Choose Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
Choose Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter if it matches what drew you to this matchup. 1,167 Steam reviews back the pick.
Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter vs Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter
Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter and Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter 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. Both sit near 95% positive on Steam (Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter: 1,167 reviews, Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter: 572). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter
Choose Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter launched in 2019.
Both Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter and Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter sit in Action and Indie on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Online PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (95% vs 94.8% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter |  Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2019 | 2019 |
| Genres | Action, Indie | Action, Indie |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | 5.99 USD | 5.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 95% positive (1,167 reviews) | 94.8% positive (572 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op |
| Developers | Croteam | Croteam |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie on Steam.
- Both released in 2019.
- Both sit near 95% positive on Steam (Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter: 1,167 reviews, Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter: 572).
- Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter (5.99 USD vs. 5.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter has no Deck rating yet.
Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter vs Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter — FAQ
- Which is better, Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter or Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter sits at 95% positive (1,167 reviews), Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter at 94.8% (572). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Are Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter and Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Do both Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter and Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op; Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op.