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Serious Sam
Serious Sam
	The "Serious Bomb" logo since Serious Sam 4
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Developer(s)	Croteam
Publisher(s)	Gathering of Developers (2001–2002); Global Star Software (2001, 2004); Gotham Games (2002); 2K Games (2005); Devolver Digital (2009–present);
Platform(s)	List Android; iOS; GameCube; Game Boy Advance; Linux; macOS; Microsoft Windows; Nintendo Switch; Palm OS; PlayStation 2; PlayStation 3; PlayStation 4; PlayStation 5; Stadia; Xbox; Xbox 360; Xbox One; Xbox Series X/S;
First release	Serious Sam: The First Encounter; 21 March 2001
Latest release	Serious Sam: Tormental; 8 April 2022

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Serious Sam is a video game series created and primarily developed by Croteam. It consists predominantly of first-person shooters. The series follows the advances of mercenary Sam "Serious" Stone against Mental, an extraterrestrial overlord who attempts to destroy humanity at various points in time. The first game, Serious Sam: The First Encounter, was released for Microsoft Windows in March 2001. Several spin-offs were developed by other developers, such as a Palm OS conversion of The First Encounter by InterActive Vision, Serious Sam: Next Encounter (on GameCube and PlayStation 2) by Climax Solent, and Serious Sam Advance (on Game Boy Advance) by Climax London. All three were published by Global Star Software.

Development

Croteam created a proprietary engine for use in both Serious Sam: The First Encounter and Serious Sam: The Second Encounter. At the time Croteam was making Serious Sam, licensing other engines was costly (upwards of US$1 million), so they made their own from scratch, following the feature set of the first Doom engine, which simulated 3D spaces in 2D, and did not include up or down targeting. As they were creating their own, both Duke Nukem 3D (which added up-and-down freelook) and Quake (a fully 3D rendered environment) were released, requiring Croteam to incorporate these features into their engine for their game to be competitive. Development was further complicated when the first 3D accelerators were released, prompting Croteam to develop for hardware rendering over software.^[1] Recognizing they needed to bring something new to what other games were pushing at that time, Croteam decided that they would make their Serious Engine support extremely large environments, with virtual view distances of over a kilometre, physics support, and capability of rendering up to a hundred enemies on screen at a time, and do this on the processing power of what current low-end computers using the original Pentium CPUs could handle.^[1] The team devised ways of doing object path caching so that they only had to perform collision detection with environmental features every few seconds rather than every cycle. Collision detection was also sped up by approximating the environment with spheres rather than boxes. This also enabled them to have multidirection gravity which was used for some of the game's secret areas.^[1]

Serious Engine 1 is available as open-source software.^[2] A more powerful iteration of the Serious Engine was developed for use in Serious Sam 2 and is known as Serious Engine 2. It supports many features of modern GPUs such as pixel and vertex shaders, HDR, bloom and parallax mapping. Serious Engine 3 was used in Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter and Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter. It includes detailed shading, and enemies are re-modelled to look more realistic. This engine is also being developed to harness the full capacity of HDR and high definition mapping. An updated version, Serious Engine 3.5, is used in Serious Sam 3.

Serious Sam is voiced by John Dick.^[3]

After the release of both HD remakes of the original Serious Sam episodes, Devolver Digital re-released both classic encounters in 2010 and Serious Sam 2 in 2011.^[4]

Games

Main series


Title	Details
Serious Sam: The First Encounter Original release date: WW: 21 March 2001^[5]	Release years by system: 2001 – Windows 2001 – Palm OS 2002 – Xbox HD Version 2009 – Windows 2010 – Xbox 360 2017 – Linux 2020 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
	Notes: First-person shooter Published by Gathering of Developers The Xbox version of the game is published by Gotham Games, which combines The First Encounter and The Second Encounter into one game In 2003, both The First Encounter and The Second Encounter were compiled into one single collection titled Serious Sam: Gold On 24 November 2009, The First Encounter was re-released with high-definition graphics titled Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter^[6] On 31 March 2017, The First Encounter was re-released with virtual reality support titled Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter^[7] A bundle containing both of the original games, titled Serious Sam Classics: Revolution, was developed by Alligator Pit and was in early access from 2014 until its full release in 2019^[8]
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter Original release date: WW: 5 February 2002^[9]	Release years by system: 2002 – Windows, Xbox HD Version 2010 – Windows, Xbox 360 2017 – Linux 2020 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
	Notes: First-person shooter Published by Gathering of Developers The Xbox version of the game is published by Gotham Games, which combines The Second Encounter and The First Encounter into one game In 2003, both The First Encounter and The Second Encounter were compiled into one single collection titled Serious Sam: Gold On 28 April 2010, The Second Encounter was re-released with high-definition graphics titled Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter^[10] On 4 April 2017, The Second Encounter was re-released with virtual reality support titled Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter^[11] A bundle containing both of the original games, titled Serious Sam Classics: Revolution, was developed by Alligator Pit and was in early access from 2014 until its full release in 2019^[8]
Serious Sam 2 Original release date: WW: 11 October 2005^[12]	Release years by system: 2005 – Windows, Xbox
	Notes: Developed by Croteam and published by 2K Games Sequel to Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Serious Sam 3: BFE Original release date: WW: 22 November 2011^[13]	Release years by system: 2011 – Windows 2012 – Mac OS X, Xbox 360, Linux 2014 – PlayStation 3 2020 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
	Notes: Developed by Croteam and published by Devolver Digital Prequel to Serious Sam: The First Encounter On 10 November 2017, Serious Sam 3: BFE was re-released with virtual reality support titled Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE
Serious Sam 4 Original release date: WW: 24 September 2020	Release years by system: 2020 – Windows, Stadia 2021 – PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
	Notes: Developed by Croteam and published by Devolver Digital Prequel to Serious Sam 3: BFE
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem Original release date: WW: 25 January 2022	Release years by system: 2022 – Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
	Notes: Developed by Timelock Studio and Croteam^[14] Published by Devolver Digital^[14] Standalone expansion to Serious Sam 4^[14]

Spin-offs


Title	Details
Serious Sam: Next Encounter Original release dates: NA: 14 April 2004 EU: 30 April 2004	Release years by system: 2004 – GameCube, PlayStation 2
	Notes: Developed by Climax Solent and published by Global Star Software
Serious Sam Advance Original release dates: NA: 14 April 2004 EU: 30 April 2004	Release years by system: 2004 – Game Boy Advance
	Notes: Developed by Climax London and published by Global Star Software
Serious Sam Double D Original release date: WW: 30 August 2011	Release years by system: 2011 – Windows 2013 – Xbox 360 (XXL)
	Notes: Developed by Mommy's Best Games and published by Devolver Digital An expanded version, Serious Sam Double D XXL, was released for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade in February 2013, introducing a local cooperative multiplayer mode. The Windows version followed as a free update for the original game
Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! Original release date: WW: 15 September 2011	Release years by system: 2011 – Android, iOS 2012 – Windows
	Notes: Developed by Be-Rad Entertainment and published by Devolver Digital
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter Original release date: WW: 24 October 2011	Release years by system: 2011 – Windows
	Notes: Developed by Vlambeer and published by Devolver Digital
Serious Sam: The Greek Encounter Original release date: WW: 24 January 2012	Release years by system: 2012 – Windows
	Notes: Developed by Eric Ruth Games and published by Devolver Digital
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour Original release date: WW: 20 June 2017	Release years by system: 2017 – Windows, Linux
	Notes: Developed by Crackshell and published by Devolver Digital^[15]
Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope Original release date: WW: 20 September 2017	Release years by system: 2017 – Windows
	Notes: Developed by Croteam VR and published by Devolver Digital
I Hate Running Backwards Original release date: WW: 22 May 2018	Release years by system: 2018 – Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
	Notes: Developed by Binx Interactive and published by Devolver Digital
Serious Sam: Tormental Original release date: WW: 8 April 2022	Release years by system: 2022 – Windows
	Notes: Developed by Gungrounds Published by Devolver Digital Formerly in early access from 2 April 2019

Notes

^ Croteam is the series' creator and primary developer. Other developers that worked on Serious Sam games are InterActive Vision, Climax London, Climax Solent, Mommy's Best Games, Be-Rad Entertainment, Vlambeer, Eric Ruth Games, Crackshell, Croteam VR, Binx Interactive, Timelock Studio, and Gungrounds.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Mosettig, Nikola; Manansala, Lee (3 October 2018). "War Stories: Serious Sam almost didn't happen—until crates saved the day". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
^ "Serious Sam's Serious Engine source code released". Croteam. 11 March 2016. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
^ Martin, Joe (12 August 2009). "Serious Sam voice actor for hire to fans". Bit-Tech. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ "Serious Sam: The Second Encounter HD Review". BitTech. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
^ "Serious Sam: The First Encounter". GameSpot. 26 October 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ "Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter". Steam. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ "Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter". Steam. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Serious Sam Classics: Revolution". Steam. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ "15th anniversary of Serious Sam: The Second Encounter". Croteam. 6 February 2017. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ "Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter". Steam. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ "Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter". Steam. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ "Serious Sam 2". Croteam. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ "Serious Sam 3: BFE". Croteam. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c O'Connor, Alice (10 January 2022). "Serious Sam shoots through Siberia in a standalone expansion this month". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
^ "Serious Sam's Bogus Detour on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] Croteam is the series' creator and primary developer. Other developers that worked on Serious Sam games are InterActive Vision, Climax London, Climax Solent, Mommy's Best Games, Be-Rad Entertainment, Vlambeer, Eric Ruth Games, Crackshell, Croteam VR, Binx Interactive, Timelock Studio, and Gungrounds.

[Ars_Technica-2] Mosettig, Nikola; Manansala, Lee (3 October 2018). "War Stories: Serious Sam almost didn't happen—until crates saved the day". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

[3] "Serious Sam's Serious Engine source code released". Croteam. 11 March 2016. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

[4] Martin, Joe (12 August 2009). "Serious Sam voice actor for hire to fans". Bit-Tech. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[5] "Serious Sam: The Second Encounter HD Review". BitTech. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

[6] "Serious Sam: The First Encounter". GameSpot. 26 October 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[7] "Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter". Steam. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[8] "Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter". Steam. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[SSC_Revolution-9] "Serious Sam Classics: Revolution". Steam. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[10] "15th anniversary of Serious Sam: The Second Encounter". Croteam. 6 February 2017. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[11] "Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter". Steam. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[12] "Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter". Steam. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[13] "Serious Sam 2". Croteam. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[14] "Serious Sam 3: BFE". Croteam. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[RPS:_Siberian_Mayhem-15] O'Connor, Alice (10 January 2022). "Serious Sam shoots through Siberia in a standalone expansion this month". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[16] "Serious Sam's Bogus Detour on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

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+| developer = [[Croteam]]{{efn|Croteam is the series' creator and primary developer. Other developers that worked on ''Serious Sam'' games are InterActive Vision, [[Climax London]], [[Climax Solent]], [[Mommy's Best Games]], [[Be-Rad Entertainment]], [[Vlambeer]], [[Eric Ruth Games]], [[Crackshell]], [[Croteam VR]], [[Binx Interactive]], [[Timelock Studio]], and [[Gungrounds]].}}
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 | [[2K Games]] (2005)
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-| Croteam Incubator (2019)
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 | first release version = ''[[Serious Sam: The First Encounter]]''
 | first release date = 21 March 2001
-| latest release version = ''[[Serious Sam 4]]''
+| latest release version = ''[[Serious Sam: Tormental]]''
-| latest release date = 24 September 2020
+| latest release date = 8 April 2022
 | genre = [[First-person shooter]]
-| platforms = {{Collapsible list|[[Android (operating system)|Android]]|[[iOS]]|[[GameCube]]|[[Game Boy Advance]]|[[Linux]]|[[macOS]]|[[Microsoft Windows]]|[[Palm OS]]|[[PlayStation 2]]|[[PlayStation 3]]|[[PlayStation 4]]|[[Google Stadia|Stadia]]|[[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]|[[Xbox 360]]|[[Xbox One]]}}
+| platforms = {{Collapsible list|[[Android (operating system)|Android]]|[[iOS]]|[[GameCube]]|[[Game Boy Advance]]|[[Linux]]|[[macOS]]|[[Microsoft Windows]]|[[Nintendo Switch]]|[[Palm OS]]|[[PlayStation 2]]|[[PlayStation 3]]|[[PlayStation 4]]|[[PlayStation 5]]|[[Google Stadia|Stadia]]|[[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]|[[Xbox 360]]|[[Xbox One]]|[[Xbox Series X and Series S|Xbox Series X/S]]}}
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 == Development ==
-Croteam created a proprietary engine for use in both ''[[Serious Sam: The First Encounter]]'' and ''[[Serious Sam: The Second Encounter]]''. At the time Croteam was making ''Serious Sam'', licensing other engines was costly (upwards of {{USD|1 million}}), so they made their own from scratch, following the feature set of the [[Doom engine|first ''Doom'' engine]], which simulated 3D spaces in 2D, and did not include up or down targeting. As they were creating their own, both ''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]'' (which added up-and-down freelook) and ''[[Quake (video game)|Quake]]'' (a fully 3D rendered environment) were released, requiring Croteam to incorporate these features into their engine for their game to be competitive. Development was further complicated when the first [[Graphics processing unit|3D accelerators]] were released, forcing Croteam to develop for hardware rendering over software.<ref name="Ars Technica">{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/10/war-stories-serious-sam-almost-didnt-happen-until-crates-saved-the-day/ |title=War Stories: ''Serious Sam'' almost didn't happen—until crates saved the day |first1=Nikola |last1=Mosettig |first2=Lee |last2=Manansala |date=3 October 2018 |website=[[Ars Technica]] |access-date=3 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003213132/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/10/war-stories-serious-sam-almost-didnt-happen-until-crates-saved-the-day/ |archive-date=3 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Recognizing they needed to bring something new to what other games were pushing at that time, Croteam decided that they would make their Serious Engine support extremely large environments, with virtual view distances of over a kilometre, physics support, and capable of rendering up to a hundred enemies on screen at a time, and do this on the processing power of what current low-end computers using the original [[P5 (microarchitecture)|Pentium]] CPUs could handle.<ref name="Ars Technica" /> The team devised ways of doing object path caching so that they only had to perform [[collision detection]] with environmental features every few seconds rather than every cycle. Collision detection was also sped up by approximating the environment with spheres rather than boxes. This also enabled them to have multidirection gravity which was used for some of the game's secret areas.<ref name="Ars Technica" />
+Croteam created a proprietary engine for use in both ''[[Serious Sam: The First Encounter]]'' and ''[[Serious Sam: The Second Encounter]]''. At the time Croteam was making ''Serious Sam'', licensing other engines was costly (upwards of {{USD|1 million}}), so they made their own from scratch, following the feature set of the [[Doom engine|first ''Doom'' engine]], which simulated 3D spaces in 2D, and did not include up or down targeting. As they were creating their own, both ''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]'' (which added up-and-down freelook) and ''[[Quake (video game)|Quake]]'' (a fully 3D rendered environment) were released, requiring Croteam to incorporate these features into their engine for their game to be competitive. Development was further complicated when the first [[Graphics processing unit|3D accelerators]] were released, prompting Croteam to develop for hardware rendering over software.<ref name="Ars Technica">{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/10/war-stories-serious-sam-almost-didnt-happen-until-crates-saved-the-day/ |title=War Stories: ''Serious Sam'' almost didn't happen—until crates saved the day |first1=Nikola |last1=Mosettig |first2=Lee |last2=Manansala |date=3 October 2018 |website=[[Ars Technica]] |access-date=3 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003213132/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/10/war-stories-serious-sam-almost-didnt-happen-until-crates-saved-the-day/ |archive-date=3 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Recognizing they needed to bring something new to what other games were pushing at that time, Croteam decided that they would make their Serious Engine support extremely large environments, with virtual view distances of over a kilometre, physics support, and capability of rendering up to a hundred enemies on screen at a time, and do this on the processing power of what current low-end computers using the original [[P5 (microarchitecture)|Pentium]] CPUs could handle.<ref name="Ars Technica" /> The team devised ways of doing object path caching so that they only had to perform [[collision detection]] with environmental features every few seconds rather than every cycle. Collision detection was also sped up by approximating the environment with spheres rather than boxes. This also enabled them to have multidirection gravity which was used for some of the game's secret areas.<ref name="Ars Technica" />
 Serious Engine 1 is available as open-source software.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.croteam.com/serious-sam-source-code-released/ |title=Serious Sam's Serious Engine source code released |date=11 March 2016 |website=[[Croteam]] |access-date=12 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312014114/http://www.croteam.com/serious-sam-source-code-released/ |archive-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> A more powerful iteration of the Serious Engine was developed for use in ''[[Serious Sam 2]]'' and is known as Serious Engine 2. It supports many features of modern GPUs such as pixel and vertex shaders, HDR, bloom and parallax mapping. Serious Engine 3 was used in ''[[Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter]]'' and ''[[Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter]]''. It includes detailed shading, and enemies are re-modelled to look more realistic. This engine is also being developed to harness the full capacity of HDR and high definition mapping. An updated version, Serious Engine 3.5, is used in ''Serious Sam 3''.
-Serious Sam is voiced by John J. Dick.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bit-tech.net/news/gaming/pc/serious-sam-voice-actor-for-hire-to-fans/1/ |title=Serious Sam voice actor for hire to fans |first=Joe |last=Martin |date=August 12, 2009 |website=[[Bit-Tech]] |access-date=14 February 2020 |archive-date=12 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812074607/https://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/pc/serious-sam-voice-actor-for-hire-to-fans/1/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
+Serious Sam is voiced by John Dick.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bit-tech.net/news/gaming/pc/serious-sam-voice-actor-for-hire-to-fans/1/ |title=Serious Sam voice actor for hire to fans |first=Joe |last=Martin |date=August 12, 2009 |website=[[Bit-Tech]] |access-date=14 February 2020 |archive-date=12 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812074607/https://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/pc/serious-sam-voice-actor-for-hire-to-fans/1/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-After the release of both HD remakes of the original ''Serious Sam'' episodes, Devolver Digital re-released both classic encounters in 2010 and ''[[Serious Sam 2]]'' in 2011.
+After the release of both HD remakes of the original ''Serious Sam'' episodes, Devolver Digital re-released both classic encounters in 2010 and ''[[Serious Sam 2]]'' in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Serious Sam: The Second Encounter HD Review |url=https://bit-tech.net/reviews/gaming/pc/serious-sam-the-second-encounter-hd-review/1/ |website=BitTech |access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref>
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-| date       = {{vgrelease|WW|21 March 2001<ref>{{cite web |title=Serious Sam: The First Encounter |url=https://www.gamespot.com/games/serious-sam-the-first-encounter/ |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608192226/https://www.gamespot.com/games/serious-sam-the-first-encounter/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
+| date       = {{vgrelease|WW|21 March 2001<ref>{{cite web |title=Serious Sam: The First Encounter |url=https://www.gamespot.com/games/serious-sam-the-first-encounter/ |website=[[GameSpot]] |date=26 October 2019 |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608192226/https://www.gamespot.com/games/serious-sam-the-first-encounter/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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 * On 24 November 2009, ''The First Encounter'' was re-released with high-definition graphics titled ''Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter''<ref>{{cite web |title=Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/41000/Serious_Sam_HD_The_First_Encounter/ |website=[[Steam (service)|Steam]] |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112004804/https://store.steampowered.com/app/41000/Serious_Sam_HD_The_First_Encounter/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 * On 31 March 2017, ''The First Encounter'' was re-released with virtual reality support titled ''Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter''<ref>{{cite web |title=Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/552450/Serious_Sam_VR_The_First_Encounter/ |website=[[Steam (service)|Steam]] |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=20 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420165536/https://store.steampowered.com/app/552450/Serious_Sam_VR_The_First_Encounter/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-* A unified{{clarify|reason=Unified?|date=June 2020}} version of the original game titled ''Serious Sam Classics: Revolution'' was developed by Alligator Pit and was on early access in 2014 until its full release in 2019<ref name="SSC_Revolution">{{cite web |title=Serious Sam Classics: Revolution |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/227780/Serious_Sam_Classics_Revolution/ |website=[[Steam (service)|Steam]] |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607205232/https://store.steampowered.com/app/227780/Serious_Sam_Classics_Revolution/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
+* A bundle containing both of the original games, titled ''Serious Sam Classics: Revolution'', was developed by Alligator Pit and was in [[early access]] from 2014 until its full release in 2019<ref name="SSC_Revolution">{{cite web |title=Serious Sam Classics: Revolution |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/227780/Serious_Sam_Classics_Revolution/ |website=[[Steam (service)|Steam]] |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607205232/https://store.steampowered.com/app/227780/Serious_Sam_Classics_Revolution/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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-| date       = {{vgrelease|WW|5 February 2002<ref>{{cite web |title=15th anniversary of Serious Sam: The Second Encounter |url=http://www.croteam.com/15th-anniversary-serious-sam-second-encounter/ |website=[[Croteam]] |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=16 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616040648/http://www.croteam.com/15th-anniversary-serious-sam-second-encounter/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
+| date       = {{vgrelease|WW|5 February 2002<ref>{{cite web |title=15th anniversary of Serious Sam: The Second Encounter |url=http://www.croteam.com/15th-anniversary-serious-sam-second-encounter/ |website=[[Croteam]] |date=6 February 2017 |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=16 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616040648/http://www.croteam.com/15th-anniversary-serious-sam-second-encounter/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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 * On 28 April 2010, ''The Second Encounter'' was re-released with high-definition graphics titled ''Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter''<ref>{{cite web |title=Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/41014/Serious_Sam_HD_The_Second_Encounter/ |website=[[Steam (service)|Steam]] |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=10 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510160303/https://store.steampowered.com/app/41014/Serious_Sam_HD_The_Second_Encounter/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 * On 4 April 2017, ''The Second Encounter'' was re-released with virtual reality support titled ''Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter''<ref>{{cite web |title=Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/552460/Serious_Sam_VR_The_Second_Encounter/ |website=[[Steam (service)|Steam]] |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=21 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621120727/https://store.steampowered.com/app/552460/Serious_Sam_VR_The_Second_Encounter/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-* A unified{{clarify|reason=Unified?|date=June 2020}} version of the original game titled ''Serious Sam Classics: Revolution'' was developed by Alligator Pit and was on early access in 2014 until its full release in 2019<ref name="SSC_Revolution"/>
+* A bundle containing both of the original games, titled ''Serious Sam Classics: Revolution'', was developed by Alligator Pit and was in early access from 2014 until its full release in 2019<ref name="SSC_Revolution"/>
 }}
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 | platform   =
 | notes      = * Developed by [[Croteam]] and published by [[2K Games]]
-* Sequel to ''[[Serious Sam (video game)|Serious Sam]]''
+* Sequel to ''[[Serious Sam: The Second Encounter]]''
 }}
 {{Video game titles/item
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 | platform   =
 | notes      = * Developed by [[Croteam]] and published by [[Devolver Digital]]
-* Prequel to ''[[Serious Sam (video game)|Serious Sam]]''
+* Prequel to ''[[Serious Sam: The First Encounter]]''
 * On 10 November 2017, ''Serious Sam 3: BFE'' was re-released with virtual reality support titled ''Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE''
 }}
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 | canceled   =
 | refs       =
-| release    = 2020 – [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Google Stadia|Stadia]]<br />2021 – [[Xbox Series S/X]], [[PS5]]
+| release    = 2020 – [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Google Stadia|Stadia]]<br />2021 – [[PlayStation 5]], [[Xbox Series X/S]]
 | platform   =
 | notes      = * Developed by [[Croteam]] and published by [[Devolver Digital]]
 * Prequel to ''[[Serious Sam 3: BFE]]''
+}}
+{{Video game titles/item
+| series     = no
+| futuregame = no
+| article    = Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem
+| title      = Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem
+| date       = {{vgrelease|WW|25 January 2022}}
+| multiplereleasedates = no
+| canceled   =
+| refs       =
+| release    = 2022 – [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[PlayStation 5]], [[Xbox Series X/S]]
+| platform   =
+| notes      = * Developed by Timelock Studio and Croteam<ref name="RPS: Siberian Mayhem">{{cite web |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/serious-sam-shoots-through-siberia-in-a-standalone-expansion-this-month |title=Serious Sam shoots through Siberia in a standalone expansion this month |first=Alice |last=O'Connor |date=10 January 2022 |website=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]] |access-date=10 January 2022 |archive-date=10 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110192501/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/serious-sam-shoots-through-siberia-in-a-standalone-expansion-this-month |url-status=live}}</ref>
+* Published by Devolver Digital<ref name="RPS: Siberian Mayhem" />
+* [[Standalone expansion]] to ''Serious Sam 4''<ref name="RPS: Siberian Mayhem" />
 }}
 }}
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 | platform   =
 | notes      = * Developed by [[Mommy's Best Games]] and published by [[Devolver Digital]]
-* An expanded version, ''Serious Sam Double D XXL'' was released for [[Xbox 360]] via [[Xbox Live Arcade]] in February 2013, introducing a local cooperative multiplayer mode, the Windows version followed after as a free update for the original game
+* An expanded version, ''Serious Sam Double D XXL'', was released for the [[Xbox 360]] via [[Xbox Live Arcade]] in February 2013, introducing a local cooperative multiplayer mode. The Windows version followed as a free update for the original game
 }}
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 {{Video game titles/item
 | series     = no
-| futuregame = yes
+| futuregame = no
 | article    = Serious Sam: Tormental
 | title      = Serious Sam: Tormental
-| date       = TBA
+| date       = {{vgrelease|WW|8 April 2022}}
 | multiplereleasedates = no
 | canceled   =
 | refs       =
-| release    = TBA – [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
+| release    = 2022 – [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
 | platform   =
 | notes      = * Developed by Gungrounds
-* Published by [[Croteam Incubator]]
+* Published by Devolver Digital
-* In [[early access]] since 2 April 2019
+* Formerly in early access from 2 April 2019
-}}
-{{Video game titles/item
-| series     = no
-| futuregame = yes
-| article    =
-| title      = Serious Sam Origins
-| date       = TBA
-| multiplereleasedates = no
-| canceled   =
-| refs       =
-| release    = TBA – [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
-| platform   =
-| notes      = * Developed by members of SeriousSite.ru, a ''Serious Sam'' [[fansite]]<ref name="Origins">{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/croteam/posts/serious-sam-origins-a-croteam-backed-indie-project-in-development-by-a-serioussi/616718725018278/ |title=Serious Sam Origins, a Croteam backed indie... |date=13 October 2013 |publisher=[[Croteam]] |via=[[Facebook]] |access-date=10 September 2020 |archive-date=6 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606090606/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcroteam%2Fposts%2Fserious-sam-origins-a-croteam-backed-indie-project-in-development-by-a-serioussi%2F616718725018278%2F |url-status=live }}</ref>
-* Sanctioned by Croteam<ref name="Origins" />
-* A [[Mod (video games)|mod]] for ''The Second Encounter'' based on [[pre-alpha]] content of the game<ref name="Origins" />
 }}
 }}
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 [[Category:Serious Sam| ]]
 [[Category:Video game franchises introduced in 2001]]
+[[Category:Indie games]]

v t e Serious Sam
Main series	The First Encounter The Second Encounter Serious Sam 2 Serious Sam 3: BFE Serious Sam 4 Siberian Mayhem
Spin-offs	Advance Next Encounter Double D Kamikaze Attack! The Random Encounter Bogus Detour VR: The Last Hope I Hate Running Backwards Tormental
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