Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter is a action, fps and classic game developed by Croteam and published by Devolver Digital.
Released on August 30th 2019 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 3,133 reviews of which 3,008 were positive and 125 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 5.89€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter into these genres:

Action FPS Classic Shooter Gore Co-op Indie Comedy Multiplayer Singleplayer Local Co-Op First-Person Sci-fi Great Soundtrack Split Screen Old School Difficult Funny Adventure Violent

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
Minimum
  • OS *: Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 5), Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating system
  • Processor: AMD K6-3 400MHz, Pentium II or Celeron-A 300MHz
  • Memory: 64MB
  • Graphics: full OpenGL compliant 3D accelerator
  • Hard Drive: 600MB free hard disk space
  • Sound: 100% Windows compatible sound card

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Jan. 2025
Probably the best Serious Sam game. Lots of big fights, trapped ammo/health pickups, and silliness. You need to quicksave often because the game isn't remotely fair. The first few levels are a bit slow and annoying because you don't have all the weapons yet. Unless you're playing on tourist/easy, the gameplay isn't just dumb shooting. You have to prioritize enemies and switch weapons constantly, otherwise you will get overwhelmed. It is a unique type of gameplay. Compared to the "Classics: Revolution" version: this one works better. Compared to the HD version (or Fusion), this original version has a few gravity gimmick rooms that weren't ported over. It doesn't matter much. Compared to The Second Encounter, this has fewer enemy types and weapons, and only one setting (Egypt), but more big difficult fights. Compared to SS2, this is much less goofy. Compared to SS3 and later, this has no NPCs talking in your ear, no running, ~no reloading, no aim-down-sights.
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Nov. 2024
Certainly a serious game with very serious enemies and serious bossfights
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Oct. 2024
i fucking love serious sam since i was a kid from the age of blockbuster video easy i would rent this game out nearly every chance i had on the xbox and to this day i still love coming back to this and its sequel man what a time to be alive
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Aug. 2024
Playing the Original Serious Sam TFE for the first time, and all I can say is this game is a fucking banger! Compared to the remastered, this one is much better overall. Lighting don't hurt your eyes, the skies and graphics look prettier. And only after playing this, I realized the remastered version had some cut content in it. Defo go for this one, works still fine on modern pcs after 2 decades.
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June 2024
It's hard to recommend this to someone. Not because it's a bad game. It's actually far from a bad game. It is an amazingly good and well designed game. It's just that it's designed to be very, very, very hard and a test of your patience. If you're gonna get this, be warned
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Frequently Asked Questions

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter is currently priced at 5.89€ on Steam.

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 5.89€ on Steam.

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter received 3,008 positive votes out of a total of 3,133 achieving an impressive rating of 9.19.
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Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter was developed by Croteam and published by Devolver Digital.

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter is not playable on MacOS.

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter is not playable on Linux.

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter does not currently offer any DLC.

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter supports Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
5.89€
9.2
3,008
125
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
8
Developer
Croteam
Publisher
Devolver Digital
Release 30 Aug 2019
Platforms
Remote Play
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