- 2+players
- PC
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!
Who can play
Store (how we check facts)- Same-screen play on PC. Steam lists 4-player local.
- Same room, own screens on PC. How many can join is not confirmed.
- Online on PC. Steam lists 16-player online.
- One copy is enough with Remote Play Together on PC.
How it plays
Is it good
95%
Overwhelmingly positive on Steam
“The best $20 computer game we've ever played.”
100/100 · Daily Radar “An essential purchase for anyone who's ever enjoyed being on the right end of a shotgun.”
100/100 · Games Radar “The most fun I have had in a straight shoot'em up FPS in a hell of a long time.”
97/100 · Gamer's Pulse
Steam Deck Unsupported
Every way to play together
Steam lists couch co-op, LAN play and online co-op for PC. On PC one copy is enough with Remote Play Together. Player counts are not confirmed yet.
- 4+
- 2+
- 16+
Quick facts
- Developer
- Croteam
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital
- Platforms
- PC
- Series
- Serious Sam
- Released
- 21 Mar 2001 on PC
- Languages
- Text in 1 language, voices in English
In these lists
Answers
- Can you play Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter on one screen?
- Yes. The store lists shared or split-screen play without saying which. Same-screen co-op and versus on PC.
- One of 1,279 couch co-op games
- Do you need two copies of Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter?
- On one screen, one copy is enough. On PC the host can stream it to friends with Steam Remote Play Together.
- One of 1,371 co-op games where one copy is enough
- Does Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter work on Steam Deck?
- No: Steam rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.
- Is Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter free?
- No, it's a paid game.
