Serious Sam: The Random Encounter
Skip · RPG · 2011
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 0, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $3.12/hr
- Reviews▼
- 49% of 828
- Critics
- 64 players 15 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 100% RPG
Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 1.6h
- To 100%
- 2.1h 1.3x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 96 on record
- Typical cut
- 80% off
- Steam low
- $0.49 July 2013
- Sale every
- 42d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 67% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 1% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 96 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 80 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
It is cheaper than 67 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 99 percent. Everhood 2 ($19.99, scores 34) outscores it, and so does Pit People® ($19.99, scores 88). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Serious Sam: The Random Encounter
The press liked it more than its buyers did, 64 against 49 percent.
Inside the two-hour refund window, 46 percent of the 505 reviews written there were positive, against 49 percent overall, and those are 77 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter, developed by Vlambeer in collaboration with Croteam and published by Devolver Digital, is one of the strangest and most experimental entries in the long-running Serious Sam franchise. Known for its chaotic first-person shooters, the series takes an unexpected turn here, transforming into a retro-inspired, turn-based role-playing game infused with bullet-hell intensity. This...
1 more review
Most serious game OF ALL TIME! Contained absolutely no joking around, horsing off, rigamarole, goofin, flim-flam, ballyhoo, jim-jammery, ribbing, ribaldry, jesting comments, light banter, hoopla, slapstick, vaudvillian wisecracking, farcitude, slack-cutting, or campiness of any kind.
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About the game
Choose your weapons and take aim at the most random Serious Sam adventure yet!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 256MB Video Memory or higher, DirectX 8 or later, 102 MB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter scores 0/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/201480/serious-sam-the-random-encounterReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 7, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.