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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 · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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!

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is an Action and Indie game released in 2010 priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 957 reviews).

0
playing now
91%
positive of 977 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (79 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (62 downloads)
30h
to beat · rushed 29h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 76 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 39k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 977 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 11 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
404020122026Week of 2012-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2012-05-15 (Steam store data)

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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