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Serious Sam 4 cover art

Serious Sam 4

Croteam · Devolver Digital · 2020-09-24

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 07, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 22, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Sep 25, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 25, 2020 (Google Stadia), TBD (Mac), TBD (Linux)

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.

138
playing now
83%
positive of 18k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (57 ratings)
12h
to beat · rushed 9h · completionist 16h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

138 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 138 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 819 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~102/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,750 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 353k–795k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,672 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.70-80%
GOG$7.99-80%
Gamesplanet$7.99-80%
GOG$7.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.72 at 2game (2025-11-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 78 of 124 observed days · $1.27 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.1k3.1k20202026Week of 2020-09-01: 3,057 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 693 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,482 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,234 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

138212026-08-06 21:00 — 63 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 37 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 105 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 75 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 53 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 118 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 113 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 47 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 114 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 71 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 33 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 92 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 60 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 38 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 86 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 75 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 43 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 105 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 108 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 33 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 76 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 95 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 39 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 93 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 107 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 29 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 53 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 109 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 54 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 138 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$40.42$6.702020-05-202026-08-302020-05-20 — best price $39.992020-12-22 — best price $31.992021-05-06 — best price $23.992021-08-02 — best price $23.992021-11-22 — best price $16.952022-02-01 — best price $15.512022-03-25 — best price $15.992022-05-17 — best price $39.992022-08-12 — best price $33.992022-11-15 — best price $15.992023-01-05 — best price $39.992023-03-01 — best price $33.992023-05-03 — best price $39.992023-07-09 — best price $33.992023-08-26 — best price $39.992023-10-25 — best price $11.992023-12-21 — best price $11.992024-02-22 — best price $11.992024-04-08 — best price $9.992024-06-17 — best price $11.992024-08-20 — best price $39.992024-11-01 — best price $39.992024-12-22 — best price $8.002025-02-13 — best price $7.992025-04-14 — best price $33.502025-06-02 — best price $39.992025-08-16 — best price $39.992025-10-09 — best price $33.502025-12-12 — best price $35.592026-03-06 — best price $7.992026-05-01 — best price $7.992026-06-22 — best price $39.992026-08-19 — best price $39.992026-08-30 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 19:15 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
92.4%
earned "Regression"
31.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series (Xbox)22,6747%54
Steam (Steam)11,14113%54
PS5 (PlayStation)3,27936%55
Windows (Xbox)3,24116%54

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

FPSGoreBloodCo-opActionComedyClassicShooterViolentAdventure

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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