22 Co-op games like Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter that you should try

Genre puts it alongside Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter, and so does punishing difficulty, melee combat and a sci-fi setting. To that it adds single-player focus. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings post-apocalyptic world and pixel art.

It comes from the same genre as Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter and shares dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and single-player focus. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is horror setting and an isometric view.

Shelved next to Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter for good reason: punishing difficulty, ranged combat and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is setting and visuals: fantasy world and an isometric view.

Same family as Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter: punishing difficulty, ranged combat and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is setting and visuals: a cartoon aesthetic and 2D presentation.

If Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter worked for you because of punishing difficulty, ranged combat and a sci-fi setting, the same is here. To that it adds multiplayer gameplay. They part company on visuals and tone: this one brings a casual, approachable feel and an isometric view.

Same family as Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter: punishing difficulty, melee combat and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and combat — its own ground is 2D presentation.

It meets Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter on shooting mechanics, dark, oppressive atmosphere and ranged combat. To that it adds a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings horror setting and a top-down view.

With Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter it shares shooting mechanics, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat. Both also lean on a sci-fi setting and multiplayer gameplay. The distance is in visuals and tone — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel and pixel art.

On paper it is what Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter is — punishing difficulty, melee combat and multiplayer gameplay — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Where the two diverge is visuals and tone: a casual, approachable feel and 2D presentation.

Its point of contact with Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter is shooting mechanics, melee combat and single-player focus. They part company on visuals: this one brings 2D presentation.

Same family as Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter: punishing difficulty, melee combat and a sci-fi setting. The common ground extends to multiplayer gameplay. Where the two diverge is visuals and combat: an isometric view.

It shares the essentials of what Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds a first-person view. They part company on setting and visuals: this one brings horror setting and an isometric view.

If Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter worked for you because of dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and a sci-fi setting, the same is here. Both also lean on multiplayer gameplay and a first-person view. The distance is in combat — its own ground is online features.

What brings it close to Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter is dark, oppressive atmosphere, ranged combat and a sci-fi setting, and the two track each other on genre, combat and tone. Both also lean on single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in setting — its own ground is horror setting.

Held in common with Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter: punishing difficulty, ranged combat and a sci-fi setting. To that it adds multiplayer gameplay and a first-person view. They part company on setting: this one brings post-apocalyptic world.