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Serious Sam: Tormental
Serious Sam: Tormental is a 3D rogue-lite top-down shooter where you blast your way through the tormented mind of demigod of destruction Mental, as he imagines worlds and monsters that stand on your path towards his inner ego. Let the showdown begin!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“It is a really fun action roguelike. Serious Sam look is sadly more like just for flair.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Good.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“It doesnt feel like a Serious Sam game, but if youre a fan like me you will enjoy the concept”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 22:31 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch V1.0.232
Reverted the change from the previous patch: "If the game is paused, the dialogue will no longer advance" So sorry about the issue that was caused by this change, we will look again into this and hope
Patch V1.0.231
A possible fix for sound glitch when there are many enemies on the screen Fixed issue where it was possible to multiply buddies while in Frontal Lobe If the game is paused, the dialogue will no longer
Patch V1.0.230
Torments leaderboards are now visible on Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/stats/640340/leaderboards/7697328 Renamed Baseball Bat to Bonky Bat A possible fix for Anniholodon soft-lock Beating ????????
Patch V1.0.228
A bit weaker Vortex force when multiple Vortexes are present as they are no longer so dangerous, reduced the amount of VFX they release to increase the performance and reduce the visual clutter blood
Patch V1.0.227
Monsters will now die from entering Vortex even if Frigid Mood is active (adds another layer of depth to Frigid Mood, and also fixes the possible soft-lock where an unkillable monster could get stuck
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Action Roguelike · Indie · Bullet Hell · Rogue-lite · Top-Down Shooter · Twin Stick Shooter · Narrative · Co-op · Rogue-like (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 49 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.serioussam.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 10 Processor: 2 GHz Processor Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 3D graphics card DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space