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Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter - PC (Steam)
About
The classic arcade FPS Serious Sam: The First Encounter, which scored an overall of 87% on Metacritic and was awarded Game of The Year 2001 on Gamespot, is now reborn in glorious high-definition for legions of long-time fans and a whole new generation of gamers around the world.Featuring dazzling visuals and revamped design, gamers take control of the legendary Sam ‘Serious’ Stone as he is...
- Platform
- Steam (PC)
- Developer
- Croteam
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital
- Release date
- 24 Nov, 2009
- Languages
- Genres
- Action, Indie
- Product type
- Digital key / activates on Steam
Supported languages
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Description
Featuring dazzling visuals and revamped design, gamers take control of the legendary Sam ‘Serious’ Stone as he is sent back through time to ancient Egypt to battle the overwhelming forces of Notorious Mental and the Sirian army.
Key Features
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Serious Engine 3 - Beautifully rendered, high-resolution visuals and lushly redesigned environments to create the most astonishing Serious Sam game ever!
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Frantic Non-Stop Action - From the charging Sirian Werebull to the screaming Headless Kamikaze and the multi-story Ugh-Zan, all of the infamous minions of Mental have been spectacularly redesigned for Serious Sam HD!
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Great Arsenal - Wield demon-stopping revolvers, lead-spewing miniguns, and monstrous cannons for when you absolutely, positively, have to kill every enemy in sight!
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15 Levels of Bedlam - Set against the expansive backdrop of ancient Egypt with every square inch upgraded and reworked to create one of the most visually stunning game experiences!
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Co-Op Mode - Embrace the mayhem with up to 16 players in campaign mode!
- Steam Cloud Support - With Steam Cloud your profile is stored on the Cloud servers.
System Requirements
- 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
News

4 months ago
Serious Sam is Back, Baby! Enter the Shatterverse
Hey folks, <br>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 Serious Sam series.<br><br>Serious Sam: Shatter

3 years ago
SERIOUS SAM COLLECTION goes physical for Nintendo Switch!
Special Reserve Games has teamed up with Devolver Digital and Croteam to create outstanding physicals!<br><br><a class="bb_link" href="https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fspecialreservegames.com%2Fgames%2Fserious-sam%2F&q

5 years ago
SSHD TFE Hotfix is available now
Hey guys and girls!<br>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 Sam HD: The First Encounter once more.<br><br>Th
Best Reviews
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 7 Jul 2026
Absolute classic, they don't make games like this nowadays.
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👍 Recommended · Steam player · 11 Jul 2026
Do you like the Egypt that you always imagine in your mind ???? Then you must play this game ... But, if you like to scream and have mad fun ??? Then you must absolutely play this game. Plus - Co-op experience Great Lad Fun
1 found this helpful
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 21 Jul 2026
legendary croatian game, still good, very fun retro shooter
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Recent Reviews
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 21 Jul 2026
legendary croatian game, still good, very fun retro shooter
0 found this helpful
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 16 Jul 2026
a classic Fps game splitscreen works but is a hassle to setup 8/10
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👍 Recommended · Steam player · 13 Jul 2026
Seriously? You are reading reviews? Buy this game at go get some!
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