Serious Sam: The Random Encounter

Serious Sam: The Random Encounter

Vlambeer · October 24, 2011 · Action, Indie, RPG, Turn-Based, 2D

Buy the Serious Sam: The Random Encounter key for Steam from Eneba at $0.63 — the cheapest of 5 stores we compare.

PC
Mixed49% · 81964Metacritic
Best price 60 Great deal
$0.63-85%
lowest tracked $0.49
Eneba Buy at Eneba

Prices last checked

More games under $5 →

Where to buy Serious Sam: The Random Encounter — official stores

Humble Store
Humble Store
Standard Edition · Steam
-85%
$0.74
$4.99
Buy
Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
$4.99
Buy

Cheapest Serious Sam: The Random Encounter keys — keyshops

Keyshops are third-party marketplaces — keys are resold and can be region-locked or a different edition. Check the listing's region & edition before buying.

Eneba
Standard Edition · Steam
$0.63
Buy
Driffle INC
Standard Edition · Steam
$1.03
Buy
CJS CD Keys
CJS CD Keys
Standard Edition · Steam
$2.11
Buy

Some store links are affiliate links — playze may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. It never changes the price you pay, and the cheapest confirmed price is always shown in the Best price box above.

Serious Sam: The Random Encounter price by region

Serious Sam: The Random Encounter costs €0.57 in Europe (EUR), £0.59 in the United Kingdom, $0.63 in the United States, $0.63 in Georgia (USD), CA$1.04 in Canada, A$1.06 in Australia, NZ$1.32 in New Zealand, zł2.59 in Poland and R$4.07 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest Serious Sam: The Random Encounter offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Europe (EUR) €0.57 −85% €0.59 €0.57 5
United Kingdom £0.59 −85% £0.59 £0.78 4
United Statesyour region $0.63 −85% $0.74 $0.63 5
Georgia (USD) $0.63 −85% $0.74 $0.63 5
Canada CA$1.04 −85% CA$1.04 — 2
Australia A$1.06 −85% A$1.06 — 2
New Zealand NZ$1.32 −85% NZ$1.32 — 2
Poland zł2.59 −85% zł2.59 zł4.10 3
Brazil R$4.07 −85% R$4.07 R$5.80 3

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

Screenshots

About Serious Sam: The Random Encounter

✦ AI summary

Lead Serious Sam and his ragtag crew through turn-based RPG battles against absurd alien hordes across pixelated Egypt and underwater caverns, where you'll strategically choose weapons and items to survive endless waves of chaos. Vlambeer brings their signature irreverent style to the Serious Sam universe with retro visuals, quirky humor, and a challenging endless mode that rewards high scores.

The legendary Serious Sam reloads and rearms in an explosive, turn-based RPG developed by indie developer Vlambeer (Super Crate Box, Ridiculous Fishing). Serious Sam: The Random Encounter follows Sam and his band of oddball mercenaries as they battle across a pixilated world teeming chaotic battles, hordes of bizarre creatures, and mysterious secrets. Choose your weapons and take aim at the most random Serious Sam adventure yet!

Serious Sam Indie Series



The Serious Sam Indie Series is an extraordinary program launched by Croteam and Devolver Digital to partner with gaming's most creative independent developers and design radically unique Serious Sam games in a variety of styles and genres.

Key Features:

  • Turn-Based Awesome: Battle across three worlds of pandemonium with Serious Sam and his band of quirky commandos as they clash with legions of relentless creatures hell-bent on ruining your day. Choose your weapons and prepare for an absolute onslaught of merciless enemies charging from every direction.
  • Extraordinary Visual Design: Behold the pixilated brutality of Serious Sam’s struggle against evil in glorious retro-styled graphics. Visit the exotic locals of Egypt and dangerous caverns overrun by Mental’s twisted horde. Battle by land or take on all-new aquatic variations of classic Serious Sam baddies in underwater skirmishes unlike anything Sam has faced before!
  • Serious Strategy: No magic here, son. Select from a variety of dynamic items to increase your party’s stats, toss out some Headless Kamikaze bait, or bring everything to a devastating halt with the all-powerful Serious Bomb.
  • Challenge Mode: Take on a never-ending wave of Mental’s most fearsome minions and attempt to post the best score to win the admiration of your friends and family.
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter was created by Dutch indie duo Rami Ismail & Jan Willem Nijman and features crisp pixel art by Roy Nathan de Groot & pixel-animator Paul Veer. The game had its chiptune music created by Alex Mauer and the trailers were produced by Canadian video-magician Kert Gartner.

Serious Sam: The Random Encounter — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Jun 23, 2026
The game's difficulty ramps up sooo fast. the option to disable the music is broken, i wanted this as the audio was doubling up on itself leading to unbearable noise. This game is not worth 4.99 and due to the difficulty so early on where weapons just dont seem to do anything i would suggest passing on this.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Aug 13, 2026
I have almost all the Serious Sam games in my steam library and bought this one to play because it looked fun. So with that in mind, every time I start the game it crashes and errors saying "Failed to load the game data. File seems to be corrupted." and for some reason it try's to open my printer? Really weird. So with that I can't recommend this game with these issues I'm having with it. I'm very disappointed.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Oct 2, 2026
this is not a serious sam game
Not recommended Sep 5, 2026
I sat frozen in my chair looking at the screen while the serious victory music played thinking what the hell am I doing with my life
Not recommended Aug 17, 2026
trash
Recommended Aug 15, 2026
This game is Serious.

Community reviews

—

0 reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet. Be the first to review this game.

More like Serious Sam: The Random Encounter

News

All news →
SilkMU is our new partner: MU Online Season 6 in a browser tabBlog

SilkMU is our new partner: MU Online Season 6 in a browser tab

SilkMU, a MU Online Season 6 server that runs in a browser tab or as an app, opened on 6 November 2026 and is now our partner. What it offers, what is free and what costs WCoin.

Nov 13, 2026
Games like Dying Light, where nightfall changes the rulesPC

Games like Dying Light, where nightfall changes the rules

Games like Dying Light are easy to find if you only want parkour or only want zombies. These eight keep the part that matters: a city that becomes a different place after dark.

Nov 13, 2026
Games like Portal 2, where one idea carries the whole gamePC

Games like Portal 2, where one idea carries the whole game

Games like Portal 2 all share one habit: teach a single impossible trick, then spend a campaign breaking it. From rewinding objects through time to Escher geometry that loops back on itself.

Nov 13, 2026
Planet Coaster DLC: skip the collection, buy the packsBundles

Planet Coaster DLC: skip the collection, buy the packs

The Planet Coaster DLC catalogue closed in 2019, so there is no curve left to wait out. Our record shows the collection bundle costs far more than assembling the same packs one by one.

Nov 13, 2026
Toxic Commando Game Pass: subscribe, or buy the key?Xbox

Toxic Commando Game Pass: subscribe, or buy the key?

The Toxic Commando Game Pass add landed on 12 November. Our price record since late September shows the key route barely moved, which changes what a subscription is worth.

Nov 13, 2026
Games like Titanfall 2, for the pilot or for the TitanPC

Games like Titanfall 2, for the pilot or for the Titan

Titanfall 2's campaign changed its own rules every mission. Games like Titanfall 2 that keep one part of it — the wall-running, the mech, or a campaign that never settles.

Nov 12, 2026
Games like It Takes Two, where the second player is the pointPC

Games like It Takes Two, where the second player is the point

It Takes Two cannot be played alone, and that is the whole design. Games like It Takes Two that give each player a different job — including one that makes do with a single pair of hands.

Nov 12, 2026
Football Manager 27 Game Pass, and what the old FMs now costXbox

Football Manager 27 Game Pass, and what the old FMs now cost

FM27 landed on 10 November, and Football Manager 27 Game Pass covers it on PC from day one. Steam has stopped selling FM26 and FM24 — our price record shows what that does.

Nov 12, 2026

Top games right now

All rankings →
  1. 1Counter-Strike 2Free
  2. 2Dota 2Free
  3. 3PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDSFree
  4. 4Grand Theft Auto V Legacy—
  5. 5Terraria$2.08
  6. 6Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six SiegeFree
  7. 7Rust$20.19
  8. 8Garry's Mod$6.21
  9. 9Team Fortress 2Free
  10. 10Black Myth: Wukong$35.78
  11. 11HELLDIVERS™ 2$23.99
  12. 12ELDEN RING$38.88
  13. 13Apex Legends™Free
  14. 14Left 4 Dead 2$9.99
  15. 15Stardew Valley$12.11
  16. 16Wallpaper Engine$3.93
  17. 17Cyberpunk 2077$17.99
  18. 18Euro Truck Simulator 2$4.99
  19. 19Dead by Daylight$6.83
  20. 20Red Dead Redemption 2$13.71
  21. 21The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt$9.77
  22. 22Baldur's Gate 3$53.64
  23. 23Phasmophobia$15.19
  24. 24War ThunderFree