Pajama Sam


The Pajama Sam series is a collection of point and click children's adventure and puzzle games originally created by Humongous Entertainment. After the release of the first two adventure games, the series were proving a success when the products sold one million copies and won 40 awards of excellence.

Games

Adventure games

All games consist of four parts: an introductory phase in which Sam begins in one room of his house, looking for his cape and entering an imaginary world, the actual journey he undertakes in that world, and a concluding cinematic that ends the story. The world changes every time a new game is started. The games consist of Pajama Sam finding objects in the world and using them somewhere else. A cutscene is usually played if the right item is used. Each game has a save feature. In addition to a main storyline, each individual game has a separate objective to collect objects scattered around Sam's world.
In the first game, the player had no control over what scenarios would be encountered in one playthrough. In the sequel, the player can choose from several combinations of scenarios to play with, and in the last two games, he/she is given complete control on what kind of scenarios are encountered for each step towards resolving the main conflict.
The third title was ported to the original PlayStation. More than a decade since the series' inception, the first game in the series was also ported to the Wii, which suffered from limited availability due to a legal conflict concerning its development. In the 2010s, the first three games of the series were ported to iOS and Android as paid games.

Other games

Availability

Main characters

Various children's books about Pajama Sam have been published by Lyrick Publishing.
TitleDateWriterPublisherIllustrator
Pajama Sam: Color and Activity BookAugust 2000Lyrick Studios
Pajama Sam: Mission to the MoonAugust 28, 2000Dave GrossmanLyrick Studios
Pajama Sam: The Magic Hat TreeAugust 2000Lyrick StudiosN. S. Greenfield
Pajama Sam: Amazing TV AdventureJanuary 2001Biz MagooLyrick StudiosDirk Wunderlich
Pajama Sam What's Different?January 2001Nancy ParentLyrick StudiosDarren McKee
Pajama Sam: Out to Lunch!January 2001Biz MagooLyrick Studios
Pajama Sam: Food FightAugust 2001Lyrick Studios