Released Aug 30, 2019 $5.99 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter

By Croteam · published by Devolver Digital

Action FPSClassicShooter Gore Co-op Indie Multiplayer ComedySingleplayerFirst-PersonLocal Co-Op

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Reviews 3,094 Overwhelmingly Positive

Players yesterday 11 at the busiest moment

Owners 200K–500K estimated

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter is a game tagged Action, FPS and Classic by Croteam, released Aug 30, 2019. It has 3,094 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). It has an estimated 200K–500K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter, Serious Sam Classics: Revolution and Serious Sam II.

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

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Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter 100% match · Action, FPS, Classic
Serious Sam Classics: Revolution 100% match · Action, FPS, Classic
Serious Sam II 100% match · Action, FPS, Classic
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter 94% match · Action, FPS, Classic
Serious Sam 3: BFE 90% match · Action, FPS, Shooter
Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta) 90% match · Action, FPS, Classic
Serious Sam 4 90% match · Action, FPS, Classic
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter 89% match · Action, FPS, Classic
Kingpin — Life of Crime 88% match · Action, FPS, Classic
Frontlines™: Fuel of War™ 86% match · Action, FPS, Shooter

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter · record updated 8 hours ago

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Overview

App ID41050

Release dateAug 30, 2019Early Access Mar 21, 2001

Last change number39578322

Last record update8 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Croteam
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Serious Sam
Metacritic: 87
Website: serioussam.com

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes

Windows

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Single-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPShared/split screen PvPCo-opOnline co-opLAN co-opShared/split screen co-opShared/split screenSteam Trading CardsIncludes level editorRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$5.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$5.99Oct 26, 2026

Checked15 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
796272	public_beta_fe	Oct 25, 2026
22445611	public	Mar 21, 2026

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
27587	Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter	1	$5.99
12466	Serious Sam 3 Deluxe Upgrade	2	$9.99
42728	Serious Sam Classics: Revolution	1	$9.99

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
41051	—	All	408.4 MB	323.1 MB	864282139355153292

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	22445611	Mar 21, 2026	Open
public_beta_fe	796272	—	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Serious Sam Classic The First Encounter

Executable	Systems	Description
Bin\SeriousSam.exe	All
Bin\SeriousEditor.exe	All	SeriousEditor
Bin\SeriousModeler.exe	All	SeriousModeler

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Update history

Oct 25, 2026 · 07:41 #39578322
- appid removed

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Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter

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Americas 10

Europe 5

CIS 4

Asia-Pacific 15

Middle East & Africa 7

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