Alan Wake
Alan Wake is Remedy Entertainment's psychological action thriller about a bestselling author, his missing wife, an eerie presence and a manuscript that becomes reality in Bright Falls.
- Developer
- Remedy Entertainment
- Publisher
- Remedy Entertainment
- Genre
- Action, Adventure, Horror
- Game modes
- Singleplayer
- Game series
- Alan Wake
- Also known as
- Alan Wake PC
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What is Alan Wake?
Alan Wake is Remedy Entertainment's psychological action thriller about bestselling author Alan Wake. During a holiday in Bright Falls, his wife Alice disappears. At the same time, Alan finds pages of a manuscript he cannot remember writing, and whose events become reality.
The story blends mystery, horror and deliberately episodic TV-style structures. Bright Falls, Cauldron Lake and the Dark Place later become a central part of Remedy's larger Connected Universe.
Updated 18.09.2026
Sources
- Alan Wake: Geschichte von Alan Wake alanwake.com
- Alan Wake Remastered: Offizielle Spielseite alanwake.com
Release
Alan Wake was originally released in May 2010 for Xbox 360 and followed on PC in 2012. On Oct 5, 2021, Alan Wake Remastered came out for PC, PlayStation and Xbox; the Nintendo Switch version followed on Oct 20, 2022.
The remaster does not change the story, but modernises resolution, frame rate, cutscenes and character presentation. It also includes the two story expansions The Signal and The Writer.
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Xbox 360
Original release of Alan Wake on Xbox 360.
Source
- Alan Wake: Seit 2010 verschwunden alanwake.com
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pc, ps4, ps5, xbox-one, xbox-series
Alan Wake Remastered comes with The Signal and The Writer.
Source
- Remedy: Alan Wake Remastered alanwake.com
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Switch
Alan Wake Remastered is coming to Nintendo Switch.
Source
- Alan Wake Remastered FAQ alanwake.com
Updated 18.09.2026
Sources
- Remedy: Ankündigung von Alan Wake Remastered alanwake.com
- Alan Wake Remastered FAQ alanwake.com
Platforms
The original version was released for Xbox 360 and PC. Alan Wake Remastered later brought the story to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch. Backward compatibility and native remaster versions should not be confused with new standalone Alan Wake games.
Updated 18.09.2026
Sources
- Alan Wake Remastered FAQ: Plattformen alanwake.com
- Alan Wake Remastered: Plattformübersicht alanwake.com
Gameplay
Alan Wake combines third-person action with a light-and-darkness system. Enemies possessed by the darkness must first be weakened with a flashlight, flares or other light sources before conventional weapons take effect. Ammunition, batteries and safe light sources structure both combat and exploration.
Between confrontations, the focus is on exploration, manuscript pages and uncovering the events in Bright Falls. The Remastered version keeps the original gameplay and mainly modernises the presentation.
Updated 18.09.2026
Sources
- Alan Wake Remastered: Spielbeschreibung alanwake.com
- Alan Wake Remastered FAQ alanwake.com
Trailer
DLCs and expansions
The original game includes the two story expansions The Signal and The Writer. Both continue Alan's story after the main game and are an integral part of Alan Wake Remastered.
Updated 18.09.2026
Sources
- Remedy: The Signal und The Writer im Remaster alanwake.com
- Alan Wake Remastered FAQ alanwake.com
System requirements
The original Windows version of Alan Wake was released in 2012. For it, Steam lists a dual-core processor at 2 GHz (Intel) or 2.8 GHz (AMD), 2 GB RAM, a DirectX 10 graphics card with 512 MB of graphics memory and 8 GB of hard drive space. Recommended are quad-core processors at 2.66 GHz (Intel) or 3.2 GHz (AMD), 4 GB RAM and 1 GB of graphics memory.
These historical details apply to the original PC version, not Alan Wake Remastered. The former operating system requirements are no guarantee of current Steam client support.
The details apply to PC (Originalfassung 2012).
Minimum
- Processor
- Dual Core Intel 2 GHz / AMD 2.8 GHz
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Graphics
- DirectX 10, 512 MB VRAM
- Speicher
- 8 GB
Recommended
- Processor
- Quad Core Intel 2.66 GHz / AMD 3.2 GHz
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Graphics
- DirectX 10, 1 GB VRAM
- Speicher
- 8 GB
Editorial details
Updated 08.10.2026
Sources
- Steam – Alan Wake (2012) store.steampowered.com
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Game series
Alan Wake forms a central part of the Remedy Connected Universe together with Alan Wake 2. Remedy also links the series to Control, without making the individual games mere expansions of each other. Alan Wake 2 continues Alan's story after his long disappearance.
More from Alan Wake
Updated 18.09.2026
Sources
- Alan Wake 2: Geschichte von Alan Wake alanwake.com
- Alan Wake Remastered alanwake.com
