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Serious Sam 3: BFE cover art

Serious Sam 3: BFE

Croteam · Devolver Digital · 2011-11-22

SteamXbox

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Apr 23, 2012 (Mac), Apr 01, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Dec 20, 2012 (Linux), Nov 22, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 17, 2012 (Xbox 360)

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!

138
playing now
88%
positive of 29k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (177 ratings)
7h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

138 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Serious Sam 3: BFE is a 2011 first-person shooter video game developed by Croatia-based indie development studio Croteam and published by Devolver Digital. It is part of the Serious Sam series and the prequel to the 2001 video game, Serious Sam: The First Encounter. The game takes place in 22nd-century Egypt, during Mental's invasion of Earth, as implied in The First Encounter. The game features a 16-player online, as well as a 4-player splitscreen co-op campaign mode.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 138 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 714 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~89/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 1.1M–2.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 28,651 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.49-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at WinGameStore (2024-08-21) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 33 of 47 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
49249220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

138202026-08-06 21:00 — 61 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 30 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 84 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 72 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 39 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 91 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 95 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 42 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 93 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 74 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 25 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 78 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 73 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 25 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 73 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 69 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 20 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 93 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 76 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 31 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 53 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 72 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 38 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 80 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 89 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 36 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 65 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 88 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 31 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 138 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$45.42$2.492015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $7.992015-03-21 — best price $43.272015-06-22 — best price $39.992015-09-27 — best price $7.992016-01-05 — best price $39.992016-03-30 — best price $39.992016-07-22 — best price $3.992016-11-23 — best price $3.992017-04-17 — best price $39.992017-11-01 — best price $39.992018-05-14 — best price $39.992018-11-27 — best price $39.992019-11-01 — best price $39.992020-01-14 — best price $39.052020-04-12 — best price $3.722020-09-14 — best price $3.832021-03-23 — best price $3.992021-07-08 — best price $39.992021-11-11 — best price $39.992022-02-28 — best price $3.992022-04-25 — best price $35.592022-08-05 — best price $7.152022-11-24 — best price $3.942023-03-02 — best price $28.852023-06-24 — best price $39.992023-08-29 — best price $25.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-03-24 — best price $24.992024-07-08 — best price $24.992024-10-24 — best price $2.992025-02-20 — best price $2.502025-06-28 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-06-05 — best price $2.492026-08-24 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

110412026-05-31 — 55 pageviews2026-06-03 — 59 pageviews2026-06-06 — 49 pageviews2026-06-09 — 95 pageviews2026-06-12 — 96 pageviews2026-06-15 — 78 pageviews2026-06-18 — 64 pageviews2026-06-21 — 60 pageviews2026-06-24 — 60 pageviews2026-06-27 — 66 pageviews2026-06-30 — 55 pageviews2026-07-03 — 71 pageviews2026-07-06 — 69 pageviews2026-07-09 — 64 pageviews2026-07-12 — 60 pageviews2026-07-15 — 65 pageviews2026-07-18 — 63 pageviews2026-07-21 — 41 pageviews2026-07-24 — 58 pageviews2026-07-27 — 62 pageviews2026-07-30 — 45 pageviews2026-08-02 — 71 pageviews2026-08-05 — 58 pageviews2026-08-08 — 105 pageviews2026-08-11 — 87 pageviews2026-08-14 — 61 pageviews2026-08-17 — 57 pageviews2026-08-20 — 73 pageviews2026-08-23 — 59 pageviews2026-08-26 — 77 pageviews2026-08-28 — 67 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
71.3%
earned "Wanted Dead or Alive"
14.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform Multiplayer2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)63,4782%62
Xbox 360 (Xbox)5,4123%25
PS3 (PlayStation)4,1989%40

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSGoreCo-opIndieActionAliensComedyShooterDifficultOld School

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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