Serious Sam 4
Humanity is under siege as the full force of Mental’s hordes spread across the world, ravaging what remains of a broken and beaten civilization. The last remaining resistance to the invasion is the Earth…
Serious Sam 4 is an adventure developed by Croteam, released 25 September 2020 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Google Stadia and Linux. It currently starts at $7.99 at Fanatical. The main story takes about 11.5 hrs to finish.
What Serious Sam 4 is
Serious Sam 4 is an adventure game developed by Croteam and released in 2020. It was published by Devolver Digital. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Google Stadia, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Serious Engine 4.0.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Serious Sam 4 is a 2020 first-person shooter developed by Croatian studio Croteam and published by Devolver Digital. It is part of the Serious Sam series and a prequel to Serious Sam 3: BFE. The game was announced in April 2018, originally as Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass, and was released in September 2020 for Microsoft Windows and Stadia, followed by PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S ports in December 2021. A standalone expansion, Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem, was released in January 2022.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 54 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Serious Sam 4 holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 69, across 66 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 11.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 16 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $7.99, that works out to about $0.69 per hour of the main story, or $0.50 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 4-core CPU @ 2.5 GHz, 8 GB RAM and nVidia GeForce 780/970/1050 or AMD Radeon 7950/280/470 (3 GB VRAM). An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 42GB. 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 costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $7.99 at Fanatical, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Serious Sam 4 launched on 25 September 2020, within three weeks of Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades and Genshin Impact. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades, Genshin Impact.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Serious Sam 4 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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