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Games like Serious Sam Classic and ELDEN RING

30 games that play like them, 4 of them like more than one. Add another you loved and the list leans toward it.

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

Like more than one of them

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

  1. 1

    Outward

    ELDEN RING, but a survival game, and a third of the hours

    Mixed · 73%Souls-like · Open worldAlso like Serious Sam Classic

  2. 2

    Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

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

    Mixed · 79%FPS · Co-opAlso like ELDEN RING

  3. 3

    Bright Memory

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

    Loved · 90%FPS · ShooterAlso like ELDEN RING

  4. 4

    Far Cry New Dawn

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

    Mixed · 75%FPS · ShooterAlso like ELDEN RING

More like Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter

24 games closest to Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter of your picks

  1. 5

    Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

    Much the same as Serious Sam Classic

    Liked · 89%FPS · Shooter

  2. 6

    Quake

    Serious Sam Classic, but retro

    Loved · 96%FPS · Old School

  3. 7

    Quake II

    Much the same as Serious Sam Classic

    Loved · 95%FPS · Boomer Shooter

  4. 8

    Unreal Gold

    Much the same as Serious Sam Classic

    Liked · 89%FPS · Old School

  5. 9

    DOOM + DOOM II

    Serious Sam Classic, but solo, and retro

    Loved · 97%FPS · Old School

  6. 10

    Blood and Bacon

    Serious Sam Classic, but horror, and co-op

    Loved · 95%FPS · Shooter

  7. 11

    Painkiller Hell & Damnation

    Serious Sam Classic, but faster, and more divisive

    Mixed · 78%FPS · Shooter

  8. 12

    CULTIC

    Serious Sam Classic, but single-player, and solo

    Loved · 97%Old School · FPS

  9. 13

    Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

    Serious Sam Classic, but pixel art, and solo

    Liked · 89%FPS · Old School

  10. 14

    Borderlands 2

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

    Loved · 90%FPS · Shooter

  11. 15

    Strife: Veteran Edition

    Serious Sam Classic, but retro

    Loved · 90%FPS · Boomer Shooter

  12. 16

    LEGO The Hobbit

    Serious Sam Classic, but open world, and more divisive

    Liked · 81%Local Co-Op · Split Screen

  13. 17

    Split Fiction

    Serious Sam Classic, but a puzzle platformer, and twice the hours

    Loved · 97%Split Screen · Local Co-Op

  14. 18

    DOOM II

    Serious Sam Classic, but solo, and retro

    Loved · 95%FPS · Old School

  15. 19

    AMID EVIL

    Serious Sam Classic, but single-player, and surreal

    Loved · 93%Old School · FPS

  16. 20

    Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

    Serious Sam Classic, but with dinosaurs

    Loved · 90%FPS · Split Screen

  17. 21

    LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

    Serious Sam Classic, but a 3D platformer, and in space

    Loved · 90%Co-op · Local Co-Op

  18. 22

    Space Hulk: Deathwing - Enhanced Edition

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

    Mixed · 72%FPS · Shooter

  19. 23

    A Way Out

    Serious Sam Classic, but story-rich, and co-op

    Liked · 88%Split Screen · Local Co-Op

  20. 24

    Blood: Fresh Supply

    Serious Sam Classic, but 2.5D, and horror

    Loved · 94%FPS · Old School

  21. 25

    Shadow Warrior Classic Redux

    Serious Sam Classic, but with ninjas, and single-player

    Liked · 89%FPS · Old School

  22. 26

    Halo: The Master Chief Collection

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

    Loved · 92%FPS · Shooter

  23. 27

    Project Warlock

    Serious Sam Classic, but dark fantasy, and pixel art

    Liked · 87%FPS · Old School

  24. 28

    Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

    Serious Sam Classic, but competitive, and physics-driven

    Loved · 91%FPS · Old School

More like ELDEN RING

2 games closest to ELDEN RING of your picks

  1. 29

    DARK SOULS III

    ELDEN RING, but story-rich

    Loved · 94%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  2. 30

    DARK SOULS II

    Much the same as ELDEN RING

    Liked · 88%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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