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!
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Most players never reach the end. On a 6.2-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
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BANGER · Shooter · 2009
Steam Deck PlayableBUY IT.
Yes. A BANGER at $1.49.
about 6.2h$1.49 (~)
Better value than 95% of Shooter games
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Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter scores 88/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/41000/serious-sam-hd-the-first-encounter<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/41000/serious-sam-hd-the-first-encounter"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/41000" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/41000/serious-sam-hd-the-first-encounter)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 2h ago.
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Price line + bands by tier:BANGERflat this rangePrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
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Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
The lowest price on record is $1.49, set in July 2013. It has been discounted 49 times in the 14 years tracked here, typically at 85 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 5 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter ($0.89, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem ($4.99, scores 86).
Steam's global achievement data says about 2 percent of players ever finish it. On a 6.2-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see.