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Midnight 42
One of you just wants to sleep. Everyone else is a mosquito. Buzz, bite and sabotage until the human snaps, or grab the swatter, finish your chores and fall asleep before 6 AM. Online asymmetric party game for 2–7 players (1 human vs up to 6 mosquitoes).

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Features
Online PvP
Family Sharing
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Languages:
Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English ✔
Korean ✔
Content
Includes Interactive Elements

Online interactivity

Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Midnight 42 is made to be played with friends. A full session, with both maps, hand-raising for the human role and the awards ceremony, already plays from start to finish. Now we want real groups playing it, so we can tune the balance between the human and the mosquitoes and grow the game with your feedback.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We expect about 6 months, but this may change depending on player feedback.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“Current plans, subject to change: mosquito types with different abilities, events that change each night, new maps and achievements. What comes first will depend on player feedback.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Online play for 2–7 players. Two maps (Small Room: fall asleep / Big House: Deadline Mode), the full set of human and mosquito abilities, three-act nights, raising your hand to choose the next human, sessions of one night per player, an awards ceremony, and Korean and English.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“The Early Access price is lower than the planned full-release price. As more content is added, the price is expected to increase at full release, and we will announce the change well in advance.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We read bug reports and suggestions on the Steam discussion boards, and every update is announced in Steam news with a list of what changed.”
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Planned Release Date: November 2026

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About This Game

00:42. You were almost asleep. Then... bzzzzz.

Midnight 42 is an online asymmetric party game for 2–7 players. One player is a human who just wants a good night's sleep. Everyone else is a mosquito. The night runs from 10 PM to 6 AM, six real minutes, and only one side gets what it wants.

The human wins by falling asleep (or, in the Big House, by meeting the deadline). The mosquitoes win if the human snaps from stress, or if 6 AM comes first.

PLAY AS THE HUMAN

  • Get your chores done, then get into bed. The more you leave undone, the longer it takes to fall asleep.
  • Swat mosquitoes with a flyswatter, shoo them off with your hand while you work, or snatch one out of the air and squeeze.
  • Every bite itches. Ignore it and you work slower. Scratch it and you're defenseless for two seconds.
  • Turn off the lights to fall asleep faster... and lose sight of what's buzzing around your head.

PLAY AS A MOSQUITO

  • Fly anywhere. Hide in the corners, or wait on the ceiling where the swatter can't reach.
  • Land on the human and drink. Hit the keys on time to keep sucking.
  • Drink three times in a row and you go into a rage: dash in for the next bite.
  • Keep feeding, or you'll run out of blood and drop.
  • Swatted? You'll be back after a short wait, and the wait gets shorter as the night goes on.

TWO MAPS, TWO KINDS OF NIGHT

  • Small Room (2–5 players): Finish the chores, get into bed and fall asleep before dawn.
  • Big House, Deadline Mode (6–7 players): The manuscript is due in the morning. Type it, save it and print it before 6 AM. Mosquitoes dive into the router to cut the internet, into the fuse box to kill the power, into the PC to crash it and into the printer to jam it. Coffee keeps you awake... until nature calls.
The map is picked automatically by player count, and the host can change it.

RAISE YOUR HAND TO BE HUMAN

Between nights, everyone picks: "I'll be human", "Either way" or "Mosquito only". Volunteers go first, and whoever has played the human least gets the turn. A session lasts one night per player. At the end, the awards ceremony calls out the night's heroes and disasters: Blood King, King of Whiffs, Swatter Magnet, Insomniac, Kamikaze Squad, Ctrl+S Master and more.

FEATURES

  • 1 human vs up to 6 mosquitoes, online (2–7 players)
  • Play with friends: the host shares a 6-character room code (no public matchmaking yet)
  • Six-minute nights in three acts, 10 PM to 6 AM. By dawn, bites hurt 1.5x more and swatted mosquitoes are back in 8 seconds
  • Hear them before you see them: positional mosquito buzzing (headphones recommended)
  • Every swat leaves a mark on the wall
  • Korean and English

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

This game was developed with the help of AI tools. In-game text and translations, the procedural sound effects, and some simple shape-built models were created with AI assistance and reviewed by the developer. The game does not generate any AI content while it is running.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti / AMD Radeon R7 260X (2 GB)
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Additional Notes: Online multiplayer only (2–7 players). Headphones recommended.
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 / 11 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 570
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Additional Notes: Online multiplayer only (2–7 players). Headphones recommended.
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