Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter

Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter

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Croteam VR · Action · Mar 30, 2017

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $1.99.

88%
Very Positive
752 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 752 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 213 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
60% of themes are praise20% are divided20% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Controls, graphics, movement, and gunplay all feel natural and work right out of the box
16 of 213 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
And VR Story Driven narrative based action games are few and a good amount of the time still in progress of being developed, sandbox focused or lacking.
15 of 213 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
TLDR: Great fast-paced akimbo shooter with full range of motion; retro-gameplay meets modernity with perfectly optimized VR
12 of 213 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
A FPS game on Build Engine (the same engine that powered Duke 3D), in which some badass soldiers fought aliens in Egypt?
11 of 213 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
When teleporting I use my left controller joystick to teleport.
8 of 213 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
(Granted Super Hot has way more replayability and the others are multiplayer focused games)
5 of 213 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Graphics16 reviews
Story and characters15 reviews
Gameplay12 reviews
Performance11 reviews
Controls8 reviews
Multiplayer5 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface8 reviews
75%
Co-op7 reviews
86%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat18 reviews
100%
Difficulty10 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 5 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
26
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.