Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
| App ID | 41000 |
| App Type | Game |
| Developer | Croteam |
| Publisher | Devolver Digital |
| Franchise | Serious Sam, Croteam |
| Supported Systems | Windows |
| Technologies | Serious_Engine Engine |
| Last Changenumber | 28969816 |
| Last Record Update | 13 May 2025 – 23:07:44 UTC ( |
| Release Date | 24 November 2009 – 20:46:00 UTC ( |
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!
Additional Information
| Developer | Croteam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_url | pc/serioussamhdthefirstencounter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gamedir | serioussamhd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_name | Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| icon | empty string | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| controller_support | partial | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_score | 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NoServers | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_fullurl | https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/serious-sam-hd-the-first-encounter?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| primarycache | 41001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| state | eStateAvailable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| serverbrowsername | Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| community_visible_stats | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| InstallScript | installscript.vdf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| g4w_Type | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| g4w_GDF | Bin\SamHD.exe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Devolver Digital | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| languages (extended) | english,german,french,spanish,italian,russian,czech,polish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Release Date | 24 November 2009 – 20:46:00 UTC ( |
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| community_hub_visible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Social Media | https://www.facebook.com/SeriousSamFan/ https://x.com/SeriousSamIAm https://www.youtube.com/croteam/ |
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| Primary Genre | Action (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Genres | Action (1), Indie (23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steam Release Date | 24 November 2009 – 20:46:00 UTC ( |
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| Store Asset Modification Time | 23 September 2019 – 15:26:06 UTC ( |
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| review_score | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| review_percentage | 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detected Technologies (?) | Serious_Engine Engine, Lua SDK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First seen on SteamDB | 20 March 2013 – 07:42:47 UTC ( |
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Supported Languages
| 8 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles | Achievements |
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| English | Yes | Yes | ||
| French | Yes | Yes | ||
| German | Yes | Yes | ||
| Italian | Yes | Yes | ||
| Spanish - Spain | Yes | Yes | ||
| Russian | Yes | Yes | ||
| Polish | Yes | |||
| Czech | Yes |
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Categories
Single-player
Online PvP
Shared/Split Screen PvP
Online Co-op
Shared/Split Screen Co-op
Steam Achievements
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Steam Cloud
Steam Leaderboards
Remote Play Together
Family Sharing
Multi-player
Co-op
HDR rendering
PvP
Shared/Split Screen
Hardware Categories
Assets
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| logo | ef005c098c59418bc601aff37b919fcb5995b4a5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| logo_small | ef005c098c59418bc601aff37b919fcb5995b4a5_thumb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steam charts
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- 55 players right now
- 93 24-hour peak
- 1,214 all-time peak
25 November 2011
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Store data
- 16,508 followers
- #7016 in top sellers
- 7,704 positive reviews
- 546 negative reviews
- 93.38% positive reviews
Twitch stats
- 0 viewers right now
- 10 24-hour peak
- 8,264 all-time peak
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Owner estimations
- ~404.1 k by Gamalytic
- ~1.57 M by SteamSpy
- ~1.84 M by VG Insights
- ~3.38 M by PlayTracker
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Markers
| Date | Label | 30-day Peak |
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| 24 November 2009 – 20:46 | Steam Release | - |
| 6 June 2013 – 17:00 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Weekly: Serious Sam | - |
| 12 September 2013 – 17:00 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Weekly: Retro Shooters | - |
| 12 June 2014 – 18:00 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Weekly Bundle: Indievision Presented by Devolver Digital | - |
| 25 May 2020 – 19:00 | ⇄ Humble Store: Devolver Build Your Own Bundle | - |
| 23 September 2020 – 19:35 | 🆓 Free key giveaway | - |
| 21 September 2022 – 18:00 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: Serious Sam Bundle | - |
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How many players are playing Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter right now on Steam?
Steam player counter indicates there are currently 55 players live playing Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter on Steam.
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter had an all-time peak of 1214 concurrent players on 25 November 2011.
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