Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
Live player count and Steam charts
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!
Player history
Each point is the highest number of players online in that month (UTC). History before July 13, 2026 is imported; everything after is our own readings. Zoom in for finer detail.
Monthly player counts
| Month | Avg players | Gain | % gain | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 * | 30 | -15 | -33.3% | 112 |
| Jun 2026 | 45 | +16 | +55.2% | 117 |
| May 2026 | 29 | 0 | 0.0% | 69 |
| Apr 2026 | 29 | -8 | -21.6% | 76 |
| Mar 2026 | 37 | +8 | +27.6% | 109 |
| Feb 2026 | 29 | -9 | -23.7% | 77 |
| Jan 2026 | 38 | +1 | +2.7% | 125 |
| Dec 2025 | 37 | -18 | -32.7% | 124 |
| Nov 2025 | 55 | +12 | +27.9% | 170 |
| Oct 2025 | 43 | +10 | +30.3% | 209 |
| Sep 2025 | 33 | +7 | +26.9% | 129 |
| Aug 2025 | 26 | -11 | -29.7% | 63 |
* current month, data so far
Recent updates
- Mar 26, 2026Serious Sam is Back, Baby! Enter the Shatterverse
- Oct 11, 2022SERIOUS SAM COLLECTION goes physical for Nintendo Switch!
- Nov 12, 2020SSHD TFE Hotfix is available now
- May 22, 2020Serious Sam 4 is launching August 2020, pre-orders are open now
- Dec 24, 2019Happy Holidays from Croteam!
- Aug 13, 2019Featured Mod – Serious Sam Fusion - Plastic Patrol 2: Replastered
When people play
Average concurrent players by day and hour over the last 16 days, shown in .
Daily activity peaks around 19:00 — a pattern consistent with a player base concentrated in Europe, the Middle East & Africa. Steam publishes no per-country player data, so this is inferred from play times.
Audience
Language mix of 100 Steam reviews spanning 42 days — a rough proxy for where the player base is.
Achievements
Every achievement in the game, ordered from most to least earned (#1 is the one the most players have). Height is the share of all players who have it; the dashed line is the median. Global rates from Steam.
