Serious Sam 3: BFE
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…
Serious Sam 3: BFE is an indie developed by Croteam, released 22 November 2011 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and Mac. This page lists 17 cheat codes for it.
What Serious Sam 3: BFE is
Serious Sam 3: BFE is an indie game developed by Croteam and released in 2011. It was published by Devolver Digital. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Serious Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Prior to AD 2060, humanity had slowly begun uncovering artifacts and ruins left behind in ancient times by the Sirians, the famous and long-thought extinct race from the place of Sirius. Unfortunately, Mental has chosen this time to turn his attention upon Earth. He dispatches his space fleet carrying his endless hordes to attack Earth, leading a three-year conquest that has humanity driven almost to the point of extinction. In a last-ditch effort, the survivors turn to the Time-Lock, a recently excavated device supposedly capable of granting a single person the ability of time travel via an inter-dimensional portal. Through it, that person could reach a pivotal point in time and alter…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 62 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Serious Sam 3: BFE holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 3 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 70, across 183 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual-core from Intel or AMD at 2.0 GHz, 1GB of RAM and nVidia GeForce 7800/7900/8600 series, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 or 1800/X1900 series. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Serious Sam 3: BFE launched on 22 November 2011, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Minecraft: Java Edition and Assassin's Creed Revelations. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Minecraft: Java Edition, Assassin's Creed Revelations.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 17 cheat entries for Serious Sam 3: BFE — 17 console commands. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 3 videos →
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Characters
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Every code labelled
Serious Sam 3: BFE cheat codes
Enable Developer Cheats
Unlocks every cheat below; also enables the F3 cheat menu
Press ` to open the console, type the command exactly, press Enter
Invalidates achievements and leaderboard scores for the session; type cht_bEnableCheats = 0 to switch off
God Mode
Become invincible
Open the console and type the command exactly
Requires cheats enabled; blocks achievements for the session
All Weapons and Max Ammo
Grants every weapon with maximum ammunition
Open the console and type the command exactly
Requires cheats enabled
Infinite Ammo
Ammunition never runs out
Open the console and type the command exactly
Requires cheats enabled
Dlc
Quick answers
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