Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter
Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter is a frantic arcade action FPS, featuring singleplay and co-op campaign, various multiplayer modes, all presented in glorious VR and with different locomotion movements.
- Price:$19.99
- Release Date:3/30/2017
- Franchise:Serious Sam Franchise
- Developer:Croteam VR
- Publishers:
- Last Updated:3/20/2025
- Steam App Id:552450
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter has 2 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 89% lower than its previous all-time peak of 18 players achieved on 6/22/2024.

Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter. It has received a total of 690 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 82 (Very Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter and its growth over time. It currently has 3,671 followers on its community page.
Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter Price
Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter costs $19.99 in the Steam store as of 3/20/2025. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like CROTEAM VR Bundle or Serious Sam VR Bundle which offer a discount off the game's base price.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter.
About Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter
Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter is an Indie, and Action game developed by Croteam VR. On 3/30/2017, it was released on the Steam Store by Croteam, and Devolver Digital.
Players have rated Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter as "Very Positive" out of 690 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 602 positive reviews and 88 negative reviews — an overall 87% positive review rating.
It can be played and ran on both Windows and Linux systems. At the moment, it is not possible to play or run Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter on the Steam Deck.
According to Steam’s category system, Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter supports the following features:
- Co-op
- PvP
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Multi-player
- Full controller support
- Tracked Controller Support
- Steam Leaderboards
- Single-player
- VR Only
- Online Co-op
- Online PvP
From the Steam community, Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Violent
- VR
- Gore
- FPS
- Early Access
- Indie
- Action
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
Related Bundles
Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter is included in 2 bundles in the Steam Store.
Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
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CROTEAM VR Bundle | 6 | 5 | $77.95 | View | |
Serious Sam VR Bundle | 5 | 4 | $59.96 | View |
Related Packages
Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter is referenced by 2 packages in the Steam Store.
Name | Price | Actions |
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Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter (commercial license) | $39.99 | View |
Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter | $5.99 | View |
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Soures & References
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Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, March 20). Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/552450
- Valve Corporation. (2025, March 20). Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/552450
- Croteam VR. (2023, July 7). Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter. Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter. http://www.croteam.com