Alan Wake

Alan Wake

Remedy Entertainment · 2012 · Action, Horror, Third Person, Story Rich, Adventure

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About Alan Wake

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Hunt down the mystery of your missing wife while battling a Dark Presence that's turning the town of Bright Falls into a nightmare, armed only with light as your weapon. This psychological thriller action game delivers TV-style storytelling with intense combat, shocking plot twists, and an atmosphere that blurs the line between sanity and madness.

When the wife of the best-selling writer Alan Wake disappears on their vacation, his search turns up pages from a thriller he doesn’t even remember writing. A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.

Presented in the style of a TV series, Alan Wake features the trademark Remedy storytelling and pulse-pounding action sequences. As players dive deeper and deeper into the mystery, they’ll face overwhelming odds, plot twists, and cliffhangers. It’s only by mastering the Fight With Light combat mechanic that they can stay one step ahead of the darkness that spreads across Bright Falls.

With the body of an action game and the mind of a psychological thriller, Alan Wake’s intense atmosphere, deep and multilayered story, and exceptionally tense combat sequences provide players with an entertaining and original gaming experience.

Enhanced for the PC

  • Includes Alan Wake Special Episodes “The Signal” and “The Writer”
  • Experience Alan Wake’s Pacific Northwest in higher resolutions and higher fidelity than the Xbox360 version.
  • Fully configurable mouse and keyboard support, or if you prefer to play with the Steam or Microsoft gamepad connected to your PC, you can do that too!
  • Lots of customizable graphics settings and support for 4:3, 16:9 and 16:10 aspect ratios!
  • Multithreaded engine that takes advantage of quad core CPUs.
  • Additional features our fans have sought after such as field of view adjustment as well as “hide HUD”.
  • Works with AMD Eyefinity 3D 3-screen mode.

DLC & expansions

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

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Players consistently praise Alan Wake Remastered's compelling, Stephen King-like story and memorable characters, particularly protagonist Alan and his sidekick Barry, along with its atmospheric graphics and unique flashlight-based combat mechanic. However, there's significant criticism of the dated and repetitive combat system, which many feel is overly difficult and detracts from immersion, with some finding the story confusing despite appreciating its narrative ambition.

Recommended Jul 16, 2026
Honestly, Alan Wake Remastered is such an amazing game, and playing through it again just reminded me why I fell in love with it in the first place. The story is absolute gold—it feels like you're playing through a mind-bending Stephen King novel or a high-budget thriller TV show, and characters like Alan and his hilarious agent Barry are so well-written and memorable that you actually care about what happens to them. The combat still feels incredibly fun and unique; there's nothing quite like the tense rush of shining your flashlight to burn off a shadow shield before finishing them off with a shotgun. For a game that originally came out back in 2010, the graphics look really nice in this version, especially with the upgraded lighting and the super creepy, foggy forest atmosphere. Even the collectibles are actually worth finding—hunting down those manuscript pages is awesome because they give you cool story clues and foreshadow what's about to happen next, instead of just being mindless busywork. If you haven't played this masterpiece yet, do yourself a favor and pick it up. It holds up beautifully!
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Recommended Jul 17, 2026
Good asf. Alan is peak chad
Recommended Jul 16, 2026
Besides the absolutely outdated and horrible gameplay, this game is kinda decent. The story is average. The characters are pretty cool and Alan is awesome. But it's alright and nothing more than that. I'd only recommend if you like classic horror and Steven King. 5.7/10
Recommended Jul 16, 2026
The game is overall descent, an excellent story to play, but it is wrapped in a excessively boring combat mechasism. The combat gets repetitive and boring, it is also tougher than it should be which takes away all immersion. had the combat been easier, it would have been an easy 10/10
Recommended Jul 16, 2026
nice game in all matters but syory is very complex
Recommended Jul 16, 2026
Great game and DLC . Dont play the sequel though, its woke garbage.

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