Goofy humor and colorful cartoon style
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the goofy saturday morning cartoon vibe was refreshing and the shooting feels amazing”
Steam review · 12.5 h played ↗
Serious Sam II
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Croteam2012FPS · Shooter · Action
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A colorful, goofy, long Serious Sam entry with fast horde-shooting, lots of weapons and enemies, and ongoing updates. Skip it if you want the dark tone of the first two games or hate cartoon art and potty humor.
Great for
Fans who like silly, over-the-top arcade shooters, co-op with friends, and nostalgia trips
Main risk
Cartoonish art, juvenile humor and repetitive, padded wave fights wear thin fast
What players love
Nostalgic childhood classic
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Internet cafe, friends, all night until morning and Serious Sam 2. Such moments can't be brought back.”
Steam review · translated · 21 h played ↗
Developers keep supporting it with updates
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The very best example of how developers should treat an older game - with respect, updates, and passion.”
Steam review · 31.3 h played ↗
Great variety of weapons, enemies and levels
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“There's just so much variety on all fronts. From level design, to music, to enemy design, to weapons.”
Steam review · 12.8 h played ↗
Fun nonstop horde action
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Serious Sam 2 is an incredibly fun and entertaining FPS with nonstop action.”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
Fun co-op, vehicles and turrets
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Played through it in co-op and it was a blast.”
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Not true to classic Serious Sam
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Serious Sam 2 just feels different.”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
Bugs, crashes and broken co-op
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the desync and latency issues are INCREDIBLY infuriating to me”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗
Cringe, unfunny humor and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“this is the most charmless and unfunny comedy game I've ever played in my whole life”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗
Ugly cartoon art style
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The biggest problem for me is the art style.”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗
Padded, repetitive wave encounters
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“you have a bunch of sections where enemies will spawn on and on for minutes, which kills the fun and makes it tedious”
Steam review · 13.1 h played ↗
Save corruption and lost progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“you will constantly get an hour or so into the game and then it will say your save data is corrupt”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified3 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP
Processor1.5 GHz Athlon XP or Pentium M or 2 Ghz Pentium 4
Memory256 MB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 8.0/8.1 compliant or low-end DirectX 9 3D accelerator (nVidia GeForce3 and 4 series (not MX), GeForceFX 5200 through 5700 series, ATI Radeon 8500 through 9200 and X300 series, S3 DeltaChrome or XGI Volari)
Storage3 GB HD space
Recommended
OSWindows XP
Processor2 GHz Athlon64, or 3 GHz Pentium 4
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9.0 high-end 3D accelerator (nVidia GeForce6 6800 and 7800 series, ATI Radeon X800 and X850 series)
Storage3 GB HD space
OSWindows XP
Processor1.5 GHz Athlon XP or Pentium M or 2 Ghz Pentium 4
Memory256 MB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 8.0/8.1 compliant or low-end DirectX 9 3D accelerator (nVidia GeForce3 and 4 series (not MX), GeForceFX 5200 through 5700 series, ATI Radeon 8500 through 9200 and X300 series, S3 DeltaChrome or XGI Volari)
Storage3 GB HD space
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