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Vlambeer / Oct 24, 2011 / Action, Indie, RPG
Choose your weapons and take aim at the most random Serious Sam adventure yet!
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44% positive, 421 reviews
I have almost all the Serious Sam games in my steam library and bought this one to play because it looked fun. So with that in mind, every time I start the game it crashes and errors saying "Failed to load the game data. File seems to be corrupted." and for some reason it try's to open my printer? Really weird. So with that I can't recommend this game with these issues I'm having with it. I'm very disappointed.
1 found this helpful, 2026-08-13
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...
2 found this helpful, 2025-10-13
I got it on sale for a buck. For the price, it's alright. It's not very well balanced. I didn't really expect it to. It reminds me of those early 2000s Flash games you could play in your browser. If a game of that caliber had been on Newgrounds back then, I'm sure it would have been among the more popular ones there. I love the Serious Sam games, I think Croteam devised one of the best first-person shooter style...
0 found this helpful, 2026-02-14
It's... something in the middle. I got stuck here and there, getting constant game overs for very stupid reasons, but once you get a grip and play a bit more - you get it. But you still have the chances of getting stuck and dying over and over again. Play it because it's unique, it's not at all like other Serious Sam games. Still, don't forget that the balance is completely broken and the only thing you can do is...
0 found this helpful, 2026-01-02
