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SeriesAlan Wake

Alan Wake II

Critic score5 critics
First release
Oct 27, 2023
Genres
Adventure, Shooter · Mystery, Action, Horror, Thriller, Survival

Alan Wake 2 marks Remedy Entertainment’s first foray into the survival horror genre. Ritualistic murders in a small town. A writer trapped in a nightmare. An FBI agent looking for answers. Two realities. Two hero characters. One horror story that wants them dead.

Also known as AW2, AWII, Alan Wake 2

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Storyline
Alan Wake went missing in 2010. He was a bestselling writer based in New York City. On a vacation in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, Alice Wake, he came face to face with a force of supernatural darkness. It brought Wake’s writing, a horror story, to life. He fought this dark presence and managed to banish it back to where it came from, a nightmarish dark place hidden under a caldera lake outside the small town of Bright Falls. Wake wrote an ending to his horror story and with that freed his wife from the darkness under the lake but became trapped there himself. Alan Wake is not dead, although he has wished he was many times. For 13 years he’s been a prisoner in the Dark Place, where his nightmares, his fears, and his stories manifest as reality around him. For 13 years, he has been fighting to stay sane and write a story that would change reality around him in order for him to escape. So far, he has failed. Saga Anderson is an accomplished FBI agent with a reputation for solving impossible cases. She arrives in the small-town community of Bright Falls in the Pacific Northwest to investigate a string of ritualistic murders. Anderson’s case spirals into a nightmare when she discovers pages of a horror story that start to come true around her and suggest disturbing links to Alan Wake, a writer who went missing in the area over a decade ago.Read more

Alan Wake went missing in 2010. He was a bestselling writer based in New York City. On a vacation in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, Alice Wake, he came face to face with a force of supernatural darkness. It brought Wake’s writing, a horror story, to life. He fought this dark presence and managed to banish it back to where it came from, a nightmarish dark place hidden under a caldera lake outside the small town of Bright Falls. Wake wrote an ending to his horror story and with that freed his wife from the darkness under the lake but became trapped there himself. Alan Wake is not dead, although he has wished he was many times. For 13 years he’s been a prisoner in the Dark Place, where his nightmares, his fears, and his stories manifest as reality around him. For 13 years, he has been fighting to stay sane and write a story that would change reality around him in order for him to escape. So far, he has failed. Saga Anderson is an accomplished FBI agent with a reputation for solving impossible cases. She arrives in the small-town community of Bright Falls in the Pacific Northwest to investigate a string of ritualistic murders. Anderson’s case spirals into a nightmare when she discovers pages of a horror story that start to come true around her and suggest disturbing links to Alan Wake, a writer who went missing in the area over a decade ago.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 27, 2023
PlayStation 5
Oct 27, 2023
Xbox Series X|S
Oct 27, 2023
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
15h
Main + Extras
25h
Completionist
42h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
exploration, psychological horror, detective, dark, investigation
… All 28, cinematic, female protagonist, supernatural, multiple protagonists, lovecraftian, narrative-driven, dark humor, emotional, story rich, cult, censored version, the game awards - best score or music - nominee, immersive, narrative, male protagonist, multiple playable characters, the game awards - best action-adventure game - nominee, the game awards - best art direction - winner, the game awards - best audio design - nominee, the game awards - best game direction - winner, the game awards - best narrative - winner, the game awards - best performance - nominee, the game awards - game of the year - nominee

At a Glance

Critic Score
93
Main Story (IGDB)
15h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
25h
Completionist (IGDB)
42h

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface, audio, subtitles
  • Deutschinterface, audio, subtitles
IGDB · recorded 31 Oct 2026
Also in 12 other languages

Language data: IGDB · recorded 31 Oct 2026