Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter

Croteam · August 30, 2019 · Action, FPS, Classic, Shooter, Gore

Buy the Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter key for GOG from Gameseal at $1.83 — the cheapest of 3 stores we compare.

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Where to buy Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter — official stores

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Cheapest Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter keys — keyshops

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Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter price by region

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter costs €1.62 in Europe (EUR), $1.83 in the United States, $1.83 in Georgia (USD), £2.13 in the United Kingdom, CA$7.79 in Canada, A$8.79 in Australia, NZ$8.99 in New Zealand, R$20.49 in Brazil and zł27.50 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Europe (EUR) €1.62 −72% €5.89 €1.62 2
United Statesyour region $1.83 −69% $5.99 $1.83 3
Georgia (USD) $1.83 −54% $3.99 $1.83 3
United Kingdom £2.13 −57% £4.99 £2.13 2
Canada CA$7.79 CA$7.79 — 1
Australia A$8.79 A$8.79 — 1
New Zealand NZ$8.99 NZ$8.99 — 1
Brazil R$20.49 R$20.49 — 1
Poland zł27.50 zł27.50 — 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 Classic: The First Encounter

✦ AI summary

Serious Sam is a high-octane arcade shooter where you blast through hordes of absurd monsters across ancient Egypt and alien worlds using an over-the-top arsenal of weapons. It stands out for its relentless fast-paced action, massive 16-player co-op chaos, and robust level editor that lets you create your own mayhem.

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

  • 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!
  • Various Environments and Secrets - Unleash mayhem in ancient Egypt. Discover over 80 secrets hidden in the fray!
  • Special Weapons and Power-Ups - Wreak havoc with a huge arsenal of weapons including Double Shotgun, Rocket Launcher, Minigun and Cannon!
  • Co-Op Multiplayer - Embrace the mayhem with up to 16 players!
  • Versus Multiplayer – Drop the gauntlet and let the heavy ordinance fly in incredible Deathmatch and Scorematch!
  • Split Screen – Huddle up with up to 4-player local split screen co-op and versus modes!
  • Level Editor – Create your own levels, MODs, textures and other content with the inclusion of the fully featured Serious Editor and Serious Modeller!

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Online co-op, LAN, Split screen
PC Game Pass
Not included
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Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter in the rankings

What Steam players say

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

✦ AI summary

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter is a nostalgic retro FPS that delivers fast-paced, mindless action with wave-based combat that appeals to longtime fans of the series, but its difficulty progression becomes increasingly frustrating as poorly-timed enemy spawns and inconsistent ammo placement make later levels feel unfairly punishing rather than challenging.

Recommended Sep 24, 2026
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Recommended Sep 20, 2026
been playing SAM since i was 5 years old with my dad growing up on the retail CDs. It's still one of my favorite games ever TFE and TSE classics games are part of my childhood and if you like oldschool FPS then i would reccomend you to play Seriously
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Not recommended Sep 27, 2026
Serious Sam is the abusive relationship of retro FPS games. It first starts off fine with a good introduction and the first few levels. But the more it goes on, the sour grows stronger and stronger. Serious Sam keeps hitting me. Over and Over. It lures me in with resources and a cool new area, then hits me with ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ enemy spawns. Even on the rare occasions where it's holding it's punches and it's doing every thing right and being a fun game for a moment, it suddenly whips me with it's belt and back to the cycle of hitting me over, and over, and over again. The game will disregard ammo for weapons you have while putting you in battles where those weapons would have really really helped They will spawn enemies when you try to pick up health armor and ammo, often causing you to use or lose more of said resources than you would have gained if you just ignored it. The game will spawn enemies without any consideration for your player position, or just spawn enemies without the teleport sound, often causing many deaths where a kamikaze or melee enemy will just tank your health and you had no way of being able to react to it. There really isn't a sense of enemy placement design, since…
Recommended Sep 17, 2026
unlike the classics revolution this one isnt a buggy mess and the profile backgrounds are tuff
Recommended Sep 17, 2026
Honestly this game is just mindless fun. There is no winning or losing - you just kill everything and everyone over and over while you run through ancient Egypt. I still go on now and again just to see if there's a server full of people to go do it with and then end up avoiding cannonballs.
Recommended Sep 14, 2026
this game changed my life, 10/10 would recommend epicness1!11!!!

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