Croteam

Serious Sam: The First Encounter

A first person shooter extravaganza where you take the role of Serious Sam, a badass killer whose goal is to defeat monsters commanded by Mental, an extraterrestrial entity that wants to destroy humanity. 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!

• Shooter
• Indie
• 2001

Released

21 March 2001

Developer

Croteam

Publisher

Gathering of Developers

Engine

Serious Engine

Perspective

First person

Age rating

ESRB M · USK 18

Metacritic

87/100

Steam recommendations

3,024

Platforms

Xbox · PC (Microsoft Windows)

Genres

Shooter · Indie

Also known as

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter · Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

Estimated owners

200,000–500,000 (est.)