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Serious Sam: The Random Encounter

Vlambeer · Devolver Digital · 2011-10-24

Steam

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 24, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Choose your weapons and take aim at the most random Serious Sam adventure yet!

Serious Sam: The Random Encounter is an Action, Indie, and RPG game released in 2011, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (49% of 818 reviews).

0
playing now
49%
positive of 820 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
57/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Serious Sam: The Random Encounter is a 2011 role-playing and bullet hell game developed by Vlambeer and published by Devolver Digital. It follows Sam "Serious" Stone travelling to the future in search of his nemesis, Mental, teaming up with mercenaries on the way. The player controls Sam and his accomplices through confined levels, engaging in battles through random encounters. These pit the player characters against large waves of enemies, and the player controls the weapons and items each character uses against them in five-second turns.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 33k–66k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 820 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2013-07-16) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 31 of 40 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-14 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 — 1 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

$4.99$0.492015-01-012026-09-152015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-06-20 — best price $0.742015-08-13 — best price $0.492015-11-25 — best price $0.992016-01-24 — best price $4.992016-06-13 — best price $4.992016-09-22 — best price $4.992016-12-01 — best price $0.752017-03-30 — best price $0.992017-09-11 — best price $0.742017-12-21 — best price $0.992018-04-23 — best price $4.992018-08-02 — best price $4.992018-12-21 — best price $0.992019-07-09 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $0.992020-05-27 — best price $4.992020-10-29 — best price $0.992021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-05-14 — best price $0.992021-10-18 — best price $0.992022-01-10 — best price $0.992022-05-24 — best price $4.992022-11-22 — best price $0.992023-02-07 — best price $4.992023-07-28 — best price $4.992023-11-17 — best price $0.992024-02-29 — best price $4.992024-06-20 — best price $0.742024-10-24 — best price $0.742025-01-27 — best price $0.742025-06-27 — best price $0.742025-11-20 — best price $0.742026-04-30 — best price $4.992026-08-17 — best price $0.742026-09-07 — best price $0.992026-09-15 — best price $0.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5362026-05-29 — 10 pageviews2026-06-02 — 9 pageviews2026-06-06 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 16 pageviews2026-06-14 — 21 pageviews2026-06-18 — 16 pageviews2026-06-22 — 11 pageviews2026-06-26 — 14 pageviews2026-06-30 — 15 pageviews2026-07-04 — 17 pageviews2026-07-08 — 9 pageviews2026-07-12 — 11 pageviews2026-07-16 — 7 pageviews2026-07-20 — 22 pageviews2026-07-24 — 16 pageviews2026-07-28 — 21 pageviews2026-08-01 — 11 pageviews2026-08-05 — 15 pageviews2026-08-09 — 18 pageviews2026-08-13 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 15 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-25 — 15 pageviews2026-08-29 — 16 pageviews2026-09-02 — 29 pageviews2026-09-06 — 30 pageviews2026-09-10 — 38 pageviews2026-09-14 — 22 pageviews2026-09-18 — 27 pageviews2026-09-22 — 13 pageviews2026-09-26 — 22 pageviews2026-09-30 — 9 pageviews2026-10-04 — 13 pageviews2026-10-07 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGFunnyIndieActionComedyTurn-BasedSingleplayerPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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