Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter

Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter is a first-person action game set in virtual reality, with a single-player campaign and co-op and competitive multiplayer modes. You play as Sam, sent back through time to ancient Egypt to battle enemies, explore levels and seek wisdom. The game supports the Serious Warp movement system and lets you wield weapons in both hands.

Movement and combat

You can move through levels using trackpad movement, a built-in teleportation system or Sam’s translocator device, and adjust how you move through VR. In combat, you can use one weapon in each hand, dual-wield different guns or carry two of the same weapon.

The campaign includes 10 weapons, including the Colt, Chainsaw, Shotgun, Minigun and Cannon. You face enemies such as the charging Sirian Werebull and the screaming Beheaded Kamikaze, as well as the giant warlock Ugh-Zan III. Five difficulty settings range from options for FPS beginners to settings for experienced players.

The Egypt campaign

The single-player campaign spans 15 large levels in ancient Egypt, with over 80 secrets to find. The 15-level campaign is also playable in co-op, with options to choose the difficulty, increase enemy strength per player, enable friendly fire or infinite ammo, set respawn credits and adjust other settings.

Multiplayer modes

Multiplayer supports up to 16 players in co-op and versus modes. Some modes use campaign levels, while others take place in dedicated versus levels, and some are played in teams. The game also supports cross-platform play with players of the flat version.

• Classic Co-Op: play the 15-level campaign together, with customizable settings.
• Coin-Op Co-Op: play campaign levels in an arcade style with limited lives.
• Beast Hunt and Team Beast Hunt: hunt enemies in campaign levels and compete for the highest score, either individually or in teams.
• Survival and Team Survival: face endless enemy attacks alone or with teammates on specially designed survival maps, and try to stay alive as long as possible.
• Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch: compete against other players or teams in classic deathmatch matches.
• My Burden: hold an item to collect points while other players chase you to take it.
• Last Man Standing and Last Team Standing: play with one life and try to be the last player or team alive.
• Capture the Flag: steal a flag from the other team’s base, bring it back to score and defend your own flag.
• Instant Kill: one shot eliminates you.

The game supports player-created modifications through Steam Workshop and receives updates through Serious Sam Fusion 2017.