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Shooter Indie

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter

Croteam

Release

Thursday, January 24, 2002

Critic score

91/100

Platform families

1

Editorial overview

Inside Serious Sam: The Second Encounter

What it is

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, the highly anticipated arcade action FPS sequel to the Serious Sam: The First Encounter, is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic arcade-style single player action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through the three beautiful worlds, confronting countless Mental's minions on his way to the Mental's base.

Play styles

Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative

Perspective

First person

Themes

Related games

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91Critics4.0/5Thursday, January 24, 200224.6 years ago

Official site

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Connected releases

6

Game data from IGDB

Action · Science fiction · Comedy

Languages

1 supported

Cinematic archive

See the world in motion

Official footage, in-game captures, and production artwork—collected into one immersive gallery.

8 assets

Official trailers

Gameplay Trailer

Trailer

Screenshots & key art

Beyond this game

Explore the complete universe

One complete franchise view connects the main releases, spin-offs, settings, and related game families.

FranchiseSerious SamEnter the franchise

Content map

Everything connected to this release

DLC, expansions, editions, and bundles are different products. Each stays in its own lane so you always know what you are looking at.

4 Bundle1 Remaster1 Port

Store collections

Bundles

Packages combining this title with other games or downloadable content.

4 releases

BundleSerious Sam HD: Gold EditionSep 23, 2010Multi-item package

Restored

Remasters

Modernised releases built from the original production.

1 release

Remaster77Serious Sam HD: The Second EncounterApr 28, 2010Modernised release

Platform versions

Ports

Adaptations made for another platform, device, or hardware generation.

1 release

PortSerious Sam VR: The Second EncounterApr 4, 2017Platform adaptation

Production dossier

The complete game record

Cast, creators, hardware, release history, and the details that define how this game plays.

Who made it

Built with

Serious Engine

Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Release history

Jan 24, 2002PC (Microsoft Windows)
Feb 05, 2002PC (Microsoft Windows)

Themes & modes

ActionScience fictionComedySingle playerMultiplayerCo-operativeSplit screen

Windows

Minimum

Minimum • OS *: Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 5), Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating system • Processor: AMD K6-3 400MHz, Pentium II or Celeron-A 300MHz • Memory: 64MB • Graphics: full OpenGL compliant 3D accelerator • Hard Drive: 450MB free hard disk space • Sound: 100% Windows compatible sound card

Recommended

Recommended • Processor: AMD Athlon 650MHz or Pentium III 650MHz range processor • Memory: 128MB • Graphics: nVidia GeForce256 or TNT2 ultra, PowerVR Kyro, S3 Savage2000, 3Dfx Voodoo3, ATI Rage128 pro • Hard Drive: 550MB free hard disk space • Sound: Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live