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Serious Sam 3: BFE

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App ID 41070
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Devolver Digital
Franchise Serious Sam, Croteam
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Serious_Engine Engine
Last Changenumber 29041604
Last Record Update 17 May 2025 – 16:16:02 UTC ()
Release Date 22 November 2011 – 18:30:00 UTC ()
😎 86.58%
27k reviews
59
In-Game

Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!

Additional Information

Developer Croteam
gamedir SeriousSam3
metacritic_name Serious Sam 3: BFE
icon empty string
controller_support full
metacritic_score 72
NoServers No
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/serious-sam-3-bfe?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
primarycache 41071
state eStateAvailable
serverbrowsername Serious Sam 3
vacmacmodulecache SteamDB Unknown App 160 [UNPUBLISHED]
vacmodulecache SteamDB Unknown App 202 [UNPUBLISHED]
vacmodulefilename sourceinit.dat
ValidOSList Windows macOS Linux
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
InstallScript installscript.vdf
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
installscript_macos installscript_osx.vdf
primarycache_macos 41072
SDK_NotOwnedByDefault Yes
DLCPurchaseFromInGame No
g4w_Type 2
g4w_GDF Bin\Sam3.exe
checkpkgstate Yes
Publisher Devolver Digital
Store Release Date 22 November 2011 – 18:20:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://www.facebook.com/SeriousSamFan/
https://x.com/SeriousSamIAm
https://www.youtube.com/croteam/
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 22 November 2011 – 18:30:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 24 September 2019 – 14:42:29 UTC () (1569336149)
library_assets
library_capsuleen
library_heroen
library_logoen
logo_position ↴
pinned_positionBottomLeft
width_pct40.54927568176561
height_pct55.31183992778732
review_score 8
review_percentage 88
Detected Technologies (?) Serious_Engine Engine, Lua SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 3 August 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 1721665
  • configuration:
    supported_inputgamepad
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke1
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_01
    non_deck_display_glyphs1
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 1 February 2013 – 22:13:38 UTC (), in changelist #175948

Supported Languages

9 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Bulgarian Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🔫 FPS 💥 Action 🤝 Co-op 😖 Gore 🤡 Comedy 👥 Online Co-Op 🕹️ Multiplayer 👽 Aliens 🔫 Shooter 🙌 First-Person 🕹️ Old School 👥 Local Co-Op 🌱 Indie 📺 Split Screen 😓 Difficult 😃 Funny 👤 Singleplayer 🗺️ Adventure 🚀 Sci-fi 📺 Local Multiplayer

Categories

Single-player Online PvP Shared/Split Screen PvP Online Co-op Shared/Split Screen Co-op Cross-Platform Multiplayer Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Steam Leaderboards Includes level editor Remote Play on TV Remote Play Together Family Sharing Multi-player Co-op Shared/Split Screen HDR rendering PvP Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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logo cc3a3c30187b5fbbd0a8861ad08b4f7d779ba239
logo_small cc3a3c30187b5fbbd0a8861ad08b4f7d779ba239_thumb
LinuxClientIcon ab601e518076f7d094de64caba85c35170bdc57b
small_capsule
englishcapsule_231x87.jpg
header_image
englishheader.jpg
library_assets_full
library_capsule ↴
image/englishlibrary_600x900.jpg
image2x/englishlibrary_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/englishlibrary_hero.jpg
image2x/englishlibrary_hero_2x.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/englishlogo.png
image2x/englishlogo_2x.png
logo_position/pinned_positionBottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct40.54927568176561
logo_position/height_pct55.31183992778732
Assets
main_capsulecapsule_616x353.jpg
small_capsulecapsule_231x87.jpg
headerheader.jpg
library_capsulelibrary_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2xlibrary_600x900_2x.jpg
library_herolibrary_hero.jpg
library_hero_2xlibrary_hero_2x.jpg
community_icon2e7a17d4b345ffb13ef3d9e39257c2659fe4a86b.jpg
page_background_pathapp/41070
timestamp11 October 2024 – 23:14:20 UTC

Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228990 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist No size
41079 SS3 CommonCatalog 1.70 MiB 1.72 MiB
200322 OptionalDLC 200322Serious Sam 3 DLC3_Models 388 B 464 B
200321 OptionalDLC 200321Serious Sam 3 DLC2_Models 1.05 KiB 720 B
200320 OptionalDLC 200320Serious Sam 3 DLC1_Models 583 B 416 B
41071 Windows SS3_GameBin_Windows 23.77 MiB 7.93 MiB
41072 macOS SS3_GameBin_OSX 41.59 MiB 12.34 MiB
41084 Linux SS3_GameBin_Linux 41.82 MiB 10.83 MiB
41075 SS3_Common 4.74 GiB 4.68 GiB
41076 Windows SS3_Common_Windows 17.23 MiB 15.05 MiB
41077 macOS SS3_Common_OSX 446.71 KiB 59.19 KiB
41078 Linux SS3_Common_Linux 201.39 KiB 44.92 KiB
104805 CzechSerious Sam 3: BFE Czech 135 B 0 B
104806 PolishSerious Sam 3: BFE Polish 135 B 0 B
104807 EnglishSerious Sam 3: BFE English 123 B 0 B
104808 FrenchSerious Sam 3: BFE French 121 B 0 B
104809 GermanSerious Sam 3: BFE German 122 B 0 B
104810 Spanish - SpainSerious Sam 3: BFE Spanish 106 B 0 B
104811 ItalianSerious Sam 3: BFE Italian 135 B 0 B
104812 RussianSerious Sam 3: BFE Russian 135 B 0 B
104813 JapaneseSerious Sam 3: BFE Japanese 124 B 0 B
104814 Simplified ChineseSerious Sam 3: BFE SChinese 120 B 0 B
104815 BulgarianSerious Sam 3: BFE Bulgarian 135 B 0 B
41074 DLC 41074DLC_Sam3Extended 377.96 MiB 370.86 MiB
616060 DLC 616060Serious Sam 3 Bonus Content DLC (616060) Depot 3.14 GiB 3.12 GiB

Total size on disk is 8.36 GiB and total download size is 8.21 GiB.

Total size on disk is 4.78 GiB and total download size is 4.70 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 1721665 4 April 2017 – 10:57:44 UTC
legacyosx For Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and 10.6 Snow Leopard 652473
publicbeta Public testing 1721665 4 April 2017 – 10:58:20 UTC
safemode 652473

Other

Name Value
overridescddb 1
privatebranches 1
appmanagesdlc 1
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