Serious Sam: Shatterverse Playtest Announced on Steam, New Trailer Released
The playtest announcement signals that Behaviour Interactive is moving into the cooperative roguelite FPS space with a major franchise, a genre pivot from its established survival-horror multiplayer work.
Key Facts
- Devolver Digital and Behaviour Interactive revealed a new trailer for Serious Sam: Shatterverse during the PC Gaming Show 2026 on June 8, 2026.
- A Steam playtest for Serious Sam: Shatterverse is scheduled for later in 2026, with sign-ups now live on the game's Steam store page.
- Serious Sam: Shatterverse is a cooperative roguelite first-person shooter supporting up to five players, each controlling a parallel-universe version of protagonist Sam.
- The game is planned for release on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S within 2026.
- Behaviour Interactive, best known for Dead by Daylight, is developing Serious Sam: Shatterverse, marking its first first-person shooter project.
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, Game Spark.
Devolver Digital and Behaviour Interactive revealed a new trailer for "Serious Sam: Shatterverse" during the PC Gaming Show 2026 on June 8, 2026, and announced that a Steam playtest is scheduled for later this year. The game is a cooperative roguelite first-person shooter supporting up to five players, with the story premise that five parallel-universe versions of protagonist Sam unite to fight together. The playtest sign-up button is now live on the game's Steam store page. "Serious Sam: Shatterverse" is planned for release on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with a launch window of 2026. The title is the latest entry in the long-running Serious Sam franchise, which began in 2001. Behaviour Interactive, the developer, is best known for the asymmetrical horror game Dead by Daylight, making this project a notable genre shift for the studio.
Devolver Digital and Behaviour Interactive debuted the latest trailer for "Serious Sam: Shatterverse" during the PC Gaming Show 2026, which streamed on June 8. The trailer showed off the game's fast-paced combat and the five-player cooperative structure, where each player controls a version of Sam from a different parallel world. The Steam playtest sign-up button went live on the store page immediately after the broadcast, though no specific date for the test was given beyond a 2026 window.
The game is described as a roguelite FPS for up to five players, a departure from the traditional single-player or small-co-op focus of earlier Serious Sam titles. Behaviour Interactive, the studio behind Dead by Daylight, is developing the title, marking its first foray into the first-person shooter genre. The full release is planned for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, also within 2026.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.