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.
| App ID | 552450 |
|---|---|
| App type | Game |
| Developer | Croteam VR |
| Publisher | Devolver Digital, Croteam |
| Homepage | http://www.croteam.com |
| Release date | 2017-03-30 19:23 UTC |
| Release state | released |
| Controller support | full |
| Content descriptors | Frequent Violence or Gore, General Mature Content |
| Store page | store.steampowered.com/app/552450 |
| Last store refresh | 5 hours ago |
| # | Executable | Arguments | OS | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Bin/x64/SamTFE_VR.exe | windows | ||
| 1 | Bin/x64/SamTFE_VR | +gfxapi VLK | linux |
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| 2026-09-11 21:12 UTC | $19.99 | $19.99 |
| DLC | AppID | Release | Price |
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| Branch | Build ID | Description | Updated | Password |
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| public | 18487497 | 2025-05-16 08:56 UTC | ||
| previousversion | 2505211 | Use this to back out if you find problems with the latest update. | 2018-11-16 12:45 UTC | |
| publicbeta | 3897328 | 2019-06-07 13:28 UTC |
| Depot | Name | OS | Size | Download | Public manifest | Notes |
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| 552451 | windows · 64 | 30.39 MB | 9.29 MB | 3522464470159399295 | branches: previousversion, publicbeta | |
| 552452 | linux · 64 | 0 B | 0 B | 7806782980358270911 | branches: previousversion, publicbeta | |
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| 552454 | linux · 64 | 0 B | 0 B | 5702666560307917006 | branches: previousversion, publicbeta | |
| 552455 | 501.56 MB | 498.84 MB | 8403286847263903622 | branches: previousversion, publicbeta | ||
| 552456 | windows · 64 | 31.99 MB | 9.31 MB | 6926819404120835332 | branches: previousversion, publicbeta | |
| 552458 | 1.31 GB | 1.31 GB | 3354692181670600706 | branches: previousversion, publicbeta | ||
| 552459 | windows · 64 | 510.28 KB | 216.66 KB | 7064106922296581161 | branches: previousversion, publicbeta |
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| Build ID | Branch | Updated | First seen |
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| 18487497 | public | 2025-05-16 08:56 UTC | 6 hours ago |
| 3897328 | publicbeta | 2019-06-07 13:28 UTC | 6 hours ago |
| 2505211 | previousversion | 2018-11-16 12:45 UTC | 6 hours ago |
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Hey everyone. We’re excited to let you know that the license verification issue affecting all our VR titles has now been fully resolved with the hotfix we’ve pushed. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and genuinely appreciate your patience and support. If you encounter any further issues, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Much love, — Croteam
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33025992/e9b890df2bd5aa55977bcfd2e902114cdfa54ad4.jpg All of us at Croteam wish you have a great Winter break. Happy Holidays and have a great New Year. 2020 is about to get Serious! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvz1-pWeq7I
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33025992/65025a5a0594884f0f74ee986c01024272efe9c8.jpg Hey everyone! By now, we really hope you played through Red Day: Episode One, an amazing mod that was the star of our first Mod Feature back in May. We also believe it’s about time for another one. We’ve played some of them recently and decided that summertime is perfect to play through Plastic Patrol 2: Replastered. This custom campaign mode tells the story about the Green Army and a fight to save their home. Some of the highlights of this really cool mod include six unique
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33025992/7ef6d49e0f65afcd24d0faba34a7ca8a4571ed67.jpg Hey everyone! Check out this epic Serious Sam Fusion mod – Red Day: Episode One. It's a custom campaign mod telling a story about Sam's war against the Mental forces in Russia. The highlight of this Serious Sam Fusion mod is a three-part, 50-minute long campaign set in a typical Russian provincial city Muhogradsk. The Red Day campaing is full of chaos and crazy arena-style action spaning over three custom levels, with cutscenes and everything you'd expect from a full-blown c
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33025992/eb2e9caea03bb68d6e5685a4e0992bbfdd827a79.jpg Hey everyone! It's that time of the year again, the time of Fusion updates. This time, we're bringing to you a relatively small update focusing mostly on bug fixes and tweaks, rather than new features, engines and other huge changes that were introduced several months ago. Guided by our community we have made huge progress in providing you with a stable, up-to-date Serious Sam experience, and Fusion is at its peak right now. It's THE way to play all supported Serious Sam gam
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33025992/2cd3cc0ede390b7a42ac854bf289f593a9ba1dfe.jpg Serious Sam is 18 years old today. It was on March 21st, 2001 that Serious Sam: The First Encounter hit the shelves. Quite literally, as digital distribution was still a distant future back then. We were young, super passionate and, after a successful tech test launched in the summer of 2000, confident that Serious Sam would resonate well with the gaming community. Turns out, we were right. Serious Sam: The First Encounter caused quite a stir in the gaming community, won doz
Hey guys. We have another update for you. This one is not that big in size, but fixes some of the issues that were missed in the latest patch. We have also realized that some of you have been experienced a performance drop after the last patch. This was due to the new system we use for shadows and the higher shadow resolution. This was readjusted so you should see a performance boost on higher settings now. The update is a part of the Fusion update of the same number, so please find the full changelog by following the link below: https://steamcommunity.com/app/564310/discussions/0/174560559870
Admit it. You thought this day wouldn't happen, right? But alas, a brand new Fusion update is upon us. Please find the full changelog by following the link below: https://steamcommunity.com/games/564310/announcements/detail/3398424857432930076
Hey everybody. We've just released a hotfix update 341433 that fixes the issues with projectile aim when playing in VR. Also, the flickering while using DX11 on older video cards under Windows 7 should be gone. All the other recent changes are mentioned in the last update (341203): http://steamcommunity.com/app/552450/discussions/0/1699415798763332052/
Hey everybody. We've just released a hotfix update 341433 that fixes the issues with projectile aim when playing in VR. Also, the flickering while using DX11 on older video cards under Windows 7 should be gone. All the other recent changes are mentioned in the last update (341203): http://steamcommunity.com/app/552450/discussions/0/1699415798763332052/
Hey folks. We did some more work on your favourite VR games, so here's a brand new update for you. This update focuses on Windows Mixed Reality headsets that are finally officially supported in all our VR games. Be prepared to enjoy custom controls, official ghost controllers and anything else you'd expect from Win MR support. The list of changes is posted below. - Windows MR headsets and controllers are now officially supported, with MR specific control schemes - fixed the problem with alt-tab not working correctly when VR's mirror was set to full-screen - fixed the problem with random telepo
Hey folks. We did some more work on your favourite VR games, so here's a brand new update for you. This update focuses on Windows Mixed Reality headsets that are finally officially supported in all our VR games. Be prepared to enjoy custom controls, official ghost controllers and anything else you'd expect from Win MR support. The list of changes is posted below. - Windows MR headsets and controllers are now officially supported, with MR specific control schemes - fixed the problem with alt-tab not working correctly when VR's mirror was set to full-screen - fixed the problem with random telepo
Hey boys and girls. We have just released a hotfix update (337175) that fixes the issues with verification which became apparent this morning. All the other recent changes are mentioned in the last update (333254): http://steamcommunity.com/app/552450/discussions/0/1488866813773910781/
Hey boys and girls. We have just released a hotfix update (337175) that fixes the issues with verification which became apparent this morning. All the other recent changes are mentioned in the last update (333254): http://steamcommunity.com/app/552450/discussions/0/1488866813773910781/
Hey folks. We have gone ahead and released a new patch that brings some performance improvements and tweaks for people using Vulkan or DirectX 12. For those of you that take this gaming thing all serious, there's an official changelog below. Changelog - Improved performance and various tweaks for Vulkan and DirectX 12 ;) As always - if you are having any issues with this build, the previous one is still available for opt-in, by doing this: - locate the game in the Steam's "Library" panel - right click and invoke "Properties" - select the "Betas" tab - choose "previousversion"
Full appinfo as delivered by Steam PICS, changenumber 38668831. Also at /api/app/552450/raw.
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