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Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2022

Should you play it?

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is a new stand-alone expansion to the world of the classic FPS series. Join the fight against Notorious Mental on a journey through the wild lands of Russia, and find your way through this lost chapter of Sam Stone's adventures.

What works

  • Fun, fast-paced combat with large hordes
  • Creative level design with secrets and side quests
  • Co-op multiplayer with drop-in/drop-out
  • New weapons and gadgets add variety
  • Strong fan service and nostalgic elements

Things to keep in mind

  • Short campaign length (around 5-8 hours)
  • Performance and optimization issues
  • Some difficulty spikes and balance issues
  • Limited story depth and character development
  • Repetitive enemy spawn locations in some areas

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Generation Zero®

  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

  • Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

  • Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

  • Volcanoids

  • No Rest for the Wicked

More intimate

Games that feels like Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem but with more focus on close relationships

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

  • Shadow Warrior 2

  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2

  • Killing Floor 2

  • John Carpenter's Toxic Commando

  • Borderlands 2

More competitive

Games that feels like Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem but with more competition against others

  • Dying Light

  • Sniper Elite: Resistance

  • Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

  • Sniper Elite 5

  • Resident Evil 6

  • Arizona Sunshine® VR 2

Less social

Games that feels like Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Shadow Warrior

  • Crysis 3 Remastered

  • DOOM Eternal

  • Black Mesa

  • Terminator: Resistance

  • ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Serious Sam 4

  • Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

  • Serious Sam II

  • Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter

  • Serious Sam Classics: Revolution

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026