55BANG SCORE
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
worth it · shooter · 2009
Solid value for the price: about 6.2h, $14.99 (~$2.42/hr), 93% positive.
Better value than 47% of shooter games
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!
BANGER threshold
Becomes a BANGER at $5.20
65% off today's $14.99. Wait for that sale.
Real value
$2.42/hr over the 6.2h main story, $0.75/hr if you 100% it (19.9h).
2% of players see the credits.
Finish rate
2.2%
how far players get (achievements)
Advertised
6.2h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
19.9h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr (advertised)
$2.42/h
price ÷ advertised main-story hours
Price
$14.99
Reviews
93%
8,835 reviews
Metacritic
68
critic score
Players
1.5M
owners (estimate)
Released
2009
What drives the score
Value$2.42/hr
price per hour of game — the biggest driver
Reviews93% positive
gates the score — weak reviews cap it, strong reviews unlock a banger
Finish rate2.2%
a top-end bonus, not the main driver
The exact weights stay secret, but these are the inputs and the direction each pushes. Length feeds the value line (price divided by hours).
Where players drop off
Share of players who unlocked each achievement, most-earned (left) to rarest (right).
DeveloperCroteam
PublisherDevolver Digital
Genreshooter
Achievements35
Trailer & screenshots
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