31 August 2026 16:24 UTC · Community Announcements · THE LAW
The wait is over. Serious Sam: Shatterverse is available today on Steam! Bringing roguelite chaos to Serious Sam has been an absolute blast, and we owe a huge thanks to this community for helping us shape it. Our goal was simple: keep the massive hordes and ridiculous gunplay you expect, but add a fresh, highly replayable co-op twist.Now it’s on you to tear the Shatterverse apart. Whether you’re running completely offline to prove you’re the ultimate one-Sam army, or dragging four friends into the chaos, you’ve got options. Pick from five totally different versions of Sam (yes, including the c
26 March 2026 18:26 UTC · Community Announcements · IIIIDANNYIIII
Hey folks, It's a massive day for everyone at Croteam and Devolver Digital because we get to announce a brand new partnership with Behaviour Interactive, who are working on the next installment of the Serious Sam series. Serious Sam: Shatterverse is their take on the franchise, and a reimagining of the backpedalling mayhem you all love as a roguelite cooperative shooter. With Croteam hard at work on the Talos Principle and an exciting new IP, we're thrilled to have games industry legends at Behaviour Interactive take on the legendary Serious Sam IP as the lead developer on Serious Sam: Shatter
5 March 2026 17:25 UTC · Community Announcements · THE LAW
Heya folks, we've pushed a hotfix regarding the completion achievements unlock conditions.Previously, they required you to beat the whole game from start to finish in one run, but now you can unlock them regardless of the order you finish the levels!Thank you for the ongoing support and feedback!
20 February 2026 19:18 UTC · Community Announcements · THE LAW
Hello folks! We’ve addressed several issues related to achievements. Below you can find the full changelog.Happy achievement hunting!Added check for achievements that have been achieved, but not awarded, during startup and awards them.Custom Level menu have a single column once again, with newly added info to show whether or not the player has beat the estimated time (for Serious Run Achievement).Enemy count at “Be Quick Or Be Dead”, “Welcome To The Jungle” and “Jump In The Fire” levels are no longer multiplied even if set.Attempt to fix the crash at the end of “Chanolin Temple” level.Removed
11 February 2026 12:14 UTC · PC Gamer · Joshua Wolens
Few things thrill me like a very old game suddenly getting an update. Keep, quintuple-A publishers, your storied pomp. Give me your ancient, your forgotten, your games that run in Unreal Engine 1 and whose default controls make heavy use of the numpad. That's what gets me excited... Read more.
10 February 2026 17:46 UTC · Community Announcements · THE LAW
You asked for Achievements and THEY ARE HERE!30 brand-new achievements are now ready for you to hunt down during your number 142451 no deaths, colt-only, left-handed, no damage, blindfolded Serious Sam 2 run! On top of the achievements, we’ve also fixed, tweaked, and duct-taped a bunch of things across the game.Check out the full changelog below and, as always… STAY SERIOUS :sam2banana::sam2serioussam: Serious Sam 2 update 2.2 GeneralːwinnersamːImplemented 30 Steam Achievements ːwinnersamːAdded Auto Aim profile option to the Controller Options menusUpdated fonts and added missing Croatian cha
31 October 2025 14:29 UTC · GamingOnLinux
A blast from the past returns in style, with Serious Sam 2 from Croteam recently getting a huge 20th Annviersary Update and now it has been Steam Deck Verified. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/the-classic-serious-sam-2-gets-a-big-upgrade-and-now-steam-deck-verified/
30 October 2025 17:18 UTC · Community Announcements · THE LAW
27 October 2025 17:05 UTC · Community Announcements · THE LAW
Hey folks! You thought the Serious Sam 2 anniversary was just one day of celebration with an update? No way! We’ll be celebrating it all year long, and today we’re proud to present the Serious Sam 2 Digital Art Book!This massive over 450 pages collection is packed with visual history and development art straight from the making of the game, featuring:Early sketches of characters, enemies, and bossesDetailed items, weapons, and vehicles designsStory and level art sections highlighting the vibrant worlds of Serious Sam 2A huge work-in-progress gallery filled with never before seen assets and con
13 October 2025 13:07 UTC · PC Gamer · Joshua Wolens
Serious Sam 2 just got a meaty patch from the devs at Croteam featuring UI updates, graphical improvements, changes to the multiplayer, and bugfixes. George W Bush is president, and the subprime mortgage market can only go up, up, up, baby!.. Read more.
11 October 2025 15:03 UTC · Community Announcements · THE LAW
Heya folks!It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 20 years since one of our boldest and most colorful adventures - Serious Sam 2! A game that’s been both loved and debated, but never ignored, packed with wild ideas, vibrant worlds, and tons of personality that made it truly one of a kind.To celebrate this milestone, we’re rolling out a special Anniversary Update, packed with ways to show off your undying love for Sam 2 and to keep those Serious vibes alive for years to come! Community Items14 Trading Cards10 Emoticons6 Profile Backgrounds3 Animated Profile Backgrounds1 Mini Profile Background3 Av
9 September 2021 17:04 UTC · Eurogamer
We've been down this route before with Quake 2, of course. Taking an ancient, relatively simple 3D game and upgrading it into a fully path-traced graphical experience can be revelatory - and that's exactly what we see with this recently released, highly modified version of Serious Sam: The First Encounter. Yes, that's TFE, not Serious Sam HD - so it's a mod of the original game, largely bound by the limitations of the 2001 release. However, as you'll see from the video and head-to-head screenshots on this page, the results of a transition to a fully path-traced experience are impressive. To ge
27 April 2021 08:59 UTC · Community Announcements · IIIIDANNYIIII
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/3952782/b198f0a63ff66ecf891b9ac370b8b1351053d638.png Hey, yo! Bet you thought we’d just drop the previous update and then forget about it. Well, the joke’s on you, because we have another one coming. What started as a hotfix, ended up as a full-blown patch with some much-needed fixes introduced with the huge update from a month ago, along with some cool tweaks and fixes based on community feedback. The powerful Nate has been working around the clock with our testing team to wrap this bad boy up, and while we are happy with it, we’ll be looking out for any and all additional
23 March 2021 21:41 UTC · Eurogamer
Serious Sam, Croteam's massively over-the-top first-person shooter series, is 20 years old this week, and the developer has surprised fans by launching a substantial free update for Serious Sam 2 on PC as part of its birthday celebrations. It's been 15 years since Serious Sam 2's debut, and today's update aims to improve on that original experience by introducing a range of new features and enhancements. There's a new weapon in the form of the BeamGun (modelled on the Ghost Buster from the original Serious Sam design document), for instance, alongside 12 previously unreleased multiplayer maps,
23 March 2021 15:50 UTC · Community Announcements · IIIIDANNYIIII
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/3952782/90e5ebcc6076993902287c51b10d5a0e7856ac4a.jpg Bet you didn’t see this one coming! But here it is anyway. It’s been five billion years since the last proper update for Serious Sam 2. In the meantime, we have released a bunch of games, but Serious Sam 2 was always creeping in the darkest corners of our minds. So much so that when the ol’ Nate, aka Nathan Brown, aka DwK, mentioned how he’d love to give Serious Sam 2 another chance, we jumped right onto the hype train. Nathan did some amazing work in the past couple of months and made sure we deliver the ultimate Serious
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