For players seeking an extra challenge beyond simply completing the game, Serious Sam offers score and time attack modes. After completing a level, you'll see your score, kill count, and completion time. Replaying levels to improve these metrics can be a fun way to test your mastery:
- Score Attack: Focus on killing every enemy, especially those in secret areas, and collecting all pickups. Higher difficulty settings yield higher scores.
- Time Attack: Learn optimal routes, minimize backtracking, and use powerful weapons efficiently to clear enemies as quickly as possible.
These modes encourage a deeper understanding of level layouts and enemy spawns. Competing against your own best times or scores, or even against friends, adds significant replayability to the game. Mastering these challenges often requires perfect weapon switching and movement.