- Featured Mod - Green Planet - 19 August 2026
Heya folks, it's been a while since the last Featured Mod article, but recently there have been some nice creations in the Workshop, so let's put the spotlight on them. Today we are checking out Green Planet!If you're itching for more classic, run and gun action, it is time to load up your minigun and head to the exotic jungles of the Green Planet! Positioned as a continuation of The Second Encounter, this custom campaign throws Sam headfirst into an unexplored, mysterious world. Fate hasn't been kind, but the scenery sure is! The map looks absolutely gorgeous, boasting lush, vibrant jungle environments that provide a beautiful contrast to the absolute chaos you'll be causing.This isn't just a quick skirmish, it’s a meaty, full-length adventure packed with exploration, secrets, and massive arenas that perfectly capture that beloved Serious Sam pacing. To elevate the experience even furt…
- 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.”B…
- Featured Mod - Serious Sam 2 Fusion Deathmatch - 17 October 2024
Hey everyone! It's been a while since our last featured mod article, so today I’m excited to share an incredible mod that faithfully recreates Serious Sam 2’s versus deathmatch in Serious Sam Fusion. This mod brings all four of the original Serious Sam 2 maps into the Fusion engine, along with nine additional maps from the latest 2.090 update. And best of all, you get to enjoy it without problematic netcode! The included maps are: Branchester Brkeen Chevap Catacombs Chanolin Cliff Cockaleekie Desert Temple Docking Bay Hoodlum's Backyard Little Trouble (which also includes a custom CTF version) Metropolis Yodeller Land Of Giants In addition to these, the mod introduces three exclusive, unreleased Capture the Flag maps that were originally scrapped during Serious Sam 2’s development and two custom made ones! Ryason, the mod creator, has also made various tweaks and improvements to the map…
- Featured Mod - Crystal Impact - 22 June 2023
Hello everyone! It's been a while since the last “Featured Mod”, but I’m sure you’ve been handling the wait well thanks to the juicy Talos 2 reveal that you’ve got! Now it's time to get serious as in this episode we are featuring another great community campaign: “Crystal Impact!” Crystal Impact is a collaboration project of 17 different mappers from the Slavic Serious Sam Community Khreth! The rules are simple: each participant must continue the previous person’s map with their own level while having two to three weeks to do so. The story is the perfect warmup for the upcoming Indiana Jones movie! It follows Sam Stone himself, who finds a strange crystal that leads him on a long journey around the new power in the world, affecting different worlds and leading him to a new mysterious ally! 17 participants, 17 maps, and 10 unique worlds to explore! On top of all that, over 50 different c…
- Featured Mod - 7Smoke Tennis Project - 18 April 2023
It's time to play some Tennis, Serious Sam style! The 7Smoke Tennis project was the first collaboration project of this kind in the Serious Sam community where several mappers come together to create a unique Serious Sam experience. Each map has been made by a different mapper, picking up where the last map left off (passing it to each other just like a tennis ball!), thus creating great variety in map style and level pacing. There are a total of 6 Tennis Projects, all of them organized by none other than Noam 2000! The first 3 tennis projects were on a smaller scale, with Tennis 1 and 2 had six participants and Tennis 3 having four, with all rounds released in a span of 2 months between each other. Tennis 4 in 2016 is where things started expanding, with 14 mappers working on the project. The campaign now had a whole thoughtfully fleshed-out story, and more quality control was being do…
- Featured Mod - Jingle Bombs 2022 - 24 January 2023
Hello and welcome to the first Featured Mod episode for 2023! In today’s episode, we won't highlight a single map, but a whole package of them that we recommend you guys to check out. Today we are highlighting a contest organized by SeriousSite.ru called “Jingle Bombs 2022”. Jingle Bombs 2022 is a contest in which the contestants have to create a single-player or a cooperative map with a Christmas theme. The creation that captures the spirit of the Holiday the best and has the most effort put into it, gets the top prize. The top 3 ranked maps are: Winner - "Break the Loop" for Classic: TSE by “Cr1sTaL” 2nd Place - "Stolen Snow" for Serious Sam Fusion by “Riba4оk13” 3rd Place - "On the eve" for Classic: TSE by “TesLineX” Those maps deserve a featured mod article of their own, but as I've said today, we will focus on the contest as a whole, so I strongly recommend heading over to the Seri…
- Featured Mod - Winter Wonderland - 22 December 2022
Welcome to the Christmas episode of "Featured Mod" series! Today we will spotlight Spy's Cr3ed's Christmas themed campaign: "Winter Wonderland"! Winter Wonderland takes place in an alternate timeline where Serious Sam did not manage to find the Holy Grail so he had to continue his adventures through the snowy world of Winter Wonderland. The campaign has just been updated this Winter, getting many quality of life improvements such as visual updates, enhanced boss fights, and some of the most known bugs and requested changes We highly recommend this Christmas campaign and we advise you to enjoy it with some milk and cookies. You can also call your friends for some co-op mayhem! As always, don’t forget to read the interview with Spy's Cr3ed in which he shares his experience with the creation of the campaign and his struggles from being a beginner modder to a well established veteran now. M…
- Featured Mod - Blood Sugar - 7 December 2022
Hello in another Featured Mod episode! Today we are featuring Thanadrax's survival map "Blood Sugar". Make no mistake, as this is no ordinary survival map. It works as a rogue lite, exploration project. The players are free to explore, do quests and fight bosses in a pace of their desire. The progression goes through 11 tiers consisting of 4 quests each until the player conquers the whole island! There are 100 quests and 31 bosses you get to enjoy. It is possible to beat this survival map. The reason for it being a survival map and not a campaign one is, as mentioned before, to have a rogue lite feeling to it and the players to value their lifes. Make sure to check the level and the rest of Thana's survival map collections. Also do not forget to read the Basement Chat with Yasen, its a pretty good one! Link to mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2342502363 BASEME…
- SERIOUS SAM COLLECTION goes physical for Nintendo Switch! - 11 October 2022
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 of our SERIOUS SAM COLLECTION is SRG's signature RESERVE EDITION for the game, which is LIMITED TO 3,000 COPIES and features: SWITCH CARTRIDGE Includes critical updates, patches, and DLC at the time of manufacture INCLUDES MULTIPLE GAMES Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter Serious Sam 3: BFE includes The Legend of the Beast expansion includes Jewel of the Nile expansion SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED GAME PACKAGING REVERSIBLE JACKET ARTWORK SHIPS IN A SPECIAL RESERVE BOX Makes a great shelf display and protects your game SPECIAL RESERVE ART CARD Exclusive Reserve-only art card Metallic paper (4" x 6") with foil treatment 24-PAGE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET Inside the sh…
- Featured Mod - Operation FrostBite - 21 July 2022
Hello everyone! It’s been a while since the last featured mod article, but I’m sure Serious Sam Siberian Mayhem has been keeping you occupied with some serious action. Let's escape the heatwaves and take ourselves to the cold mountains in ArtemPredator’s Serious Sam Fusion campaign- “Operation Frostbite" The campaign's storyline is easy to follow- you are in Siberia looking for commander Borok, one of Mental's most dangerous commanders. All you have to do is find him and kill him, as simple as that. The gameplay however spices things up a little bit more as the map pack includes a handful of exclusive new custom weapons such as the "Blaster" rifle and some new toys for you to play with, like a battle mech! Have I mentioned that this campaign is for Serious Sam Fusion? This mod is definitely worth checking out, give it a shot by subscribing here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…
- Serious Sam Kamikaze Attack Lands on Steam With a Bang - 27 July 2021
Hi Everyone, I have explosive Serious Sam news to share with you. Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! has launched on Steam! The game was first released 10 years ago on mobile as a part of the Serious Sam indie series, but over time the game slowly disappeared from the stores. As the game’s developer it was painful to see it fade away. Fans have been sending in requests to keep the game alive and it was haunting me that I couldn’t revive the game until now. I’ll finally be able to rest peacefully knowing the hordes of headless kamikazes are back at their jobs of chasing down Serious Sam. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1623420/Serious_Sam_Kamikaze_Attack/ It’s an honor to bring Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! to Steam for you to play. If you have any questions or want to chat about the game please feel free to post in the game’s community group or join Croteam’s Discord server. Thanks for pl…
- Featured Mod: Seriously Retro - Karnak 1996 - 19 March 2021
Hi everyone! It’s been a while since we last featured a mod on these here pages, but times are tough. The pandemic, a new game release (check out Serious Sam 4 if you haven’t already, my guy), and a bunch of earthquakes all had an impact on what's happening in and around Croteam. However, we haven’t forgotten about our great modding community or the players who enjoy them. It just so happens that another cool mod has landed on the Serious Sam Fusion Workshop today, and what makes that one special is that I’m a playable character. All jokes aside, Seriously Retro: Karnak 1996 is an absolutely amazing total conversion mod which takes you back in time. Sam is super low-poly again, and he’s revisiting his old friends in the Karnak Temple. As the authors say, the mod brings a bunch of changes to the original, which include reworked battles, secrets, and traps, as well as environments. The mo…
- BASEMENT CHAT WITH YASEN - Seriously Retro - Karnak 1996 - 19 March 2021
The following interview has been conducted in Croteam's basement. It is related to the brand new Serious Sam Fusion mod Seriously Retro - Karnak 1996. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2429128518 - Hi guys! Nice to have you here. As an old tradition, I always ask my guests to share their origin story on how and when they joined the Serious Sam community and what made them want to mod for Serious Sam. So please, share it with us. Nitronik: Hello! Cut to way too many years back, the Serious Sam 2 demo catches my eye as a wee little lad. It was love at first sight, and I only went deeper down the rabbit hole after getting my hands on The Second Encounter shortly after. I have been following Serious Sam Fusion for a while and seeing a modding hub of sorts, plus all the work done by the community, definitely piqued my interest. Now, here I am 1000 hours later... Movento:…
- Serious Sam 4 is launching August 2020, pre-orders are open now - 22 May 2020
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 Standard and Digital Deluxe editions with cool bonuses. The store page has a ton of new info and some new screenshots, so check it out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/257420/Serious_Sam_4 We have released a cinematic trailer, as well as a few behind the scenes videos that show some actual gameplay. Both are listed below. Love you all! Byeeee.
- Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is 10 years old - 28 April 2020
https://i.imgur.com/otitpVS.gif Hey Everyone! It's been a while. Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is 10 years old today. Time sure does fly super fast when you're having fun. To celebrate this huge anniversary we're planning a TSE themed multiplayer event this Saturday night, so spit-shine your weapons, sharpen your skills and get ready for mayhem. Be sure to join our Discord channel at discord.gg/Croteam and get to know the community before we start this Serious Saturday in style. Don't forget to follow our developer page on Steam for any and all future events, news, and announcements: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/croteam Details to follow! Cheers! Danny
- 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
- Featured Mod – Serious Sam Fusion - Plastic Patrol 2: Replastered - 13 August 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33025992%2F65025a5a0594884f0f74ee986c01024272efe9c8.jpg Hey everyone! By now, we really hope you played through Red Day: Episode One, an amazing mod that was the star of our first Mod Feature back in May. We also believe it’s about time for another one. We’ve played some of them recently and decided that summertime is perfect to play through Plastic Patrol 2: Replastered. This custom campaign mode tells the story about the Green Army and a fight to save their home. Some of the highlights of this really cool mod include six unique maps that you can play through solo or with friends, along with appropriate weapon mods, enemies and everything you’d expect from such a mod. There’s even a decent plane mission, something we’d never expect from a Serious Sam mod. The mod was made by the powerful Pan, with help by Mauritsio, Urban…
- Featured Mod of the Month – Red Day: Episode One - 21 May 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33025992%2F7ef6d49e0f65afcd24d0faba34a7ca8a4571ed67.jpg Hey everyone! Check out this epic Serious Sam Fusion mod – Red Day: Episode One. It's a custom campaign mod telling a story about Sam's war against the Mental forces in Russia. The highlight of this Serious Sam Fusion mod is a three-part, 50-minute long campaign set in a typical Russian provincial city Muhogradsk. The Red Day campaing is full of chaos and crazy arena-style action spaning over three custom levels, with cutscenes and everything you'd expect from a full-blown campaign. Oh, and there's a brand new soundtrack, as well so make sure you check it out on Steam and let us know what you think. Massive thanks to the powerful Dead_Kadath for making this mod happen. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1511106169 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ…
- Serious Sam Fusion update 433900 is live! - 14 May 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33025992%2Feb2e9caea03bb68d6e5685a4e0992bbfdd827a79.jpg Hey everyone! It's that time of the year again, the time of Fusion updates. This time, we're bringing to you a relatively small update focusing mostly on bug fixes and tweaks, rather than new features, engines and other huge changes that were introduced several months ago. Guided by our community we have made huge progress in providing you with a stable, up-to-date Serious Sam experience, and Fusion is at its peak right now. It's THE way to play all supported Serious Sam games. The changelog is below: fixed an issue where the player would stop moving after using the weapon wheel added various missing translations fixed some navigation issues in Karnak (TFE) fixed an issue where the menu palette would not change in some cases after leaving multiplayer games fixed an is…
- 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…
