- 25 YEARS OF SERIOUS SAM! - 21 March 2026
Today, our favorite action hero officially turns 25 years old!It’s been an absolutely wild ride for Sam. From blasting through the sands of ancient Egypt in a genre defining first-person shooter, to tackling top-down indie spin-offs and stepping directly into virtual reality, Serious Sam has taken many forms over the last quarter-century. But no matter what field you drop him into, he has always stayed true to himself: bringing total, unfiltered mayhem.Here is to 25 years of chaos, and to many more adventures ahead.We’ll be celebrating this anniversary throughout the year with various updates and surprises, starting today.As part of the celebration, we’re sharing something special: an old, dusty sketchbook from the very first Serious Sam game. You can find it right now in the installation folders of The First Encounter and The Second Encounter, under the name “Serious Sam Sketchbook.”BU…
- Featured Mod - Serious Sam Ray Traced - 17 September 2021
Hi everyone! As many of you must have found out by now, one of the craziest members of our community recently released a brand-new Serious Sam: The First Encounter mod which updates our original Serious baby with state-of-the-art technology - Ray Tracing. I remember vividly seeing the mod in one of our community Discord servers a long time ago. Back then, Sultim was about halfway through, and very excited about the stuff he learned while making it. We were instantly impressed and could barely wait for the mod to finally drop, and here we are. Serious Sam: The First Encounter can be played with Ray Tracing. I bet you thought you’d say that out loud. Come on, do it. Say it out loud. The mod is available for download on GitHub. For sure check it out: https://github.com/sultim-t/Serious-Engine-RT/releases Sultim has spent an insane amount of time on this project, and it definitely shows. Th…
- Free games: Get Serious Sam: The First Encounter on GOG free until August 26 - 24 August 2020
Sure, it's a bit of a bummer that Serious Sam 4 has been delayed until September. We were all looking forward to blowing up headless extra dimensional monsters with a shotgun, just like any red-blooded PC gamer should be. Fortunately, GOG is offering Serious Sam: The First Encounter as a free game giveaway now, and the offer is good for 48 hours. Serious Sam: The First Encounter is actually the first half of the first Serious Sam FPS game , and it provides an introduction to Sam 'Serious' Stone and his time-traveling quest to ventilate as many headless, earth destroying mutants as possible. Honestly? There's not a whole lot to know: monsters have invaded our universe, Sam is really good at fighting them, and some Earth scientists send him back in time to use a relic called the 'Time Lock' to ban them from our version of reality, permanently. That's pretext enough to send Sam - that is,…
- Happy Holidays from Croteam! - 24 December 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33025992%2Fe9b890df2bd5aa55977bcfd2e902114cdfa54ad4.jpg All of us at Croteam wish you have a great Winter break. Happy Holidays and have a great New Year. 2020 is about to get Serious! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvz1-pWeq7I
- Serious Sam Revolution Update 1.02 - 3 October 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33025992%2Fa5af9969dd30529657179846636d219d0ea64682.jpg Hi everyone! I can’t believe it’s been a month already, but we’ve been hard at it, trying to make Revolution into what it was meant to be at first. We were all over your reports and feedback, fixing, readjusting, rebalancing and expanding in the meantime. Our main focus was fixing game-breaking issues as well as the Workshop issue that came up, as we love seeing your mods shine. This was sorted out, so please make magic happen, we can’t wait to check all your custom stuff out. This update also takes care of the leaderboard issues with survival levels, as well as many smaller issues with Netricsa, collision, textures and such. More detailed update notes can be found below. Stay Serious! - Danny, on behalf of Croteam. General changes Workshop items will now show up prop…
- Serious Sam Classics: Revolution is out of Early Access! - 30 August 2019
Happy days! Serious Sam Classics: Revolution is out in the wild as a fully released game, and we're celebrating with a huge discount! You saw this coming, let's be honest, as we have recently announced Croteam will help to get this project through the door. Serious Sam Classics: Revolution is now THE best way to enjoy Classic old-school Serious Sam games, improved and expanded upon with many often requested changes, tweaks, and fixes, as well as a brand new original campaign - Bright Island. The game features 8 new maps, on top of those available in the originals, and some brand new achievements. We mustn't forget the workshop support, so get in and showcase your modding skills. We can't wait to see what your imagination will spawn. Huge thanks and congrats to everyone Alligator Pit and everyone else involved with this project over the past couple of years. Big cheers from Croteam! http…
- Whoah! Serious Sam is 18 years old - 21 March 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33025992%2F2cd3cc0ede390b7a42ac854bf289f593a9ba1dfe.jpg Serious Sam is 18 years old today. It was on March 21st, 2001 that Serious Sam: The First Encounter hit the shelves. Quite literally, as digital distribution was still a distant future back then. We were young, super passionate and, after a successful tech test launched in the summer of 2000, confident that Serious Sam would resonate well with the gaming community. Turns out, we were right. Serious Sam: The First Encounter caused quite a stir in the gaming community, won dozens of awards (including Gamespot's Game of the Year) and laid the foundation of everything Croteam is today. Fast forward 18 years later and Serious Sam got numerous sequels, spin-offs and remasters on most platforms. Hell, we even sent Sam to virtual reality and as with everything else - had tons…
- SSVR: The Second Encounter is out? Already? Why, yes, it is! - 4 April 2017
In the immortal words of our beloved publisher: “Chaos incarnate Croteam and professional hype-people Devolver Digital have launched Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter and Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift via Steam.” http://store.steampowered.com/app/552460/ Visit South America, ancient Mesopotamia and Medieval Europe, and don't forget to bring your chainsaw. Actually, bring two: dual-wield your new toys to defeat Mental or use your arsenal in a deathmatch against "flat peasants"! That's right, SSVR: The Second encounter will be getting a free Fusion 2017 update, bringing cross-platform co-op and other multiplayer modes (VR vs non-VR) and Steam Workshop support. SSVR: The Second Encounter is launching with a special 25% discount (until April 11th), and there's a 25% discount for the entire Serious Sam VR budle – thank you for supporting Croteam's VR divi…
- SSVR: The Second Encounter is out? Already? Why, yes, it is! - 4 April 2017
In the immortal words of our beloved publisher: “Chaos incarnate Croteam and professional hype-people Devolver Digital have launched Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter and Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift via Steam.” http://store.steampowered.com/app/552460/ Visit South America, ancient Mesopotamia and Medieval Europe, and don't forget to bring your chainsaw. Actually, bring two: dual-wield your new toys to defeat Mental or use your arsenal in a deathmatch against "flat peasants"! That's right, SSVR: The Second encounter will be getting a free Fusion 2017 update, bringing cross-platform co-op and other multiplayer modes (VR vs non-VR) and Steam Workshop support. SSVR: The Second Encounter is launching with a special 25% discount (until April 11th), and there's a 25% discount for the entire Serious Sam VR budle – thank you for supporting Croteam's VR divi…
- Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter - now a part of Serious Sam Classics: Revolution! - 16 September 2014
Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter is now a part of Serious Sam Classics: Revolution, along with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter! So, when you buy Serious Sam Classics: Revolution, you also get both Classic Encounters!
- Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter - now a part of Serious Sam Classics: Revolution! - 16 September 2014
Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter is now a part of Serious Sam Classics: Revolution, along with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter! So, when you buy Serious Sam Classics: Revolution, you also get both Classic Encounters!
