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Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter cover art

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter

Croteam · Devolver Digital · 2010-04-28

SteamXbox

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 28, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 22, 2010 (Xbox 360), Apr 28, 2010 (Linux)

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month!

0
playing now
91%
positive of 957 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (79 ratings)
30h
to beat · rushed 29h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

The Second Encounter starts where the previous game left off, with Sam traveling to Sirius on the SSS Centerprice. Unfortunately, the starship is accidentally hit by the "Croteam crate-bus" and plummets down to Earth's surface. As the starship falls, Sam reads the coordinates and frets about crash-landing into Egypt again, but instead he crashes into Central America in the Mayan age, with the starship now heavily damaged upon impact. However, not all hope is lost, since the Sirians left a "back-up starship" on Earth, which was a fail-safe in case anything ever happened to the SSS Centerprice. (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Top 36% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 38k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 957 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at GameFly (2013-06-04) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 14 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

002026-08-06 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$1.992015-01-012026-08-132015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-05-21 — best price $19.992015-09-11 — best price $2.992015-12-20 — best price $19.992016-02-12 — best price $19.992016-06-23 — best price $2.992016-08-25 — best price $19.952016-11-13 — best price $19.992016-12-22 — best price $1.992017-04-10 — best price $19.992017-07-22 — best price $17.152017-10-26 — best price $2.992018-01-29 — best price $19.992018-05-31 — best price $16.792018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-06-18 — best price $2.992019-11-12 — best price $19.992020-01-30 — best price $16.192020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $3.992021-04-05 — best price $3.992021-06-21 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $3.992022-02-28 — best price $3.992022-08-01 — best price $3.992022-12-12 — best price $3.992023-03-27 — best price $1.992023-08-07 — best price $3.992023-11-06 — best price $19.992024-02-12 — best price $3.992024-05-21 — best price $19.992024-09-02 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-09-27 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-06-08 — best price $1.992026-08-13 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud2 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)23,3762%70

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

Player tags

FPSGoreCo-opIndieActionComedyRemakeClassicShooterMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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