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Serious Sam 4

Croteam · Devolver Digital · 2020-09-24

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

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.

Serious Sam 4 is a 2020 Action, Adventure and Indie game priced at $39.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 17,770 reviews).

85
playing now
83%
positive of 18k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (57 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (719 downloads)
4.06★
PlayStation Store rating (1,417 ratings)
68/100
opencritic · fair · 38% recommend · from 105 critics
12h
to beat · rushed 9h · completionist 16h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

85 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Serious Sam 4 is a 2020 first-person shooter developed by Croatian studio Croteam and published by Devolver Digital. It is part of the Serious Sam series and a prequel to Serious Sam 3: BFE. The game was announced in April 2018, originally as Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass, and was released in September 2020 for Microsoft Windows and Stadia, followed by PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S ports in December 2021. A standalone expansion, Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem, was released in January 2022.

Trailer

Serious Sam 4 trailer thumbnail

Serious Sam 4 - Official 4K Launch Trailer

≈479,798 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 85 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 4% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 355k–800k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,770 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
Fanatical$7.99-80%
GOG$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 108 of 151 observed days · at its 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

245382026-09-15 12:00 — 157 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 162 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 58 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 142 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 163 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 40 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 89 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 168 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 51 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 142 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 123 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 51 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 51 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 139 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 108 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 73 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 145 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 76 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 42 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 147 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 130 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 46 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 85 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.0k66Sep 2020Aug 2026Sep 2020 — avg 2,963 · peak 6,485Nov 2020 — avg 288 · peak 853Jan 2021 — avg 214 · peak 591Mar 2021 — avg 195 · peak 826May 2021 — avg 218 · peak 655Jul 2021 — avg 194 · peak 520Sep 2021 — avg 97 · peak 214Nov 2021 — avg 126 · peak 331Jan 2022 — avg 284 · peak 840Mar 2022 — avg 96 · peak 214May 2022 — avg 146 · peak 384Jul 2022 — avg 101 · peak 234Sep 2022 — avg 75 · peak 178Nov 2022 — avg 87 · peak 284Jan 2023 — avg 127 · peak 311Mar 2023 — avg 84 · peak 226May 2023 — avg 100 · peak 302Jul 2023 — avg 146 · peak 361Sep 2023 — avg 68 · peak 180Nov 2023 — avg 104 · peak 356Jan 2024 — avg 99 · peak 273Mar 2024 — avg 103 · peak 300May 2024 — avg 83 · peak 205Jul 2024 — avg 108 · peak 276Sep 2024 — avg 165 · peak 509Nov 2024 — avg 107 · peak 365Jan 2025 — avg 127 · peak 333Mar 2025 — avg 118 · peak 373May 2025 — avg 82 · peak 284Jul 2025 — avg 96 · peak 247Sep 2025 — avg 95 · peak 340Nov 2025 — avg 141 · peak 437Jan 2026 — avg 112 · peak 311Mar 2026 — avg 111 · peak 309May 2026 — avg 69 · peak 156Jul 2026 — avg 98 · peak 266Aug 2026 — avg 73 · peak 166
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$40.42$0.002020-05-202026-10-142020-05-20 — 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 $39.992026-09-12 — best price $7.992026-10-02 — best price $7.992026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

338462026-06-03 — 63 pageviews2026-06-07 — 95 pageviews2026-06-11 — 94 pageviews2026-06-15 — 72 pageviews2026-06-19 — 86 pageviews2026-06-23 — 70 pageviews2026-06-27 — 71 pageviews2026-07-01 — 84 pageviews2026-07-05 — 76 pageviews2026-07-09 — 91 pageviews2026-07-13 — 69 pageviews2026-07-17 — 71 pageviews2026-07-21 — 59 pageviews2026-07-25 — 52 pageviews2026-07-29 — 54 pageviews2026-08-02 — 69 pageviews2026-08-06 — 88 pageviews2026-08-10 — 95 pageviews2026-08-14 — 56 pageviews2026-08-18 — 71 pageviews2026-08-22 — 86 pageviews2026-08-26 — 89 pageviews2026-08-30 — 93 pageviews2026-09-03 — 134 pageviews2026-09-07 — 96 pageviews2026-09-11 — 78 pageviews2026-09-15 — 66 pageviews2026-09-19 — 69 pageviews2026-09-23 — 48 pageviews2026-09-27 — 59 pageviews2026-10-01 — 69 pageviews2026-10-05 — 65 pageviews2026-10-09 — 86 pageviews2026-10-12 — 87 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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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