Games like Serious Sam II
If Serious Sam II is your kind of game, the closest matches are Serious Sam 3: BFE, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter and Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its comedic, epic and funny. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Serious Sam II is a challenging first-person arena shooter developed by Croteam and published by Devolver Digital, released in 2012 at a price of $9.99 USD. Players traverse a hub world across multiple planets, dual-wielding an arsenal of powerful weapons while hunting for secrets and navigating vehicle sequences. The game supports online co-op multiplayer, offering a medium-length campaign designed for focused sit-down sessions. Reviewers on Steam rate the game 88% positive from over 3,300 reviews, with players describing the combat as chaotic and the weapons as uniquely powerful. Players highlight the iconic and memorable soundtrack, and many note that the visuals stand out even today, while others find the dual-wielding mechanic adds satisfying strategic depth to encounters. The game runs verified on Steam Deck.
About Serious Sam II: Serious Sam II is a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!
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Serious Sam 3: BFE
WHY THIS
Top pick for Serious Sam II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and a funny mood with Serious Sam II.
Second-strongest match for Serious Sam II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!
Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and an epic mood with Serious Sam II.
Third-strongest match for Serious Sam II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Serious Sam II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month!
Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam II.
Ranked #5 for Serious Sam II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
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!
Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam II.
Ranked #6 for Serious Sam II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Serious Sam Fusion is a central hub for several existing Serious Sam games developed by Croteam. Cool new features, engine upgrades, patches and updates will be released to existing owners for FREE!
Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Serious Sam II.
Ranked #7 for Serious Sam II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Serious Sam II.
Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick! Join the world’s greatest action hero in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour as he saves Earth once again, kicking alien ass and saving babes across the globe along the way.
Serious Sam Classics: Revolution
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam II.
Ranked #8 for Serious Sam II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through four beautiful worlds, confronting countless foes on his way to Mental's base.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Serious Sam II
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Shadow Warrior
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Shares a comedic mood with Serious Sam II.
Reviewers of Serious Sam II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Serious Sam II.
Shadow Warrior is a bold reimagining of the classic 3D Realms’ shooter from independent developer Flying Wild Hog (Hard Reset) starring the legendary and quick-witted warrior Lo Wang.
Serious Sam 3: BFE
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Serious Sam II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
Immortal Redneck
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Serious Sam II.
Reviewers of Serious Sam II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Immortal Redneck is a FPS set in Egypt with rogue-lite elements. Frantic gameplay, twitch controls and an arcade-style feel meet randomly generated dungeons, a complete skill tree, permanent death and 9 classes with different traits.
Wolfenstein: The New Order
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam II.
Reviewers of Serious Sam II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Serious Sam II.
Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam II.
Reviewers of Serious Sam II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Serious Sam II.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
RAGE 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam II.
Reviewers of Serious Sam II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Serious Sam II.
RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything.
Killing Floor 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam II.
Reviewers of Serious Sam II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Serious Sam II.
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
Turok
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Serious Sam II.
Reviewers of Serious Sam II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Serious Sam II.
A world where time has no meaning - and evil knows no bounds. Torn from a world long gone, the time traveling warrior Turok has found himself thrust into a savage land torn by conflict.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Serious Sam II at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Serious Sam II on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Serious Sam II.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Serious Sam II on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam II.
Priced ~55% under Serious Sam II on Steam right now. Shares Action with Serious Sam II.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Serious Sam II on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Serious Sam II.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Serious Sam II on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Serious Sam II.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Serious Sam II on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Serious Sam II on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Serious Sam II on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Serious Sam II.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Serious Sam II.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Serious Sam II.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Serious Sam II.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Serious Sam II.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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More from Croteam
Other recommendable Steam games by Croteam, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Talos Principle
WHY THIS
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam II. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
Serious Sam 3: BFE
WHY THIS
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam II. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
Serious Sam 4
WHY THIS
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam II. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.
The Talos Principle 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam II.
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam II. Shares Action with Serious Sam II.
The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and a funny mood with Serious Sam II.
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam II. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!
Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam II.
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam II. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Serious Sam Fusion is a central hub for several existing Serious Sam games developed by Croteam. Cool new features, engine upgrades, patches and updates will be released to existing owners for FREE!
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem
WHY THIS
Shares vehicle sequences, secret hunting and an epic mood with Serious Sam II.
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam II. Shares Action with Serious Sam II.
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is a new stand-alone expansion to the world of the classic FPS series. Join the fight against Notorious Mental on a journey through the wild lands of Russia, and find your way through this lost chapter of Sam Stone's adventures.
Serious Sam Classics: Revolution
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam II.
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam II. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam II.
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through four beautiful worlds, confronting countless foes on his way to Mental's base.
Frequently asked about Serious Sam II
- Is Serious Sam II verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Serious Sam II is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Serious Sam II cost?
- Serious Sam II is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Serious Sam II have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Serious Sam II supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Serious Sam II?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Serious Sam II are Serious Sam 3: BFE, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter.
- Who developed Serious Sam II?
- Serious Sam II was developed by Croteam and published by Devolver Digital.
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