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Serious Sam 4
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 28% of players who started
Started playing 92% of owners
Steam reviews 83% positive of 17,877
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 10h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 28% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Ecclesiastical Extraction” and “All Roads Lead To Rome” (Head into Rome. Ditch Rodriguez): from 89% to 52% of starters.
- 92% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 18,032 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 12.3h for positive, 6.5h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (92.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Regression Get knocked on the head and remember how you got here. 100%
- Ecclesiastical Extraction Save the rookie. Find Father Mikhail. See the sights. 89% −11
- All Roads Lead To Rome Head into Rome. Ditch Rodriguez. Most players quit here 52% −37
- See Carcassonne And Die Cross the French countryside and get very cross. 39% −13
- Class Reunion Navigate the citadel of Carcassonne. Start reassembling your team. 36% −3
- Oil's Well That Ends Well Escape the Oil Rig. 33% −2
- The Last Human Get justice. Get the Holy Grail. Get screwed over. 34% +1
- Serious Sam Beat the game on any difficulty. 28% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (54)
story milestone ending side
- Regression Get knocked on the head and remember how you got here. 100%
- Ecclesiastical Extraction Save the rookie. Find Father Mikhail. See the sights. 89%
- This Seems Safe Unlock a S.A.M. 84%
- The Spirit of Roma Fight alongside Massimo Murena. 80%
- Roman Holiday Get together with your friends and kill something big. 79%
- Spread the Joy Kill 3 enemies with a double shotgun blast. 79%
- Cultist Stimulator Recover a key stolen by a cultist. 68%
- No Surrender Kill 5 enemies in a row while your health is below 10 HP. 65%
- Volcano Antagonizer Die HAARP With A Vengeance. 64%
- That Belongs In A Museum Recover the alien artifact located by Dr. Stein. 63%
- For the Cause Find out what happened to Alessandro. 60%
- Hot Hot Hot Run away from an angry volcano you foolishly antagonized. 57%
- Megabarf Kill a Belcher using Belcher collateral barf damage. 55%
- That Burning Sensation Collect scorched aliens for Professor Kiesel. 54%
- All Roads Lead To Rome Head into Rome. Ditch Rodriguez. 52%
- Hard Science Fiction Get a weaponized black hole, using science. 48%
- Are You Not Entertained? Party like it's 199. 48%
- La Nonna é Mobile Meet a powerful granny. 45%
- Holy Driver Ride the Popemobile to victory. 43%
- Max Pain Kill 5 enemies during a single Time Warp slowdown. 42%
- Where's That Girl Make sure Gabriella is OK. 42%
- Harvest Noon Don't fear the reaper. Be the reaper. 41%
- See Carcassonne And Die Cross the French countryside and get very cross. 39%
- Signature Move Sign Secchi's rifle. 39%
- The Informant? What if you could talk to the monsters? 37%
- You Have Been Wormed Assist Dr. Vermetti in his war on worms. 37%
- Class Reunion Navigate the citadel of Carcassonne. Start reassembling your team. 36%
- Pow Pow! Kill an Aludran Reptiloid using nothing but a pistol. 34%
- The Last Human Get justice. Get the Holy Grail. Get screwed over. 34%
- The French Achievement Achievement is your middle name. 34%
- Oil's Well That Ends Well Escape the Oil Rig. 33%
- Heads Up! Kill 100 enemies with a headshot. 33%
- Dismemberfest Dismember 50 enemies with cannonballs. 33%
- Quality Time Go on a date with Hellfire. 32%
- Serious Art Protect humanity's treasures from invaders with no taste. 32%
- Quadruple the Gun Kill 20 enemies while dual wielding double shotguns. 31%
- Classic Hero Stuff Save a princess. Doesn't get more classic than that. 31%
- Bullseye One-shot kill 3 Werebulls with a shotgun. 30%
- From Earth With Love Send Mental a message he won't forget. 29%
- Oh, Shut Up Destroy 10 propaganda drones. 28%
- Serious Sam Beat the game on any difficulty. 28%
- Brass Lantern Finish a text adventure. On an oil rig. During an alien invasion. 27%
- Harvest Festival Harvest 100 enemies with a combine harvester. 27%
- Southern Gentleman Assist a couple of young ladies out hunting. 26%
- Enemy of My Enemy Make 20 enemies kill each other using Psychotropic Grenades. 22%
- Say Hello To My Mini Friend Spend 1000 minigun rounds while firing continuously. 22%
- Get Serious Unlock 10 S.A.M.s in a single playthrough. 19%
- Fulbert le Fou Discover Fulbert's great invention. 18%
- All Kleer Kill 50 healthy Kleers with a direct double shotgun hit. 17%
- Mushroom Surprise Find out what happened to the English airman. 14%
- Veni Vidi Witchy Kill a Witchbride using C4. 11%
- Spinal Tap Kill 11 different enemies using melee attacks. 11%
- Tear 'n' Rip Melee a big enemy. 6.9%
- Atomic Wedgie Use the mininuke to eliminate 100 enemies at once. 5.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.