Serious Sam: The Random Encounter

Serious Sam: The Random Encounter

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

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Mixed49% · 81964Metacritic
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$0.65-85%
lowest tracked $0.49
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Where to buy Serious Sam: The Random Encounter — official stores

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Standard Edition · Steam
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$0.99
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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, $0.65 in the United States, $0.74 in Georgia (USD), zł2.55 in Poland, R$3.39 in Brazil, CA$6.49 in Canada, NZ$7.39 in New Zealand and A$7.50 in Australia 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 4
United Kingdom £0.59 −85% £0.59 £1.16 3
United Statesyour region $0.65 −85% $0.74 $0.65 5
Georgia (USD) $0.74 −85% $0.74 — 2
Poland zł2.55 −85% zł2.55 zł5.90 3
Brazil R$3.39 −85% R$3.39 R$7.97 3
Canada CA$6.49 CA$6.49 — 1
New Zealand NZ$7.39 NZ$7.39 — 1
Australia A$7.50 A$7.50 — 1

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.

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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 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.
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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.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 14, 2026
A cool idea, terrible execution.
1 found this helpful
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.

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