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Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

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!

Released Nov 24, 2009 Developer Croteam Publisher Devolver Digital Platforms Windows FPSActionShooterCo-opGore
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

93.4%positive8,191 reviews
Recommended · 18 found this helpful

“Samuel always took his fragging very seriously as this first volume in his saga can well attest to. Relive the old glory days eradicating those who'd eradicate you and presumably the rest of us if you didn't eradicate them first.”

— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“I can still hear the voices of those suicide bombers coming towards me. Peak experience. 10/10 would recommend”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“It's time to get Serious. Serious Sam that is. One of the great shooter classics from the early 2000s, it's still a blast all these years later. We held a New Years LAN party last year, and everyone installed SSHD and we played all the way through in co-op. What a blast.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:47 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

47playing at last check
7924-hour peak
578all-time peak
0 100 200 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 115 avg · Mar 2016

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

35achievements
2.2%median completion
1.9%rarest: Deathmatch Champion
66.2% of players 37.3% of players 35.9% of players 11.3% of players 6.7% of players 4.5% of players 4.2% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.5% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.8% of players 2.6% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 66.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
66.2%Serious Beginner — Complete any level in single player.
37.3%Co-op Beginner — Complete any level in co-op.
35.9%Swimming Instructor — Drown an enemy.
Rarest badges of honor
1.9%Deathmatch Champion — Win 1000 deathmatch games.
2.0%Untouchable — Win an at least 4 player deathmatch by reaching frag limit of at least 25 without dying.
2.0%Serious Fragger — Frag a total of 1000 players.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US14.99 USD
EU14.99 EUR
UK10.99 GBP
Australia21.50 AUD
Canada16.99 CAD
Japan1,480 JPY
Brazil27.99 BRL
China48.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$5.5 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$17

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 26, 2026
Serious Sam is Back, Baby! Enter the Shatterverse

Hey folks, It's a massive day for everyone at Croteam and Devolver Digital because we get to announce a brand new partnership with Behaviour Interactive, who are working on the next installment of the

Oct 11, 2022
SERIOUS SAM COLLECTION goes physical for Nintendo Switch!

Special Reserve Games has teamed up with Devolver Digital and Croteam to create outstanding physicals! This is a PREORDER for a physical product. Estimated shipping date is NOVEMBER 2022. At the heart

Nov 12, 2020
SSHD TFE Hotfix is available now

Hey guys and girls! The unfortunate certificate issue has been fixed and a small update is available now. If your game hasn't updated automatically, please go ahead and restart Steam and enjoy Serious

May 22, 2020
Serious Sam 4 is launching August 2020, pre-orders are open now

Hey everyone! I'm pretty sure many of you have already seen what's up by today, but here's a breakdown. Serious Sam 4 is launching this August, and pre-orders are open now. You can get your hands on a

Dec 24, 2019
Happy Holidays from Croteam!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33025992/e9b890df2bd5aa55977bcfd2e902114cdfa54ad4.jpg All of us at Croteam wish you have a great Winter break. Happy Holidays and hav

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From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsFPS · Action · Shooter · Co-op · Gore · Multiplayer · Comedy · Online Co-Op · Classic · First-Person · Old School · Indie (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian
Achievements35
Estimated owners1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.croteam.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

OS *: Windows XP w/SP1 or newer Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3+ Ghz or AMD Athlon64 3500+ Memory: 1 GB Graphics: nVidia GeForce 7600, ATI Radeon X1600 (Shader Model 3.0 Highly Recommended) DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c August 2009 Edition or newer