Serious Sam: Next Encounter

Metacritic Rating:

Release Date:

Apr 12, 2004

Developers:

Climax Group Climax Solent

Publishers:

2K Play Global Star Software

ESRB Rating:

N/A

Platforms:

Serious Sam: Next Encounter System Requirements

Serious Sam: Next Encounter has never been released for PC, so it has no PC system requirements. It came out on PlayStation 2, GameCube. Released in 2004.

Running Serious Sam: Next Encounter on a computer

A console game runs on a computer through an emulator, so the hardware it needs is the emulator's. You still need your own copy of the game.

PCSX2

PCSX2 emulates PlayStation 2.

Minimum

OS:

Latest Windows 10, macOS 11 (Big Sur), Ubuntu 22.04 or other Linux distro

Processor:

x86-64 with SSE4.1, two physical cores with SMT, PassMark single-thread rating ≥ 1500

Memory:

8 GB RAM

Graphics:

Vulkan 1.1, Direct3D 11 or OpenGL 3.3, PassMark G3D Mark rating ≥ 600

Moderate

OS:

Windows 11, macOS 14–15 (Sonoma–Sequoia), Ubuntu 26.04 or other Linux distro

Processor:

x86-64 with AVX2, four physical cores, PassMark single-thread rating ≥ 2000

Memory:

16 GB RAM

Graphics:

Vulkan 1.3, Direct3D 12, OpenGL 4.6 or Metal, PassMark G3D Mark rating ≥ 6000, 4 GB VRAM

Hardware requirements can vary drastically between games; slower hardware may work but playability and performance are not guaranteed.

Source: https://pcsx2.net/docs/setup/requirements, read on 2026-09-08.

Dolphin

Dolphin emulates GameCube.

Minimum

OS:

Windows 10 (1903 or higher), Linux, or macOS 11 Big Sur or higher

Processor:

A CPU with SSE2 support

Graphics:

A reasonably modern graphics card (Direct3D 11.1 / OpenGL 3.3)

Games of the same series that run on PC

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

Serious Sam 4

Serious Sam: Tormental

Serious Sam's Bogus Detour

Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)

Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope

Where Serious Sam: Next Encounter can be played

Platforms: PlayStation 2, GameCube.