Games like Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
Looking for games like Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a action game from 2009; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is Terraria with 1,553,968 Steam reviews. Each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can audit. Matches are computed from tracked Steam data, not editorial opinion.
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Terraria
2011 · Action
1,553,968 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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Rust
2018 · Action
1,166,736 reviews · 87% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into survival.
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Phasmophobia
2020 · Action
683,684 reviews · 94% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into horror.
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Geometry Dash
2014 · Action
593,852 reviews · 93% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into difficult.
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ARK: Survival Evolved
2017 · Action
586,463 reviews · 83% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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The Forest
2018 · Action
580,983 reviews · 96% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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Don't Starve Together
2016 · Action
542,814 reviews · 95% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into survival.
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Lethal Company
2023 · Action
510,767 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into online co-op.
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Hollow Knight
2017 · Action
502,237 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into metroidvania.
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Palworld
2026 · Action
486,678 reviews · 95% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world.
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Valheim
2026 · Action
460,448 reviews · 94% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
2025 · Action
422,022 reviews · 89% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: a 2025 take.
Frequently asked questions
- What games are like Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter?
- indielist matches 12 indie games to Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Terraria (1,553,968 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
- How are "games like Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter" chosen?
- By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.