{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e0e94c5265130438d4462bee","clusterId":"c_e1e90c41dd04bc54838b7613","slug":"serious-sam-shatterverse-launches-with-5-player-roguelite-co-op","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Serious Sam: Shatterverse Launches With 5-Player Roguelite Co-Op","summary":"Behaviour Interactive released Serious Sam: Shatterverse on September 1, 2026, for PC via Steam and Microsoft Store, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. It is priced at 2,600 yen including tax, with a 10 percent launch-week discount.\n\nThe game is a roguelite FPS set in the Serious Sam universe. Teams of up to five players fight through ever-changing universes, stacking boosts and run modifiers that alter the rules of each run. The story follows the Ubermental's scheme to shatter the walls between universes; Sams from different dimensions join forces to restore the Shatterverse and defeat five bosses who serve the series' recurring nemesis, Mental.\n\nEach of the five playable characters is a Sam from a different dimension with distinct abilities. Players carry familiar series weapons alongside new armaments, and face returning enemies plus newly introduced monsters. An offline solo mode supports single-player runs. A Steam sale for the Serious Sam series is also running alongside the launch discount.","whyItMatters":"The multiverse framing lets the series field five playable Sams at once, a structural shift from the lone-hero runs the franchise is known for.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eBehaviour Interactive developed the game and Devolver Digital published it. The roguelite loop treats death as a checkpoint rather than a stop: each run feeds into unlocks, and run modifiers can change the rules of a run entirely. Arenas shift with every attempt, and unstable anomalies and hidden portals appear across the battlefields, offering high-risk, high-reward choices where overwhelming power and sudden endings go together.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story places the player inside the Serious Program, taking on the Ubermental across the multiverse. Mental has already claimed victory in many timelines, and the five bosses standing in the player\u0026#39;s way are Mental\u0026#39;s direct subordinates. Combat keeps the series\u0026#39; arcade style: run-and-gun firefights across massive battlefields, familiar weapons joined by new armaments, and returning enemies from past Serious Sam games mixed with new monsters designed under Mental\u0026#39;s command.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2,600 yen price carries a 10 percent launch-week discount, and a separate Steam sale covers the rest of the Serious Sam series. Offline solo play is supported for one player, so the roguelite loop works without a full team.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Five Sams from five different dimensions, one war. Serious Sam: Shatterverse is out now with up to 5-player co-op, and every playable character is a Sam with their own abilities.","twitterPost":"Death is not the end in Serious Sam: Shatterverse. The roguelite FPS is out on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S at 2,600 yen, 10% off this week.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Behaviour Interactive and Devolver Digital shipped Serious Sam: Shatterverse on September 1, a roguelite FPS that puts up to five players in control of Sams pulled from different dimensions. The 2,600 yen launch price carries a 10 percent first-week discount, and a Steam sale covers the rest of the series.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/993/G099390/20260902008/\",\"title\":\"Roguelite FPS 'Serious Sam: Shatterverse' Set in the Multiverse Begins Distribution; Take on Mental's Forces With Up to 5 Players\"},{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/01/171590.html\",\"title\":\"Co-op roguelite violent FPS 'Serious Sam: Shatterverse' now available! 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