Squish 'em
Squish 'em — frequently asked questions
- Is Squish 'em on Steam?
- No. Squish 'em is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
- What platforms is Squish 'em on?
- Squish 'em is available on Commodore VIC-20, ColecoVision, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX, Commodore 64.
- When did Squish 'em release?
- Squish 'em was first released on December 31, 1983.
About Squish 'em
A action game written by Tony Ngo that was published for various 8-bit platforms. The player controls Sam who must climb to the top of a 48 story building and collect a suitcase full of money while avoiding being knocked off the building by a variety of creepy creatures or falling objects.
Summary via IGDB.
Squish 'em on Wikipedia
Squish'em, also known as Squish'em Sam, is a 1983 action game designed by Tony Ngo and published by Sirius Software for the Atari 8-bit computers, VIC-20, Commodore 64, MSX, and ColecoVision. The ColecoVision version plays digitised speech without additional hardware and was published as Squish'em Featuring Sam. The game is the sequel to Sewer Sam.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).
Game details
- Platforms
- Commodore VIC-20, ColecoVision, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX, Commodore 64
- Developer
- Sirius Software
- Publisher
- Sirius Software
- Game modes
- Single player
- Themes
- Action
Details via IGDB.
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed | Period reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ColecoVision | 1984 | $14 | $40 | — | Graphics ★★★ · Play-Action ★★★½ |
Also released on: Commodore VIC-20 · Atari 8-bit · Commodore C64/128/MAX · MSX · Commodore 64. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.
Collector value & authenticity
ColecoVision · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-19
How often it sells
- Loose: about once a month
- Complete: about once a year
- Sealed: about once a year
Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-19.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $6.00 in Jul 2009, $13.46 five years ago, and $14.36 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2010 | $8.50 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $4.63 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $6.28 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $8.99 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $9.99 | $15.50 |
| Jan 2015 | $7.50 | $25 |
| Jan 2016 | $9.99 | $25 |
| Jan 2017 | $4.25 | $25 |
| Jan 2018 | $8.25 | $34 |
| Jan 2019 | $9.99 | $32 |
| Jan 2020 | $9.58 | $34 |
| Jan 2021 | $10.42 | $34 |
| Jan 2022 | $13.18 | $32 |
| Jan 2023 | $13.28 | $46 |
| Jan 2024 | $12.92 | $34 |
| Jan 2025 | $13.89 | $34 |
| Jan 2026 | $13.86 | $34 |
| Oct 2026 | $14.36 | $40 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory |
|---|
| North America Interphase |
- Region
- NA
- Released
- 1984
- Authenticity
- Low
A climbing game with spoken effects that Interphase cleaned up from a Sirius computer original.
Interphase, a Canadian publisher, brought Sirius Software's 1983 computer game to the ColecoVision as Squish 'Em Featuring Sam. Electronic Games reviewed it in September 1984 and said Interphase cleaned up a few rough spots in the original and added computer-generated speech, making a good game more appealing. Sam must climb a 48-story building to retrieve a satchel of cash while creatures scuttle back and forth. Wikipedia notes that the speech needs no extra hardware, and that Sam says the title line when he squishes an enemy.
That makes it one of the few ColecoVision games with speech.
What the press said at the time
| Computer Entertainer Vol. 3 No. 1 | April 1984 | Graphics ★★★ · Play-Action ★★★½ |
“Squish'Em by Sirius is one of those marvelously silly games that are so much fun to play, but the designers at Interphase have made the game irresistible with the addition of Sam and his comments.”
“Squish 'Em is a fast-paced, fairly straightforward cartridge that holds up well under replay. Interphase has given new life to an unjustly overlooked electronic game.”
Computer Entertainer rated graphics first and play action second, from four symbols (excellent) to one (poor) — diamonds through early 1987, stars after — comparing each game only with other games for the same system.
How the ColecoVision version differs
Electronic Games described the ColecoVision edition as a re-tooled version of the game Sirius Software published in 1983 for several home computers.
Also on other platforms
Commodore 64
- Commodore 64. Video Games Player gave the Commodore 64 version a B-, saying that once you learn to slide and squish it feels like dancing.
Before you buy
The ColecoVision museum catalogue rates it Rare, and no complete-copy price is tracked on the page, so ask for photos of the box and manual and test the speech. A standard ColecoVision controller is all that is needed. Interphase also made Sewer Sam; do not mix the two up.
Squish 'em screenshots
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