Single-player games like Serious Sam: The Random Encounter
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Serious Sam: The Random Encounter, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Cosmic Star Heroine
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam: The Random Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Serious Sam: The Random Encounter.
3 exotic planets to explore. Aliens. Robots. Magic. Forbidden technology. Ruined Worlds. Ghosts. Long-lost secrets. Conspiracies. A galactic threat. And one brave heroine to make things right. Cosmic Star Heroine is an exciting new RPG from the creators of Cthulhu Saves the World.
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Cthulhu Saves the World
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam: The Random Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Serious Sam: The Random Encounter.
The lord of insanity, Cthulhu was all set to plunge the world into insanity and destruction when his powers were sealed by a mysterious sorcerer. The only way for him to break the curse is to become a true hero. Save the world to destroy it in an epic parody RPG journey of redemption, romance, and insanity!
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Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam: The Random Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam: The Random Encounter.
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!
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Doom & Destiny Advanced
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam: The Random Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Serious Sam: The Random Encounter.
Four nerds walk into a dungeon. It’s not a joke, it’s Doom & Destiny Advanced.
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Shadows of Adam
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam: The Random Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Serious Sam: The Random Encounter.
Gorgeous pixel art. Intense, blazing fast battles. An epic adventure. This is the must-play retro indie JRPG built for the modern era.
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Chroma Squad
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam: The Random Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Serious Sam: The Random Encounter.
Tactical RPG about 5 stunt actors who decide to quit their jobs and start their own Power Rangers-inspired TV show! Cast actors, upgrade your studio, craft Mechas of cardboard and duct tape. Once the cameras are rolling, control your cast of 5 colored-jumpsuit-clad warriors in turn-based battles.
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Chained Echoes
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam: The Random Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Serious Sam: The Random Encounter.
Take up your sword, channel your magic or board your Mech. Chained Echoes is a 16-bit style RPG set in a fantasy world where dragons are as common as piloted mechanical suits.
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Saturday Morning RPG
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam: The Random Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Serious Sam: The Random Encounter.
Saturday Morning RPG is an episodic JRPG set in world heavily inspired by 1980s Saturday morning cartoons and pop culture.
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Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam: The Random Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam: The Random Encounter.
Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month February 2002!
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FINAL FANTASY
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam: The Random Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Serious Sam: The Random Encounter.
The original FINAL FANTASY comes to life with completely new graphics and audio! A remodeled 2D take on the first game in the world-renowned FINAL FANTASY series! Enjoy the timeless story told through charming retro graphics.
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam: The Random Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam: The Random Encounter.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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LUFTRAUSERS
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam: The Random Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam: The Random Encounter.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
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Super Crate Box
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam: The Random Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam: The Random Encounter.
Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.
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GUN GODZ
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam: The Random Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam: The Random Encounter.
GUN GODZ is a first person shooter about gun, gangster rap and the rich culture of Venus. Featuring a fully Venusian soundtrack by Jukio 'KOZILEK' Kallio and a single English track with rap lyrics by Adam 'Doseone' Kidd.