Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter and Serious Sam Classics: Revolution both land in Action, Indie on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Indie on Steam. Both released in 2019. Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter scores higher on Steam reviews (95% positive) than Serious Sam Classics: Revolution (88.3% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Choose Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter if you want the Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, and Online Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 95% positive across 1,167 reviews.
Choose Serious Sam Classics: Revolution if you want the Steam Leaderboards side of the pairing. 1,192 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter and Serious Sam Classics: Revolution sit in Action and Indie on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Co-op, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
 Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter |  Serious Sam Classics: Revolution | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2019 | 2019 |
| Genres | Action, Indie | Action, Indie |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | 5.99 USD | 9.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 95% positive (1,167 reviews) | 88.3% positive (1,192 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op | Multi-player, Co-op |
| Developers | Croteam | Croteam, Alligator Pit |
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