Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Co-op multiplayer supported
- Massive enemy hordes
- Retro arcade FPS remake
- Huge weapon arsenal
- Frame drops and stuttering
- Gameplay is repetitive and tedious
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveWindows 12-15GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 9,047
- Positive
- 8,41993.1%
- Negative
- 6286.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 676,344
- Estimated revenue
- $10,138,397
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 161.79%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,196
- Estimated revenue lost
- $17,928
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 161.8% Avg playtime 0.6h | 576.4% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 667.4% Avg playtime 10.6h | 75484.4% Avg playtime 16.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 2.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 11.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 5,054.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
893 total
Organic purchasers77086.2%
Voted up: 91%
Key activations12313.8%
Voted up: 90%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
893 total
First impression0-2h10011.2%
Voted up: 84%
Mid game2-10h53359.7%
Voted up: 91%
Late game10-20h16518.5%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+9510.6%
Voted up: 95%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
75.0%
Global baseline 90.8%
4 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 9,047 total.