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Games like Serious Sam Classic and ELDEN RING

30 games that play like them, 6 of them like more than one. Add another you loved and the list leans toward it.

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
ELDEN RING
ELDEN RING

Like more than one of them

6 games close to two or more of Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter and ELDEN RING

  1. 1

    Outward

    Serious Sam Classic, but an action RPG, and a survival game

    Mixed · 73%Split Screen · Local Co-OpAlso like ELDEN RING

  2. 2

    Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

    Serious Sam Classic, but an action RPG, and five times the hours

    Mixed · 79%FPS · ComedyAlso like ELDEN RING

  3. 3

    Bright Memory

    Serious Sam Classic, but a hack and slash game, and a quarter of the hours

    Loved · 90%FPS · ShooterAlso like ELDEN RING

  4. 4

    Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

    Serious Sam Classic, but open world, and four times the hours

    Mixed · 78%Shooter · FPSAlso like ELDEN RING

  5. 5

    Magicka 2

    Serious Sam Classic, but co-op, and more divisive

    Liked · 80%Comedy · Local Co-OpAlso like ELDEN RING

  6. 6

    Magicka

    Serious Sam Classic, but twice the hours

    Liked · 84%Comedy · Co-opAlso like ELDEN RING

More like Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter

21 games closest to Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter of your picks

  1. 7

    Blood and Bacon

    Serious Sam Classic, but horror, and co-op

    Loved · 95%FPS · Shooter

  2. 8

    Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

    Much the same as Serious Sam Classic

    Liked · 89%FPS · Shooter

  3. 9

    Painkiller Hell & Damnation

    Serious Sam Classic, but faster, and more divisive

    Mixed · 78%FPS · Shooter

  4. 10

    LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

    Serious Sam Classic, but a 3D platformer, and three times the hours

    Loved · 90%Local Co-Op · Co-op

  5. 11

    LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

    Serious Sam Classic, but twice the hours

    Loved · 95%Local Co-Op · Comedy

  6. 12

    Borderlands 2

    Serious Sam Classic, but loot-driven, and nine times the hours

    Loved · 90%FPS · Shooter

  7. 13

    Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

    Serious Sam Classic, but competitive, and physics-driven

    Loved · 91%FPS · Shooter

  8. 14

    Space Hulk: Deathwing - Enhanced Edition

    Serious Sam Classic, but co-op, and more divisive

    Mixed · 72%FPS · Shooter

  9. 15

    Screencheat

    Serious Sam Classic, but a party game, and half the hours

    Loved · 92%Split Screen · FPS

  10. 16

    SCP: Secret Laboratory

    Serious Sam Classic, but free to play, and a survival horror game

    Loved · 91%FPS · Shooter

  11. 17

    Quake

    Serious Sam Classic, but retro

    Loved · 96%FPS · Shooter

  12. 18

    Far Cry

    Serious Sam Classic, but open world, and stealthy

    Liked · 82%FPS · Shooter

  13. 19

    Halo: The Master Chief Collection

    Serious Sam Classic, but story-rich, and three times the hours

    Loved · 92%FPS · Shooter

  14. 20

    The Escapists 2

    Serious Sam Classic, but a stealth game, and pixel art

    Loved · 91%Local Co-Op · Split Screen

  15. 21

    Unreal Gold

    Much the same as Serious Sam Classic

    Liked · 89%FPS · Shooter

  16. 22

    Garry's Mod

    Serious Sam Classic, but physics-driven, and ten times the hours

    Loved · 97%FPS · Comedy

  17. 23

    Who's Your Daddy?!

    Serious Sam Classic, but a party game, and darkly funny

    Liked · 80%Comedy · Split Screen

  18. 24

    Bloody Good Time

    Serious Sam Classic, but a stealth game, and solo

    Mixed · 79%FPS · Comedy

  19. 25

    Duke Nukem Forever

    Serious Sam Classic, but solo, and with aliens

    Mixed · 69%FPS · Shooter

  20. 26

    Left 4 Dead 2

    Serious Sam Classic, but with zombies, and four times the hours

    Loved · 98%FPS · Shooter

  21. 27

    Quake II

    Much the same as Serious Sam Classic

    Loved · 95%FPS · Shooter

More like ELDEN RING

3 games closest to ELDEN RING of your picks

  1. 28

    DARK SOULS III

    ELDEN RING, but story-rich

    Loved · 94%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  2. 29

    DARK SOULS II

    Much the same as ELDEN RING

    Liked · 88%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  3. 30

    Salt and Sanctuary

    ELDEN RING, but a metroidvania, and a third of the hours

    Liked · 89%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

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How this list is made

Each game is measured against each of your picks the way a games-like list measures it: the Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes they share, each counting for more the fewer games carry it. A game's place is how alike it is to your picks together, as a share of each pick's best match, so one alike to two of them comes before one alike to just one. It must be close to at least one of them, as close as it would have to be on that game's own list.

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