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Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter cover art

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

Croteam · Devolver Digital · 2009-11-24

SteamXbox

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 24, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 13, 2010 (Xbox 360)

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!

17
playing now
93%
positive of 8.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (94 ratings)
16h
to beat · rushed 14h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

In ancient times, Earth was involved in a massive conflict between Mental, an evil extraterrestrial being who wants to rule the universe, and the Sirians, a technologically advanced sentient alien race that left many of its artifacts to be discovered by humanity. In the 22nd century, Mental and his army of grotesquely twisted monsters return to Earth intending to destroy humanity. The humans are quickly overwhelmed and driven back to Earth. As a last resort, humanity uses the "Time-Lock". This mysterious Sirian artifact contains the power to transport a single person back to a chosen point in (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 457 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~57/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 357k–715k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,937 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at GameFly (2013-06-04) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14114120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5432026-08-06 21:00 — 26 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 37 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 27 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 43 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 38 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 52 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 32 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 36 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 37 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 19 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 24 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 32 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 44 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 30 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 29 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 38 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 19 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 26 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 43 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 27 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 18 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 48 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$44.99$1.202015-01-012026-08-132015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-03-13 — best price $14.992015-06-22 — best price $14.992015-10-29 — best price $1.492015-12-22 — best price $1.492016-02-05 — best price $1.492016-05-10 — best price $14.992016-07-09 — best price $14.992016-09-27 — best price $2.242016-11-16 — best price $2.992016-12-21 — best price $2.252017-03-20 — best price $44.992017-08-18 — best price $11.872017-10-26 — best price $12.862018-05-17 — best price $12.742018-06-21 — best price $2.242018-12-02 — best price $12.742019-04-01 — best price $2.992019-09-26 — best price $12.992019-12-19 — best price $2.242020-04-20 — best price $14.992020-09-07 — best price $2.242020-11-28 — best price $2.992021-03-15 — best price $2.992021-06-21 — best price $14.992022-01-14 — best price $2.992022-08-19 — best price $2.992023-01-20 — best price $2.992023-08-07 — best price $2.992023-11-06 — best price $14.992024-02-22 — best price $2.992024-06-20 — best price $2.992024-11-21 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-10-13 — best price $2.992026-03-05 — best price $2.992026-08-13 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
66.2%
earned "Serious Beginner"
2.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)43,1901%35

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

Player tags

FPSGoreCo-opIndieActionAliensComedyClassicShooterDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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