Is Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — co-op and PvP, plus local/split-screen. Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter is a classic & campaign shooter game released in 2019, 96% positive on Steam (3,133 reviews), with 11 playing right now. $0.89 on Steam.
Co-opPvPLocal / split-screenSingle-player tooShooter · Classic & campaign shooter
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!
How Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter plays with friends, according to Steam
- Online co-op
- Yes
- Local / split-screen co-op
- Yes
- Online PvP
- Yes
- Local / split-screen PvP
- Yes
- LAN play
- Yes
- Remote Play Together (one copy, streamed to friends)
- Yes
- Single-player mode
- Yes
Steam's own category list for the game, as of 2026-09-09. "Not listed" means the store page does not claim that mode; community mods or Remote Play can still add it.
Steam tags: Action, FPS, Classic, Shooter, Gore, Co-op, Indie, Comedy
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Quick answers
- Is Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter co-op?
- Yes, Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter supports co-op.
- Does Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter have PvP?
- Yes, Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter has player-versus-player modes.
- Do we both need to own Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter to play together?
- Not always. Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter supports Steam Remote Play Together: one person who owns it hosts and streams a local session to friends who don't (Steam quotes up to four players, more on a fast connection). For online co-op or PvP, every player needs their own copy.
- How many people play Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter?
- About 11 players were in-game when this page's data was last refreshed (2026-09-09).
- Does Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter have split-screen or local multiplayer?
- Yes. Steam lists Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter with shared/split-screen co-op and shared/split-screen PvP on one PC — and it supports Remote Play Together, so a friend can join that local session over the internet.
- Can you play Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter on LAN?
- Yes. Steam lists LAN co-op and LAN PvP for Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter, so it works on a local network without the game's online servers.