Huge hordes and varied enemies
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“fighting massive waves of enemies never gets old”
Steam review · 12.3 h played ↗
Serious Sam 4
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 84%Very Positive · 84%Croteam2020FPS · Shooter · Action
$39.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A rough-edged but satisfying Serious Sam with great gunplay, huge hordes and co-op. Skip it if you want polished tech, tight level design or a good story.
Great for
Series fans and co-op groups who want mindless horde shooting with big guns, ideally on sale
Main risk
Poor optimization, texture pop-in and bland, empty levels can sour the fun gunplay
What players love
Satisfying, powerful gunplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Serious Sam 4 has the best gunplay in the series. Weapons in this game feel very powerful and very satisfy to use.”
Steam review · 13.3 h played ↗
Great soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The music is simply gorgeous. The best in the whole series.”
Steam review · translated · 19.1 h played ↗
Perks, gadgets and dual wielding
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Most importantly, you can run with two guns in hand.”
Steam review · translated · 21.1 h played ↗
Mindless stress-relief fun
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“The game perfectly does its main job: letting you blow off steam after a hard day.”
Steam review · translated · 9.5 h played ↗
Fun co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“Co-op feels as great as in previous games.”
Steam review · translated · 5.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Texture pop-in and dated graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“game is ugly with objects and textures popping in just a few meters in front of you”
Steam review · 16.7 h played ↗
Empty, boring level design
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Huge empty spaces, occasionally filled with enemies.”
Steam review · translated · 14 h played ↗
Poor optimization and stutter
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“How can a game stutter while simply walking down a straight road on a laptop with an RTX 5060, 32 GB of RAM, and an Intel i7-13620H?”
Steam review · 14.4 h played ↗
Cringe writing and annoying companions
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The dialogue from all of the unnecessary companion NPCs is incessant and never-ending.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Ammo starvation and weapons taken away
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“you are CONSTANTLY out of bullets for most weapons, with scarce health and armor pickups”
Steam review · 51.9 h played ↗
Frustrating bosses and finale
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“The boss at the end is the easily the most annoying boss fight I ever had to fight in a videogame.”
Steam review · 9.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support42 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit
Processor4-core CPU @ 2.5 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce 780/970/1050 or AMD Radeon 7950/280/470 (3 GB VRAM)
Storage42 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit (1909)
Processor8-core CPU @ 3.3 GHz
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce 1080/2060 or AMD Radeon Vega64/5700 (8 GB VRAM)
Storage42 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bit
Processor4-core CPU @ 2.5 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce 780/970/1050 or AMD Radeon 7950/280/470 (3 GB VRAM)
Storage42 GB available space
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