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Steam $29.99
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Evaluation
Serious Sam 3: BFE launched on November 22, 2011, and received one paid DLC expansion — Jewel of the Nile — on October 16, 2012. A bonus content DLC (cosmetic/extras) also accompanied the game. Both DLC items have been released and nothing in the store listing or DLC list indicates any further content planned for this specific title.
Croteam's post-2012 communications posted to this game's news feed have been focused on other entries in the Serious Sam franchise: Serious Sam 4 (announced and released), Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem (a standalone expansion to SS4 developed by a community team), and most recently Serious Sam: Shatterverse (announced March 26, 2026, developed by Behaviour Interactive as a new installment). None of these announcements describe new content for Serious Sam 3: BFE itself.
The last update touching this game directly was a Serious Sam Fusion patch on May 14, 2019, which addressed bug fixes and stability improvements including rebaked visibility on Sam 3 levels — maintenance work rather than new content.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a complete, standalone product. Its content development concluded with the Jewel of the Nile DLC in October 2012, and the game continues to be available for purchase in its finished state.
Evidence
Jewel of the Nile, the sole paid expansion for Serious Sam 3: BFE, was released on October 16, 2012
Bonus Content DLC released; both DLC items for the game are marked as released with no unreleased entries remaining
Content
2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Devolver Digital
Achievements
62
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP · Local/Split Screen
About this game
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a first-person action shooter, a glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters where men were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made things go boom.
Serving as a prequel to the original indie and Game of the Year sensation, Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Serious Sam 3 takes place during the Earth’s final struggle against Mental’s invading legions of beasts and mercenaries.
Serving as a prequel to the original indie and Game of the Year sensation, Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Serious Sam 3 takes place during the Earth’s final struggle against Mental’s invading legions of beasts and mercenaries.
Key Features
- Frantic Arcade-Style Action – Hold down the trigger and lay waste to a never-ending onslaught of attackers or face being overrun by Mental’s savage beasts. No cover systems, no camping – it’s just you against them. All of them!
- Fearsome Enemy Creatures – A new battalion of unforgettable minions including the rumbling Scrapjack and towering Khnum join the legendary Headless Kamikaze, Gnaar and Sirian Werebull to create the fiercest opposition you’ve ever had the pleasure of mowing down!
- Spectacular Environments – Battle across the expansive battlefields of near-future Egypt bursting at the seams with total chaos. The shattered cities of tomorrow lined with the crumbling temples of an ancient world become your destructible playground!
- Destructive Arsenal – Unleash Serious Sam’s arsenal of weapons including a scoped assault rifle, the double-barreled shotgun, the explosive automatic shotgun, the punishing minigun, and the almighty barrage of flaming cannonballs! Carry all of Sam’s weapons at once and switch between each gun on the fly for maximum firepower!
- Brutal Melee Attacks – When the going get’s tough, the tough take matters into their own hands! Rip out the eye of a closing Gnaar, twist off the face of the hideous Scrapjack or snap the neck of an Arachnoid Hatchling for an instant kill!
- Co-Op Multiplayer – Go to war against Mental’s horde with up to 16 players online and annihilate everything that moves across 12 single-player levels of mayhem in Standard Co-Op, Classic Co-Op, Coin-Op Co-Op, Beast Hunt and Team Beast Hunt mode.
- Survival Singleplayer & Multiplayer – Try to survive alone (offline) against wave after wave of enemies with specially created levels in Survival mode or have your online friends join two teams, fighting both each other and enemies, in the relentless Team Survival mode!
- Versus Multiplayer – Fight against each other or other teams in various multiplayer versus modes like Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Last Man Standing, Last Team Standing, Instant Kill and My Burden, along with Team Beast Hunt and Team Survival!
- Split Screen Modes – Play local (offline) split screen co-op and multiplayer versus modes with up to four players on one screen! It even includes the support for multiple keyboards and mice!
- Level Editor* – Create your own levels, MODs, textures and other content with the inclusion of the fully featured Serious Editor 3.5!
- Steam Workshop – Submit your content creation or download new player-created content and modifications for Serious Sam 3!
- Misc Game Options – 5 difficulty levels, quick-save, auto-save, multiple save slots, 3rd person view, co-op gameplay tweaking options, game controller support, localized with subtitles, parental blood & gore control including hippie mode, various color schemes, tons of advanced graphics options to tweak, cheats, console, Steam trading cards, achievements, leaderboards and cloud and much, much more!
* This item is only available on PC
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Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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