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Serious Sam Classics: Revolution

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2019

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Includes both first and second encounter campaigns
  • Supports cooperative multiplayer and survival mode
  • Steam workshop and level editor for mods and custom content
  • Improved graphics and ui for modern systems
  • Affordable price with free originals included

Things to keep in mind

  • Early access bugs and occasional crashes
  • Multiplayer population can be low
  • New campaign (bright island) has balance and optimization issues
  • Some new weapons considered less useful
  • Long load times and occasional technical issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Onirism

  • Hellbreach: Vegas

  • BrainBread 2

  • Heretic + Hexen

  • Killing Floor 2

  • Madballs in Babo:Invasion

Less intimate

Games that feels like Serious Sam Classics: Revolution but with less focus on close relationships

  • Prodeus

  • Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

  • DOOM + DOOM II

  • Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

  • Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition

  • Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour

Less competitive

Games that feels like Serious Sam Classics: Revolution but with less competition against others

  • Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

  • Killing Floor

  • Desecrators

  • Sanctum

  • Abyssus

  • Turbo Overkill

Less expressive

Games that feels like Serious Sam Classics: Revolution but with less self-expression and customization

  • Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter

  • Blood™ Fresh Supply

  • Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter

  • Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter

  • Command & Conquer Renegade™

  • CastleMiner Z

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter

  • Serious Sam II

  • Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter

  • Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter

  • Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Serious Sam Classics: Revolution. These titles are not in What to play next.

Serious Sam Classics: Revolution: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status, Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026