-20 — best price $2.792020-10-29 — best price $3.492021-01-05 — best price $6.992021-04-30 — best price $3.492021-07-26 — best price $6.992021-11-26 — best price $3.492022-02-05 — best price $6.992022-05-28 — best price $6.992022-11-16 — best price $6.992023-02-04 — best price $6.992023-06-23 — best price $4.192023-11-17 — best price $4.192024-03-22 — best price $6.992024-08-10 — best price $6.992024-12-11 — best price $4.192025-05-24 — best price $6.992025-10-08 — best price $6.992026-01-10 — best price $6.992026-05-28 — best price $6.992026-08-13 — best price $4.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

120442026-06-01 — 57 pageviews2026-06-05 — 55 pageviews2026-06-09 — 51 pageviews2026-06-13 — 66 pageviews2026-06-17 — 74 pageviews2026-06-21 — 69 pageviews2026-06-25 — 70 pageviews2026-06-29 — 44 pageviews2026-07-03 — 58 pageviews2026-07-07 — 54 pageviews2026-07-11 — 64 pageviews2026-07-15 — 55 pageviews2026-07-19 — 47 pageviews2026-07-23 — 79 pageviews2026-07-27 — 48 pageviews2026-07-31 — 50 pageviews2026-08-04 — 65 pageviews2026-08-08 — 56 pageviews2026-08-12 — 45 pageviews2026-08-16 — 60 pageviews2026-08-20 — 69 pageviews2026-08-24 — 56 pageviews2026-08-28 — 100 pageviews2026-09-01 — 104 pageviews2026-09-05 — 81 pageviews2026-09-09 — 75 pageviews2026-09-13 — 74 pageviews2026-09-17 — 64 pageviews2026-09-21 — 63 pageviews2026-09-25 — 49 pageviews2026-09-29 — 65 pageviews2026-10-03 — 54 pageviews2026-10-07 — 57 pageviews2026-10-10 — 54 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, German, Dutch

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)17474%11
Switch (Nintendo)70%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DFunnyMemes1990'sCasualPuzzleAdventureEducationNostalgiaIlluminati

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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