Serious Sam 3: BFE

Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!

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Nov 22, 2011

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Serious Sam 3: BFE is a first-person action shooter, a glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters where men were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made things go boom.

Serving as a prequel to the original indie and Game of the Year sensation, Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Serious Sam 3 takes place during the Earth’s final struggle against Mental’s invading legions of beasts and mercenaries. Key Features

- Frantic Arcade-Style Action – Hold down the trigger and lay waste to a never-ending onslaught of attackers or face being overrun by Mental’s savage beasts. No cover systems, no camping – it’s just you against them. All of them!

- Fearsome Enemy Creatures – A new battalion of unforgettable minions including the rumbling Scrapjack and towering Khnum join the legendary Headless Kamikaze, Gnaar and Sirian Werebull to create the fiercest opposition you’ve ever had the pleasure of mowing down!

- Spectacular Environments – Battle across the expansive battlefields of near-future Egypt bursting at the seams with total chaos. The shattered cities of tomorrow lined with the crumbling temples of an ancient world become your destructible playground!

- Destructive Arsenal – Unleash Serious Sam’s arsenal of weapons including a scoped assault rifle, the double-barreled shotgun, the explosive automatic shotgun, the punishing minigun, and the almighty barrage of flaming cannonballs! Carry all of Sam’s weapons at once and switch between each gun on the fly for maximum firepower!

- Brutal Melee Attacks – When the going get’s tough, the tough take matters into their own hands! Rip out the eye of a closing Gnaar, twist off the face of the hideous Scrapjack or snap the neck of an Arachnoid Hatchling for an instant kill!

- Co-Op Multiplayer – Go to war against Mental’s horde with up to 16 players online and annihilate everything that moves across 12 single-player levels of mayhem in Standard Co-Op, Classic Co-Op, Coin-Op Co-Op, Beast Hunt and Team Beast Hunt mode.

- Survival Singleplayer & Multiplayer – Try to survive alone (offline) against wave after wave of enemies with specially created levels in Survival mode or have your online friends join two teams, fighting both each other and enemies, in the relentless Team Survival mode!

- Versus Multiplayer – Fight against each other or other teams in various multiplayer versus modes like Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Last Man Standing, Last Team Standing, Instant Kill and My Burden, along with Team Beast Hunt and Team Survival!

- Split Screen Modes – Play local (offline) split screen co-op and multiplayer versus modes with up to four players on one screen! It even includes the support for multiple keyboards and mice!

- Level Editor * – Create your own levels, MODs, textures and other content with the inclusion of the fully featured Serious Editor 3.5!

- Steam Workshop – Submit your content creation or download new player-created content and modifications for Serious Sam 3!

- Misc Game Options – 5 difficulty levels, quick-save, auto-save, multiple save slots, 3rd person view, co-op gameplay tweaking options, game controller support, localized with subtitles, parental blood & gore control including hippie mode, various color schemes, tons of advanced graphics options to tweak, cheats, console, Steam trading cards, achievements, leaderboards and cloud and much, much more!

* This item is only available on PC

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Developer and publisher

Developer:
Croteam
Publisher:
Devolver Digital

Quick facts

Release
Nov 22, 2011: Windows
Last updated
May 19, 2026
Storefronts
Steam
Genres
Action, Indie, Shooter, and Survival
Tags
First-Person, Character Customization, and Combat
Moods
Chaotic
Social styles
Solo, Multiplayer, Co-op, Online co-op, Local co-op, and Local multiplayer
Demo
Not announced
Price model
Purchase

Languages

Languages
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Chinese (Simplified)
English
French
German
Italian

Age Rating & Interactive Elements

ESRB m

Includes interactive elements

Users interact

Support

Controller & Support

Controller support

Full controller support

Device support

Steam Achievements

Steam Trading Cards

Steam Cloud

Remote Play on TV

Remote Play Together

Family Sharing

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System Requirements

Minimum

OS:
Windows XP 32-bit (with service pack 2 or 3)
Processor:
Dual-core from Intel or AMD at 2.0 GHz
Memory:
1GB
Graphics:
nVidia GeForce 7800/7900/8600 series, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 or 1800/X1900 series
DirectX®:
9.0c
Hard Drive:
4GB free hard drive space
Sound:
DirectX9.0c Compatible Sound Card

Recommended

OS:
Windows 7 64-bit
Processor:
Quad-core from Intel (i5/i7-series) or AMD (Phenom II) at 3.0 GHz
Memory:
4GB
Graphics:
nVidia GeForce 480/580 GTX, ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5870/6970
DirectX®:
9.0c
Hard Drive:
4GB free hard drive space
Sound:
DirectX9.0c Compatible Sound Card

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