Alan Wake overview

Overview

Alan Wake comes from Remedy Entertainment and is published by Remedy Entertainment. It arrived on Steam on Feb 16, 2012, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on TV, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, and Xbox so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Alan Wake's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 303 players at 12 September 2026 - 00:03:58 UTC, with a tracked peak near 6,612. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 90% positive across 58,692 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Alan Wake is available in 11 languages including:

4 regional rating boards including esrb, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Alan Wake has sold up to 3,900,000 units and has 45,396 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $44,100,000. On Twitch, 9 streamers are live with around 62 total watchers.

Alan Wake overview details

Alan Wake combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

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.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Alan Wake is listed as a game with $1.49 (90% off from $14.99). It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on TV, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action and Adventure. SteamPulse's latest observation records 303 players at 12 September 2026 - 00:03:58 UTC, a tracked peak of 6,612, and 90% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ActionHorrorThird PersonAdventureStory RichThrillerAtmosphericSingleplayerPsychological HorrorGreat SoundtrackMysteryEpisodicThird-Person ShooterDarkSupernatural

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Support and legal notes

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