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Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter cover art

Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter

Croteam VR · Devolver Digital · 2017-04-04

Steam

ActionIndie

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

Releases: Apr 04, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 04, 2017 (SteamVR)

Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter is a sequel to Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter - frantic arcade action FPS, featuring singleplay and co-op campaign, various multiplayer modes, all presented in glorious VR and with different locomotion movements.

86%
positive of 255 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (39 reviews).
  • · Top 31% of 23,285 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.4k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 255 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-03-14) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 15 of 27 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
373720172026Week of 2017-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$2.992017-04-052026-10-012017-04-05 — best price $29.992017-10-26 — best price $23.992018-02-06 — best price $19.992018-05-10 — best price $9.992018-11-22 — best price $9.992019-03-23 — best price $7.992019-08-29 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $5.992020-04-16 — best price $5.992020-09-16 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $9.992021-05-06 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $9.992022-01-10 — best price $9.992022-05-05 — best price $9.992022-07-18 — best price $9.992022-09-06 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $5.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-17 — best price $4.992023-06-12 — best price $7.992023-08-14 — best price $19.992023-10-16 — best price $3.992023-12-04 — best price $5.992024-02-12 — best price $5.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-14 — best price $19.992024-07-25 — best price $19.992024-11-21 — best price $5.992024-12-19 — best price $5.992025-02-13 — best price $5.992025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-09-04 — best price $19.992025-10-20 — best price $19.992026-02-26 — best price $19.992026-05-07 — best price $2.992026-08-13 — best price $5.992026-10-01 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
31.5%
earned "Serious Beginner"
7.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR Only

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6703%28

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

Player tags

VRFPSGoreCo-opIndieActionAliensViolentOld SchoolFirst-Person

Census log

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

Players also track

Serious Sam Classic: The First EncounterFeed and Grow: FishBIGFOOTPavlovThe HighriseThe Break-InLost LivesSunkenland

Similarity via IGDB.

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