Games like Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter
If Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is your kind of game, the closest matches are Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter, Serious Sam 3: BFE and Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its new weapons add variety, soundtracks enhance atmosphere and tactical positioning matters. 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 →About Serious Sam Classic: The Second 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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Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
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Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Top pick for Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second 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!
Serious Sam 3: BFE
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Shares wave based combat with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Second-strongest match for Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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
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Shares wave based combat with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Third-strongest match for Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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!
DOOM + DOOM II
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Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Ranked #4 for Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Bloodspill
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Ranked #5 for Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Bloodspill is a fast-paced, pvp retro fps with one hit combat, featuring classic gamemodes like deathmatch, capture the flag and conquest!
STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection
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Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Ranked #6 for Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Play the classic STAR WARS™ Battlefront games, online and offline in this definitive collection.
Dark Data
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Ranked #7 for Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
In a world driven by blackmail, time is not money...crime is. Do you have what it takes to uncover the truth while staring at the business end of a gun? Dark Data is a local multiplayer FPS based on the unreleased mid-nineties film of the same name.
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
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Ranked #8 for Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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!
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Quake
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Shares a retro mood with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Reviewers of Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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 HD: The Second Encounter
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Reviewers of Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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 First Encounter
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Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Reviewers of Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second 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!
Serious Sam Classics: Revolution
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Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Reviewers of Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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.
Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)
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Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Reviewers of Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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!
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Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~83% under Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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
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Priced ~50% under Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
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Priced ~67% under Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~75% under Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~83% under Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter on Steam right now. Shares Action with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~50% under Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~50% under Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
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Priced ~50% under Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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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The Talos Principle
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Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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
Shares wave based combat with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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
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Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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
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Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter. Shares Action with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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
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Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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
Shares wave based combat with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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 Classic: The Second Encounter.
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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
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Shares an epic mood with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
Another title from Croteam, the studio behind Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter. Shares Action with Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter.
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.
Frequently asked about Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter
- How much does Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter cost?
- Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter are Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter, Serious Sam 3: BFE, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter.
- Who developed Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter?
- Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter was developed by Croteam and published by Devolver Digital.
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