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Games Like Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
Mar 21, 2001·96% positive·
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!
Best games like Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
The best games like Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter are Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter, Serious Sam Classics: Revolution, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, Serious Sam II, and Serious Sam 3: BFE. GAMESLIKE ranks these alternatives using shared gameplay metadata, Steam review sentiment, and similarity signals. Evidence includes 96% positive across 3k Steam reviews, Steam genre and tag overlap across Action, Indie, platform support for Windows, and $5.99 pricing signal.
- Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter - Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is strongly similar to Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter because both games are made by Croteam, and both are Action and Indie games, and share gameplay elements like Action, FPS, and fit the same co-op story intent.
- Serious Sam Classics: Revolution - Serious Sam Classics: Revolution is strongly similar to Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter because both games are made by Croteam, and both are Action and Indie games, and share gameplay elements like Action, FPS, and fit the same co-op story intent.
- Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter - Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is strongly similar to Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter because both games are made by Croteam, and both are Action and Indie games, and share gameplay elements like Action, FPS, and fit the same co-op story intent.
- Serious Sam II - Serious Sam II is strongly similar to Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter because both games are made by Croteam, and both are Action and Indie games, and share gameplay elements like Action, FPS, and fit the same co-op story intent.
- Serious Sam 3: BFE - Serious Sam 3: BFE is strongly similar to Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter because both games are made by Croteam, and both are Action and Indie games, and share gameplay elements like Action, FPS, and fit the same co-op story intent.
1+ languagesCroteam/Devolver Digital
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Note: When you purchase Revolution you get Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter and Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter. Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic arcade-style single player action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through the beautiful world of ancient Egypt and several diverse planets, confronting countless Mental's minions on his way to the Mental's base.
Key Features
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Frantic Arcade-Style Action - Fight your way through 15+ nightmarish warriors in Mental's army, including the charging Sirian Werebull, screaming Headless Kamikaze and other crazy monsters, and finally challenge the multi-story Ugh-Zan boss!
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Various Environments and Secrets - Unleash mayhem in ancient Egypt. Discover over 80 secrets hidden in the fray!
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Special Weapons and Power-Ups - Wreak havoc with a huge arsenal of weapons including Double Shotgun, Rocket Launcher, Minigun and Cannon!
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Co-Op Multiplayer - Embrace the mayhem with up to 16 players!
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Versus Multiplayer – Drop the gauntlet and let the heavy ordinance fly in incredible Deathmatch and Scorematch!
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Split Screen – Huddle up with up to 4-player local split screen co-op and versus modes!
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Level Editor – Create your own levels, MODs, textures and other content with the inclusion of the fully featured Serious Editor and Serious Modeller!
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