Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter overview

Overview

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter comes from Croteam and is published by Devolver Digital. It arrived on Steam on Apr 28, 2010, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, Steam Achievements, and Full controller support. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 6 October 2026 - 03:15:49 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 91% positive across 958 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is available in 6 languages including:

8 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, usk, oflc, and nzoflc

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter has no public VGI unit-sales estimate available and has 776 Steam recommendations. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter overview details

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

The glorious high-definition (HD) chaos from The First Encounter continues now in Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, a remake of the classic arcade FPS Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, which originally scored an overall of 85% on Metacritic and was awarded Game of The Month on Gamespot! Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter includes spectacularly enhanced visuals and more special effects like Hippy and Kid’s mode, with trademark frantic Single-play, newly developed Survival and Beast Hunt modes, along with all time favorite Cooperative play. Combine those with intense Versus and Team modes for up to 16 players and in over 18 multiplayer maps, Demo Recording option, Spectators and Dedicated Server support, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a worthy successor to the original masterpiece. Key Features SINGLE PLAYER Various Environments and Secrets - Unleash mayhem on 3 different spectacular worlds: South America, ancient Mesopotamia and medieval Europe. Discover over 130 secrets including over 15 brand new ones hidden in the fray. Unique Enemies and Bosses - Fight with 27 nightmarish warriors in Mental's army, including old favorites from The First Encounter like Beheaded Kamikaze, Syrian Werebull and Kleer Skeleton. Go head to head against 5 new enemies and 3 new Bosses. Special Weapons and Power-Ups - Wreak havoc with a huge arsenal of weapons including 3 new toys: the Sniper Rifle, Flamethrower and Chainsaw. Use Power-Ups to additionally increase your fighting and agility skills. Serious Editor 3 - Create your levels and share them on SteamWorks! MULTIPLAY…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is listed as a game with $19.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, Steam Achievements, and Full controller support, and is associated with Action and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 6 October 2026 - 03:15:49 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and 91% positive reviews.

Overview tags

FPSActionCo-opShooterComedyMultiplayerIndieClassicOnline Co-OpGoreSingleplayerCult ClassicFirst-PersonGreat SoundtrackRemake

Support and legal notes

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