Games like Serious Sam 4
If Serious Sam 4 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Back 4 Blood, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter and Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta) — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its fast paced gameplay, mech combat and overwhelming enemy hordes. 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 4 is a 2020 action release from Croteam published by Devolver Digital. Set as a prequel within the classic FPS series, it places players in intergalactic warfare across multiple environments. The third-person perspective frames large-scale battles against vast enemy hordes, with enemy-immunity-mechanics adding tactical consideration to the arcade action. Players describe the experience as brutal and challenging, with reviewers highlighting the fast-paced gameplay and mech combat as key draws. The game supports solo and online co-op play, with an extensive weapon arsenal available throughout. The medium-length campaign fits sit-down sessions. It is verified for Steam Deck and currently priced at 39.99 USD. Reviewers have given it an 83% positive rating from over 5000 Steam reviews.
About Serious Sam 4: 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.
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Steam players who put hours into Serious Sam 4 also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Back 4 Blood
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Serious Sam 4.
Top pick for Serious Sam 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Serious Sam 4.
Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Serious Sam 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
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 Fusion 2017 (beta)
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Serious Sam 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
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!
Prodeus
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Ranked #4 for Serious Sam 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
CARNAGE OFFERING
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Serious Sam 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Serious Sam 4.
Ultra fast-paced sci-fi FPS where you battle waves of robots and genetically engineered creatures. Upgrade your arsenal, unleash explosive physics, and survive relentless combat.
DOOM Eternal
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Ranked #6 for Serious Sam 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Serious Sam 4.
Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
Trepang2
WHY THIS
Shares a brutal mood with Serious Sam 4.
Ranked #7 for Serious Sam 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a brutal mood with Serious Sam 4.
Ranked #8 for Serious Sam 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Serious Sam 4.
Step into the boots of Grayson Hunt after a crash landing on an old resort planet forces him to make a hard choice: survival or revenge. Execute masterful kills with Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition’s unique combat system that rewards you for performing the most creative and deadly kills imaginable.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Serious Sam 4
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Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Serious Sam 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE is a virtual reality action shooter, a glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters where men were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made things go boom.
Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Serious Sam 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
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 Classic: The Second Encounter
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Serious Sam 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
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 3: BFE
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Serious Sam 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
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 II
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Serious Sam 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
Serious Sam II is a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!
Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Serious Sam 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Serious Sam 4.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Quake
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Serious Sam 4.
Reviewers of Serious Sam 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Serious Sam 4.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Serious Sam 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Serious Sam 4.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Serious Sam 4 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~88% under Serious Sam 4 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Serious Sam 4.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Serious Sam 4 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Serious Sam 4.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Serious Sam 4 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~75% under Serious Sam 4 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~75% under Serious Sam 4 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Serious Sam 4.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Schedule I
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Priced ~50% under Serious Sam 4 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Serious Sam 4 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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 4.
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 and Adventure with Serious Sam 4.
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 4.
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 4.
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 and Adventure with Serious Sam 4.
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 4.
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 4.
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
Shares a challenging mood with Serious Sam 4.
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam 4. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
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 4. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
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!
The Talos Principle 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam 4. Shares Action and Adventure with Serious Sam 4.
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 II
WHY THIS
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam 4. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
Serious Sam II is a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
WHY THIS
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam 4. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
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
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam 4. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
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
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam 4. Shares Action and Adventure with Serious Sam 4.
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
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam 4. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam 4.
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 4
- Is Serious Sam 4 verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Serious Sam 4 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 4 cost?
- Serious Sam 4 is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Serious Sam 4 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Serious Sam 4 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Serious Sam 4?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Serious Sam 4 are Back 4 Blood, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta).
- Who developed Serious Sam 4?
- Serious Sam 4 was developed by Croteam and published by Devolver Digital.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Serious Sam 4.
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