Serious Sam 4 — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Serious Sam is Back, Baby! Enter the Shatterverse. | 2026-03-26 | Hey folks, It's a massive day for everyone at Croteam and Devolver Digital because we get to announce a brand new partnership with Behaviour Interactive, who are working on the next installment of the Serious Sam series. Serious Sam: Shatterverse is their take on the franchise, and a reimagining of the backpedalling mayhem you all love as a roguelite cooperative shooter. With Croteam hard at work on the Talos Principle and an exciting new IP, we're thrilled to have games industry legends at Behaviour Interactive take on the legendary Serious Sam IP as the lead developer on Serious Sam: Shatterverse. Davor Hunski, lead designer at Croteam, lea |
| 25 YEARS OF SERIOUS SAM! | 2026-03-21 | Today, our favorite action hero officially turns 25 years old!It’s been an absolutely wild ride for Sam. From blasting through the sands of ancient Egypt in a genre defining first-person shooter, to tackling top-down indie spin-offs and stepping directly into virtual reality, Serious Sam has taken many forms over the last quarter-century. But no matter what field you drop him into, he has always stayed true to himself: bringing total, unfiltered mayhem.Here is to 25 years of chaos, and to many more adventures ahead.We’ll be celebrating this anniversary throughout the year with various updates and surprises, starting today.As part of the celeb |
| A Seriously Serious Christmas | 2025-12-23 | From all of us at Croteam, we’d like to wish you a seriously Merry Christmas.May you enjoy the holidays with friends and loved ones, stay full of health, and welcome 2026 with joy, optimism, and a positive spirit for the year ahead.Thank you for being part of our community, and once again, Merry Christmas! |
| Featured Mod - Serious Sam Reborn | 2024-02-19 | Hello everyone, and welcome back to Featured Mod! It's time to take a small break from solving all those puzzles and delve into some SERIOUS business. Today, we're featuring one of the most ambitious Serious Sam campaigns out there: "Serious Sam Reborn" for Serious Sam 4, made by "Nonamewtff" Embark on a thrilling new adventure as Sam Stone, which will take you through a vast array of environments, from eerie dark swamps and dense forests to searing lava caves, medieval dungeons, and forsaken towns. Your mission? To unearth the long-lost Sirian artifact and take down Mental once and for all. With a total of 10 levels to explore, this journey |
| Serious Sam 4 now supports Steam Deck! | 2022-05-20 | Hey everyone! As you have noticed we released a small, but notable update for Serious Sam 4. The update is focused on performance and game stability, new GPU support and most importantly the game now has a Steam Deck support. Make sure to share your experience with the Steam Deck with us, and most importantly have fun! Much love! -Croteam |
| Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is available NOW! | 2022-01-26 | Hi everyone! The next chapter in the adventures of Sam Stone is upon us, as Serious Sam visits Russia in Siberian Mayhem. A joint effort between Croteam and powerful Timelock Studio, Siberian Mayhem is a stand-alone expansion to Serious Sam 4, cranking the action up to 11. Check it out and stay Seriously frosty! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1792250/Serious_Sam_Siberian_Mayhem/ |
| A stand-alone expansion incoming! Get ready for Siberian Mayhem | 2022-01-11 | Hi all! More than any time before, I bet you didn’t see this one coming. While there was a lot of talk about the next big thing coming for SS4 within the Serious Sam community, nobody came even close to what we are revealing today. Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is a stand-alone expansion to Serious Sam 4, working just as well whether you’ve played SS4 or not. Siberian Mayhem cranks the action up to 11. It’s a hybrid experience ready to deliver explosive fun to fans of classics, and the latest installments to the series. Siberian Mayhem is very important in another way. This game was designed, and its development has been led by some of the mos |
| Featured Mod - Russian Voiceovers | 2021-11-10 | Hello, beautiful people. It’s about time we put a spotlight on another one of the incredible mods for Serious Sam 4. This one has been around for some time now, and it’s been keeping our Russian community happy ever since it got introduced. We’re talking about, of course, the Russian Voiceover mod. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2432396803 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2432422410 The author behind this bad boy, Samson, has been a long-time fan, and an integral part of the Russian Serious Sam community. Some time ago, Samson touched our hearts with his video titled How Serious Sam made me a man, |
| Featured Mod – Thebes - Karnak (Demo) | 2021-07-09 | Hi, beautiful Serious Sam fandom. We’re back yet again with a featured mod, and this one will definitely take you back. Today, we are talking about Thebes - Karnak (Demo), a beautifully made Karnak demo adaptation that awakened so many memories at Croteam, that we just couldn’t stop playing it. Thebes - Karnak (Demo) is just as fun as we remember the original thing, with elements of SS4 gameplay intertwined with the original formula, making for something truly spectacular. Make sure to give it a go, and share some love with Cyborg.SeriousSite. It’s well deserved after this masterpiece. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=24 |
| Featured Mod – Serious Sam 4 – NSKuber's Resource Manager | 2021-06-18 | Hey, what’s up? It’s been a while since we did one of these, and in the meantime, the Serious Sam 4 workshop has become absolutely humongous. With more than 200 mods, there’s a little something for everyone, and we don’t see it slowing down any time soon. That may be why we have decided to switch it up a bit in this feature article. Most of the time, we like to focus on mods that either convert our games or turn them into something else, providing players with new experiences. This time, however, the featured mod lets you customize your guns to a whole new level. The NSKuber's Resource Manager mod has been a part of the workshop since day one |
| Serious Sam 4 is Aura Ready | 2021-04-27 | Hi everyone! With its latest patch, Serious Sam 4 became ASUS Aura Ready. This means that owners of ASUS ROG peripherals can now enjoy amazing lighting effects based on what's happening on the screen at any given time during gameplay. Effect list includes indicators of Sam getting hit, when his health is below 20%, as well as when he dies. We have also added the effects that show up once you clear an objective and a calming effect that will soothe your eyes during exploration. ASUS Aura is turned off by default. To turn it on, from the main menu go to Options > Advanced Options, and there you will see a check-box for ASUS Aura Ready. Check it |
| Featured Mod - Dunes | 2021-04-14 | How do you do, fellow kids? With so many amazing mods in the Serious Sam 4 Workshop, I would guess you’re doing great! And so are we. We are less than a month removed from the launch of the Serious Editor, and the Workshop is already 150+ mods strong. The support our modding community has shown to the game has been unreal, but in all honesty, we knew you were amazing, so we expected it. In between of working on our next big thing, our team is checking out your amazing work, and enjoying it immensely, and while we have tried numerous cool mods in the last couple of weeks, we keep coming back to Dunes. That’s exactly why we decided to feature i |
| Featured Mod - 7Smoke Racing | 2021-03-23 | What is up, everyone? That’s not an actual question. Jeez. As you can see in the announcement section, today has been a very busy day for us. In celebration of the Serious Sam 20th anniversary, we have released a brand new Serious Sam 4 update bringing forward official support for modding, and sure enough, some mods have already been released which calls for a Feature, amirite? The first featured Serious Sam 4 mod is 7Smoke Racing by our beloved Pan. For those not familiar, Pan made a similar racing mod back in 2014, for Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter. However, the limitations of that game meant the mod couldn't do quite as much as he’d |
| Serious Sam 4 Editor, Update 1.08, and Steam Workshop! | 2021-03-23 | Hi Everyone! First of all, happy Serious Sam anniversary. The series we all love and cherish has turned 20 years old this past Sunday, and it really seems unreal. Back when the series started, I was a wee little lad, playing a weird shooter game on my friend’s brother’s PC, not really knowing that one day I was going to be here, writing about an update to the latest release. I’m sure everyone at Croteam has their own story of beginnings, but the most important story is that of support that our fans have shown us over the years. For that, everyone at Croteam will be forever grateful. Past aside, you all know why you’re here today, and that’s t |
| Serious Sam 4 Update 1.07 is Live! | 2020-12-22 | Hi, everyone! As promised a few weeks ago, Serious Sam 4 Update 1.07 comes with a bang. If you haven’t guessed by the cover image, the update celebrates upcoming Holidays with a special time-limited in-game event and a new playable character. That’s right, Serious Sam 4 is taking you on a trip to an alien-infested Winter Wonderland. To activate this special event, find a lonely Christmas tree and slap some decorations on that bad boy. Do it as Santa Sam for a complete experience. Alongside the new Christmas event, Serious Sam 4 Update 1.07 delivers the long-awaited Survival mode. Jump in solo or with friends and see how long you can survive f |
| Serious Sam 4 Update 1.06 | 2020-12-04 | Well, this escalated quickly... What was supposed to be a quick turnaround became super complicated, and here we are. A few weeks removed from the time I personally promised you all an update. But it is what it is, the world keeps on spinning, and the updates keep on giving. The Serious Sam 4 update 1.06 is finally with us, and it lays the foundation for 1.07 due before Christmas. With that being said, it's not a huge update, but it's not a tiny one either, with some new cool gameplay features, more characters, and additions requested by the community. The stars of the show this time around are a quartet of characters, including the notorious |
| Nominate Serious Sam 4 for the 2020 Steam Awards! | 2020-11-25 | Hi everyone! It's the most wonderful time of the year. A time when Steam is once again celebrating many great games released in the past year through the official Steam Awards 2020. These awards are always exciting as it provides us, developers, with a chance for their work to be recognized by the very community we are creating those games for. So, spare a few moments of your time and cast your votes for some of your favorite games. If you're considering voting for Serious Sam 4, may we suggest the Best Soundtrack category? Powerful Damjan Mravunac has really outdone himself this time around, and many of us from the team rock his tunes daily |
| Serious Sam 4 Halloween Update (1.05) | 2020-10-28 | Hey everyone! This patch has been a long time coming, but because we made you wait so long, we have made sure that it's a special one. It expands Serious Sam 4 with some of the features you have been requesting for a long time, even before SS4 came to be. The 1.05 update features a Halloween special event. Find a special Jack-o'-Lantern on Death from Above, but beware. Many scary things await those who pick it up. This special event will be active through November 3, but if you miss it - shame on you - you'll be able to check it out next year, as it's not going away. One of the highlights of this update is extra multiplayer skins. The ol' Pir |
| Serious Sam 4 Steam Trading Cards are Live | 2020-10-22 | Are you a collector? Maybe you'd just like to decorate your profile with some fine Serious Sam 4 imagery? Fear not, we got you covered. From now on, all Serious Sam 4 owners are eligible to receive some shiny Steam Trading Cards. There are 15 of them, and collecting them all will award you with a cool badge. One may even have an image of Damja... ahem, Mikhail on it. Collecting cards and crafting badges will also get you some cool profile backgrounds as well as exclusive emojis, so get collectin'. See? I told you the backgrounds were ace! - Yeah, Danny, but how do I get those cards? Glad you asked! Simply play Serious Sam 4. Up to half of the |
| Serious Sam 4 Update 1.04 | 2020-10-09 | - "Hold up! A patch is incoming." Hi everyone! Just in time for your weekend Serious Sam 4 sessions, in comes a brand new exciting update. With this one, we're adding some cool new features like more battles on the vast countryside of France, as well as support for saving your coop progress. Finally, you may say. And you're right. Other than that, we have a ton of fixes and tweaks. We're listing the most important ones below. What's new? By popular demand, and totally not because we messed up, the game will now save your inventory in your profile upon finishing a level in co-op. This means you can now continue your playthrough without losing |