Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
Released Apr 2010
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month!
91% positive · 942 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $19.99
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Evaluation
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter launched on April 28, 2010 as a high-definition remake of the classic FPS. It received two pieces of DLC: the "Legend of the Beast" expansion (released May 15, 2012) and a Player Models pack (released at some point without a recorded date). Both are fully released — there are no unreleased DLC items on the store listing. The developer, Croteam, has made no announcements of additional content for this title, and there is no post-launch update pattern suggesting ongoing development. The game appears to have launched as a complete product with a small amount of add-on content, all of which has shipped. The last identifiable content addition was the Legend of the Beast DLC on May 15, 2012, which is the most reasonable date to consider the game's content fully complete.
Evidence
Legend of the Beast DLC released — the final named expansion for the game
Player Models DLC released — a cosmetic add-on, no release date recorded but marked as released
Content
2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Devolver Digital
Achievements
—
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP
About this game
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.
SINGLE PLAYER
MULTIPLAYER
STEAM FEATURES - NEW! (not seen in Classic game)
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!
MULTIPLAYER
- NEW! (not seen in Classic game) Survival Mode - Try to stay alive as long as you can against continued enemies’ attacks in specially designed survival maps!
- Classic Co-Op Mode - Plunge into chaos with up to 16 players in campaign cooperative mode!
- NEW! (not seen in Classic game) More Co-Op Modes - Play even more along your friends in newly developed Coin-Op and Survival cooperative modes with up to 16 players in campaign game!
- NEW! (not seen in Classic game) Beast Hunt Modes - Fight against other players or teams while also playing campaign levels in Beast Hunt and Team Beast Hunt!
- Versus Mode - Watch all hell break loose in over 8 classic and brand NEW! deathmatch maps with up to 16 players!
- NEW! (not seen in Classic game) More Versus Modes - Fight against your friends in more versus modes including My Burden, Last Man Standing and Instant Kill!
- NEW! (not seen in Classic game) Team Modes - Compete against other teams in team matches including Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Last Team Standing!
STEAM FEATURES - NEW! (not seen in Classic game)
- Steam Achievements - Earn 50 amazingly attractive achievements to boost your social standing.
- Steam Leaderboards - See your score recorded in both single player and cooperative leaderboards.
- Steam Cloud - Store your profile online on the Steam Cloud servers, including your bindings, last played level and campaign progress.
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Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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