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Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter

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App ID 41050
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Devolver Digital
Franchise Serious Sam
Supported Systems
Technologies Serious_Engine Engine
Last Changenumber 31908160
Last Record Update 26 October 2025 – 11:19:57 UTC ()
Release Date 22 March 2010 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
😍 91.86%
3k reviews
11
In-Game
💥 Action 🔫 FPS 🕒 Classic 🔫 Shooter 😖 Gore

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

Additional Information

Developer Croteam
gamedir Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
metacritic_name Serious Sam: The First Encounter
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metacritic_score 87
NoServers Yes
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InstallScript installscript.vdf
Publisher Devolver Digital
Store Release Date 21 March 2001 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 22 March 2010 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
Original Release Date 21 March 2001 – 08:00:00 UTC () (985161600)
Store Asset Modification Time 23 September 2019 – 12:33:03 UTC () (1569241983)
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Detected Technologies (?) Serious_Engine Engine, Ogg SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
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  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 25 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 2426189
  • configuration:
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    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
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    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
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    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 20 March 2013 – 07:42:48 UTC (), in changelist #196282
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes

Tags

💥 Action 🔫 FPS 🕒 Classic 🔫 Shooter 😖 Gore 🤝 Co-op 🌱 Indie 🕹️ Multiplayer 🤡 Comedy 👤 Singleplayer 🙌 First-Person 👥 Local Co-Op 🚀 Sci-fi 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🕹️ Old School 📺 Split Screen 😓 Difficult 🗺️ Adventure 😃 Funny 👊 Violent

Categories

Single-player Includes level editor Remote Play Together Family Sharing Multi-player Co-op Shared/Split Screen

Assets

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timestamp11 October 2024 – 23:16:59 UTC

Steam charts

  • 11 players right now
  • 30 24-hour peak
  • 158 all-time peak 1 November 2013
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  • 0 viewers right now
  • 22 24-hour peak
  • 76,780 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😍 Overwhelmingly Positive
  • 91.86% SteamDB Rating
  • 3,081 95.9% positive reviews
  • 132 4.1% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
22 March 2010 Steam Release -
6 June 2013 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Weekly: Serious Sam -
12 June 2014 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Weekly Bundle: Indievision Presented by Devolver Digital -

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How many players are playing Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 11 players live playing Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter on Steam.

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter had an all-time peak of 158 concurrent players on 1 November 2013.

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