Games Like Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!

Why similar: FPS 35.7%, Gore 12.2%, Co-op 10.6%, Action 6.1%, Online Co-Op 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: As a direct sequel, it maintains the series' signature massive enemy encounters and high-adrenaline gameplay.

Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.

Why similar: FPS 30.8%, Gore 17.3%, Co-op 11.3%, Classic 8.9% ★, Shooter 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This entry scales up the series' trademark horde mechanics to an even larger, more modern spectacle.

Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.

Why similar: FPS 41.9%, Gore 22.1%, Shooter 10.4%, Action 7.7%, Multiplayer 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game represents the pinnacle of modern arena-style FPS combat with its intense speed and focus on resource management through aggression.

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!

Why similar: FPS 35.6%, Classic 10.8% ★, Co-op 9.6%, Shooter 6.9%, Gore 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is the essential follow-up that expands on the original's arcade-action formula with new environments and weapons.

ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.

Why similar: FPS 45.2%, Gore 24.4%, Shooter 8.4%, Old School 5.7%, Difficult 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is a hyper-fast, skill-based shooter that rewards aggressive play and movement mastery, much like the best moments of Serious Sam.

Evil has returned! Demonic powers are manifesting themselves as a myriad of dark creatures, fighting over the fates of imprisoned souls caught in Purgatory.

Why similar: FPS 39.3%, Gore 14%, Co-op 11.4%, Action 10.9%, Classic 8.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: This title captures the classic arena shooter feel by pitting you against overwhelming waves of enemies in confined, high-stakes environments.

A retro FPS for the ages! Once branded a HERETIC. Now YOU have been chosen as our champion! Reclaim our sacred weapons. Take back our ancient lands. If you can stand... AMID EVIL.

Why similar: FPS 43.3%, Old School 16%, Shooter 14.4%, Action 7.6%, First-Person 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends retro aesthetics with modern, fluid movement to create an intense and magical arena-shooter experience.

Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.

Why similar: FPS 39.1%, Classic 16.8% ★, Gore 13.4%, Shooter 10.9%, Old School 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is a masterclass in modern boomer-shooter design, offering fast, responsive combat and a dark, retro atmosphere.

Serious Sam II is a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!

Why similar: FPS 31.5%, Classic 11.1% ★, Co-op 10.9%, Gore 8.7%, Comedy 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It leans further into the series' comedic tone while providing the same massive, screen-filling battles.

Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.

Why similar: FPS 54%, Gore 16.7%, Shooter 10%, Classic 6.7% ★, Action 6%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines classic 90s shooter sensibilities with modern rendering and incredibly satisfying, gore-filled combat.

Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.

Why similar: FPS 37.3%, Classic 27.2% ★, Shooter 7.3%, Gore 7.3%, Old School 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: As a foundational title for the genre, it provides the same fast, twitch-based combat that defines the arena shooter experience.

Step into the boots of Grayson Hunt after a crash landing on an old resort planet forces him to make a hard choice: survival or revenge. Execute masterful kills with Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition’s unique combat system that rewards you for performing the most creative and deadly kills imaginable.

Why similar: FPS 37.5%, Gore 19.6%, Action 9.1%, Shooter 8.4%, Comedy 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes creative, arcade-style kills and over-the-top action that feels right at home with the Serious Sam franchise.

Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!

Why similar: FPS 51.8%, Shooter 12.8%, Gore 12.4%, Action 7.7%, Difficult 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It features extreme movement mechanics and over-the-top weaponry that perfectly match the chaotic energy of the Serious Sam series.

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is a new stand-alone expansion to the world of the classic FPS series. Join the fight against Notorious Mental on a journey through the wild lands of Russia, and find your way through this lost chapter of Sam Stone's adventures.

Why similar: FPS 28.1%, Shooter 13%, Old School 12%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Co-op 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This standalone expansion provides more of the classic Serious Sam formula with modern quality-of-life improvements.

You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.

Why similar: FPS 38.8%, Classic 25% ★, Gore 7.4%, Shooter 6.9%, Action 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It remains a classic example of tight, responsive movement and weapon-focused combat against waves of aggressive enemies.

Shadow Warrior 2 is the stunning evolution of Flying Wild Hog’s offbeat first-person shooter starring the brash warrior Lo Wang, who must again wield a devastating combination of guns, blades, magic and wit to strike down the demonic legions overwhelming the world.

Why similar: FPS 31.5%, Gore 17.9%, Co-op 14%, Shooter 8.2%, Action 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a blend of fast-paced shooting, melee combat, and the same kind of irreverent humor found in the Serious Sam games.

Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through four beautiful worlds, confronting countless foes on his way to Mental's base.

Why similar: FPS 33.5%, Classic 20.2% ★, Co-op 9.3%, Action 7.4%, Shooter 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a unified, updated experience of the original classic games for those who want to revisit the series' origins.

Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick! Join the world’s greatest action hero in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour as he saves Earth once again, kicking alien ass and saving babes across the globe along the way.

Why similar: FPS 34.2%, Classic 23% ★, Gore 11.5%, Shooter 6.6%, Action 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is a quintessential classic shooter that shares the same DNA of humor, secrets, and fast-paced arena combat.

3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!

Why similar: FPS 52.6%, Old School 13.8%, Shooter 13%, Action 7%, First-Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Built on the classic Build engine, this game delivers a polished, high-octane experience that feels like a love letter to 90s shooters.

The definitive version of the cult classic shooter, Shadow Warrior Classic Redux features remastered visuals and two massive expansion packs. Corporations rule every facet of life in a near-future Japan and employ Shadow Warriors, one-man armies of unparalleled skill, to protect their power and forcefully remove all opposition.

Why similar: FPS 36.8%, Classic 25.5% ★, Gore 9.6%, Shooter 6.5%, Old School 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is a faithful update to a classic shooter that shares the arcade-style sensibilities and humor of the Serious Sam series.

Relive Half-Life.

Why similar: FPS 37.9%, Classic 19.5% ★, Shooter 8.7%, Aliens 8.2%, Action 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: While more narrative-driven, its polished combat and classic FPS structure make it a great choice for fans of the genre's roots.

Apogee Software and Interceptor Entertainment proudly present the rebirth of the cult-classic first-person shooter, “Rise of the Triad”. Bigger, better and more ludicrous than ever before.

Why similar: FPS 43.3%, Gore 13.2%, Old School 9.9%, Shooter 7.2%, Action 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game is a high-speed, high-gore tribute to the early days of the FPS genre, focusing on pure, unadulterated action.

HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.

Why similar: FPS 51.1%, Gore 13.1%, Shooter 11.8%, Old School 10.3%, Action 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This gritty, retro-inspired shooter captures the same sense of dread and fast-paced survival found in classic arena titles.

Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.

Why similar: FPS 45.2%, Old School 14.4%, Shooter 13.7%, Gore 12.3%, Action 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a tactical yet fast-paced approach to the boomer-shooter genre that rewards precision and movement.

Pile on the firepower with the revolutionary Gunstacker and fire all your weapons at once in a symphony of destruction!

Why similar: Action 31.4%, Gore 22.6%, Shooter 22.1%, Comedy 17.2%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This 2D spin-off retains the series' signature humor and overwhelming enemy counts in a unique, side-scrolling format.

Painkiller Black Edition includes the expansion pack Battle Out of Hell, featuring 10 additional single-player levels and many new villains.

Why similar: FPS 33.6%, Gore 21%, Classic 21% ★, Shooter 8.3%, Action 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive version of the original Painkiller, offering the pure arena-clearing gameplay that fans of Serious Sam crave.

Aliens Versus Predator Classic 2000 features the Colonial Marine, Alien and Predator Campaigns and the frenetic single-player Skirmish mode from the original title: Alien Versus Predator Gold Edition, which was released to massive acclaim in 2000.

Why similar: FPS 35.5%, Classic 26.2% ★, Aliens 9.4%, Shooter 6.6%, Action 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides an intense, claustrophobic, and fast-paced combat experience against overwhelming odds.

Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!

Why similar: FPS 33.2%, Classic 22.8% ★, Gore 8.2%, Co-op 6.4%, Action 6.4%

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month February 2002!

Why similar: FPS 32.3%, Classic 20.6% ★, Gore 10.5%, Co-op 7.3%, Action 7.1%

Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter is a frantic arcade action FPS, featuring singleplay and co-op campaign, various multiplayer modes, all presented in glorious VR and with different locomotion movements.

Why similar: Gore 61.5%, Action 31.5%, Indie 7.1%

Serious Sam Fusion is a central hub for several existing Serious Sam games developed by Croteam. Cool new features, engine upgrades, patches and updates will be released to existing owners for FREE!

Why similar: FPS 29.2%, Gore 16.5%, Co-op 9.6%, Action 9.2%, Classic 7.7% ★

Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter is a sequel to Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter - frantic arcade action FPS, featuring singleplay and co-op campaign, various multiplayer modes, all presented in glorious VR and with different locomotion movements.

Why similar: Gore 23.8%, FPS 19.6%, Co-op 14.1%, Action 11.8%, Old School 11.4%

Shadow Warrior is a bold reimagining of the classic 3D Realms’ shooter from independent developer Flying Wild Hog (Hard Reset) starring the legendary and quick-witted warrior Lo Wang.

Why similar: FPS 43.2%, Gore 17.3%, Action 9.4%, Comedy 8.7%, Shooter 5.5%

The King arrives with an arsenal of over-the-top weapons, giant explosions and pure unadulterated fun!

Why similar: FPS 44.3%, Aliens 7.8%, Shooter 7.5%, Action 7.4%, Classic 7.1% ★

Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell.

Why similar: Gore 30.6%, Co-op 27.2%, Action 25.1%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Indie 5.8%

Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.

Why similar: FPS 38.6%, Gore 18.5%, Classic 10.6% ★, Shooter 9.2%, Action 5.9%

Serious Sam is back! And this time it's REAL!

Why similar: Gore 35.6%, FPS 25%, Action 13.6%, Co-op 11.4%, Shooter 10.7%

Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.

Why similar: FPS 36.5%, Classic 28.8% ★, Gore 8.6%, Old School 6.6%, Shooter 5.8%

Choose your weapons and take aim at the most random Serious Sam adventure yet!

Why similar: Action 59.9%, Comedy 21.9%, Indie 14.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.

Why similar: FPS 59.3%, Classic 15.6% ★, Shooter 5.7%, Aliens 5.2%, Action 4.5%

The critically-acclaimed and award-winning FPS franchise is back! Packed with tons of fast-paced, adrenaline-fueled single player and multiplayer action, Painkiller Overdose brings with it 6 innovative new demonic weapons, mind-bending physics, lightning-player maps, over 40 demented and sickly-twisted monsters from Hell and gigantic end...

Why similar: FPS 45.4%, Gore 24%, Action 13.8%, Shooter 8.9%, Multiplayer 4.4%

Half-Life Deathmatch: Source is a recreation of the first multiplayer game set in the Half-Life universe. Features all the classic weapons and most-played maps, now running on the Source engine.

Why similar: FPS 44.9%, Classic 16.5% ★, Action 12.7%, Shooter 9.5%, Multiplayer 9.2%

6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!

Why similar: FPS 41.8%, Co-op 17.5%, Gore 10.9%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Multiplayer 6.7%

Discover the original co-op shooter-looter, crammed with new enhancements! As one of 4 trigger-happy mercenaries with RPG progression, equip bazillions of guns to take on the desert planet Pandora.

Why similar: FPS 33.9%, Co-op 14.5%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Shooter 11%, Gore 7.3%

The greatest warriors of all time and space have been summoned to battle for the amusement of an ancient alien race. Wield a variety of guns and power-ups as you fight for glory against ruthless combatants in this fast-paced single-player and multiplayer FPS.

Why similar: FPS 41.1%, Classic 24.5% ★, Multiplayer 7.2%, Gore 6.6%, Shooter 6.4%

Fast multiplayer action set in the Half-Life 2 universe! HL2's physics adds a new dimension to deathmatch play. Play straight deathmatch or try Combine vs. Resistance teamplay. Toss a toilet at your friend today!

Why similar: FPS 47.7%, Action 16.1%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Shooter 9.1%, Co-op 4.5%

Play the enhanced version of the original game released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997. Years have passed since you stopped Hell’s invasion of Earth. Quarantined for humanity’s safety, the UAC research facilities on Mars were abandoned and forgotten...until now.

Why similar: FPS 35.9%, Classic 26.8% ★, Gore 12.9%, Action 7.9%, Shooter 7.6%

POSTAL Redux is a high definition remake of the classic dark and surreal twin-stick isometric shooter. Take control of The POSTAL Dude as he fights to survive in a world gone mad with violence.

Why similar: Gore 29.3%, Online Co-Op 19.7%, Co-op 19.1%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Shooter 10.9%

The 2D side-scrolling shooter from The Behemoth is back! With your mighty blaster and a group of mysterious kids by your side, destroy the agency and reclaim your spaceship!

Why similar: Aliens 20.9%, Old School 20.6%, Co-op 20.5%, Action 15.7%, Multiplayer 10.3%

Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE is a virtual reality action shooter, a glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters where men were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made things go boom.

Why similar: Gore 71.5%, Action 23.3%, Indie 5.3%

Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.

Why similar: FPS 29.5%, Classic 19.5% ★, Gore 11.2%, Aliens 8.3%, Shooter 7.9%

Over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies & a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting. Hard Reset is here to shake up the shooter scene. Try the demo now.

Why similar: FPS 63.8%, Shooter 10%, Action 9.2%, Sci-fi 5.1%, First-Person 4.3%

Step into the boots of Serious Sam's most iconic foe, the Headless Kamikaze, and chase down the vile Serious Sam in this action packed arcade runner

Why similar: Action 61.1%, Funny 17.3%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Indie 5.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%

A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.

Why similar: FPS 44.1%, Classic 19.8% ★, Gore 9.8%, Shooter 9%, Action 6%