The classic Serious Sam 2 gets a big upgrade and now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe - 31 Oct 2025 at 2:29 pm UTC

A blast from the past returns in style, with Serious Sam 2 from Croteam recently getting a huge 20th Annviersary Update and now it has been Steam Deck Verified.

Part 1 of the update rolled out October 11th and Part 2 on October 27th. Across the updates the developer added in a load of Steam community items, they bundled the huge Renovation Mod mod into the game, gave it a big UI upgrade, improved controller support, lots of bug fixes and…it's quite a long list.

Thanks to all the upgrades to the UI, defaults and controller support it is also now Steam Deck Verified / SteamOS Compatible for you to take on the go. And, means it should work great with Proton on Desktop Linux PCs too. Valve bumped up the default to run on the upcoming Proton 10.

Great to see more classic games get upgraded to work well on modern systems.

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Serious Sam 2 | Release Date: 11th October 2005

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Tags: Proton, Steam Deck, FPS, Retro, Steam | Apps: Serious Sam 2

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mi1stormilst 2 days ago

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Used to play these with my little kids after turning on the no gib mode and just blasted flowers out of everything.

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Linux_Rocks 2 days ago

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This is getting serious. 💣

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Drakker a day ago

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It worked fine a few months back, but it doesn't start anymore after the big update, doesn't matter which version of proton I use. Go figure.

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ElectricPrism 21 hours ago

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Partial Controller Support
* Xbox Controllers

I really need "Full Controller Support" to be happy on a Steam Deck.

There are many games from the 2000s to 2010s I play a lot on Steam Deck, but what they have in common is that they have Full Controller Support.

It puts a dent in the fun when you constantly notice you are playing a game that was never designed for your device -- it makes it impossible to be immersive.

I think Serious Sam could stand to gain a lot of ground and fortify their cult following by giving some some tender loving care and quality updates to their most famous old games.

Plus a few bucks to buy into a franchise pushes sales of later games. People have a tendency to want to collect.

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