Choose Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter
Choose Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter if you want an Indie experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 94.8% positive across 572 reviews.
Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter vs Blood: Refreshed Supply™
Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter and Blood: Refreshed Supply™ both land in Action 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 are Action games on Steam. Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter (2019) is 6 years older than Blood: Refreshed Supply™ (2025). Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter scores higher on Steam reviews (94.8% positive) than Blood: Refreshed Supply™ (65.6% positive). 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 Blood: Refreshed Supply™
Choose Blood: Refreshed Supply™ if it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Blood: Refreshed Supply™ launched in 2025.
Both Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter and Blood: Refreshed Supply™ sit in Action on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Online PvP, 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.
Side-by-side comparison
 Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter |  Blood: Refreshed Supply™ | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2019 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action, Indie | Action |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Verified |
| Price | 5.99 USD | 29.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 94.8% positive (572 reviews) | 65.6% positive (494 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | Croteam | Nightdive Studios, Monolith Productions |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter (2019) is 6 years older than Blood: Refreshed Supply™ (2025).
- Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter scores higher on Steam reviews (94.8% positive) than Blood: Refreshed Supply™ (65.6% positive).
- Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is currently ~80% cheaper on Steam than Blood: Refreshed Supply™ (5.99 USD vs. 29.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Blood: Refreshed Supply™ is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter has no Deck rating yet.
Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter vs Blood: Refreshed Supply™ — FAQ
- Which is better, Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter or Blood: Refreshed Supply™?
- On Steam reviews Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter scores higher (94.8% positive) than Blood: Refreshed Supply™ (65.6% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter or Blood: Refreshed Supply™ first?
- If you want chronology, Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter (2019) came out before Blood: Refreshed Supply™ (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter and Blood: Refreshed Supply™ similar?
- They overlap on Action 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 Second Encounter and Blood: Refreshed Supply™ have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op; Blood: Refreshed Supply™ ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op.