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Alan Wake

Remedy Entertainment · 2012-02-16

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 14, 2010 (Xbox 360), Feb 16, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.

Alan Wake is an Action and Adventure game released in 2012, priced at $1.49, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 59679 reviews).

282
playing now
90%
positive of 60k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
315
twitch viewers (latest)
11.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
83/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (1010 ratings)
15
Nexus mods (16k downloads)
13h
to beat · rushed 8.5h · completionist 33h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.49
steam price (US)

282 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Alan Wake is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The game was released in May 2010 for the Xbox 360, with a Windows version following in February 2012 and a remastered version released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows in October 2021, as well as a Nintendo Switch version in October 2022. The story follows bestselling crime thriller novelist Alan Wake as he tries to uncover the mystery behind his wife's disappearance during a vacation in the small fictional town of Bright Falls, Washington, all while experiencing events from the plot of his latest novel, which he cannot remember writing, coming to life.

Trailer

Alan Wake trailer thumbnail

Alan Wake - Official Launch Trailer | HD

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 282 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,867 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~608/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 2.4M–4.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 60,433 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-90%
Humble Store$1.49-90%
GOG$1.49-90%
Steam$2.24-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.11 at AllYouPlay (2020-10-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 134 of 168 observed days · $0.38 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 655 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,297 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 556 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,215 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 626 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 711 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 824 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 648 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 623 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 722 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 494 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 680 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 731 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 23 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7161502026-09-15 11:00 — 267 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 366 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 216 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 302 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 514 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 275 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 167 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 326 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 266 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 289 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 324 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 241 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 150 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 331 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 514 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 226 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 366 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 420 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 250 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 456 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 716 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 383 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 282 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k46Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 652 · peak 1,474Dec 2012 — avg 269 · peak 624May 2013 — avg 406 · peak 3,653Oct 2013 — avg 171 · peak 360Mar 2014 — avg 174 · peak 408Aug 2014 — avg 193 · peak 461Jan 2015 — avg 226 · peak 634Jun 2015 — avg 130 · peak 287Nov 2015 — avg 105 · peak 283Apr 2016 — avg 98 · peak 242Sep 2016 — avg 70 · peak 161Feb 2017 — avg 81 · peak 180Jul 2017 — avg 167 · peak 354Dec 2017 — avg 82 · peak 158May 2018 — avg 63 · peak 130Oct 2018 — avg 186 · peak 1,424Mar 2019 — avg 71 · peak 155Aug 2019 — avg 85 · peak 190Jan 2020 — avg 83 · peak 165Jun 2020 — avg 194 · peak 374Nov 2020 — avg 129 · peak 323Apr 2021 — avg 95 · peak 215Sep 2021 — avg 98 · peak 208Feb 2022 — avg 58 · peak 117Jul 2022 — avg 79 · peak 154Dec 2022 — avg 69 · peak 148May 2023 — avg 100 · peak 361Oct 2023 — avg 398 · peak 2,594Mar 2024 — avg 158 · peak 350Aug 2024 — avg 120 · peak 236Jan 2025 — avg 145 · peak 335Jun 2025 — avg 172 · peak 449Nov 2025 — avg 275 · peak 737Apr 2026 — avg 223 · peak 547Aug 2026 — avg 199 · peak 601
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
60602026-09-232026-10-142026-09-23: 19 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 20 new positive2026-09-26: 39 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 48 new positive2026-09-28: 5 new negative2026-09-30: 38 new positive2026-09-30: 7 new negative2026-10-03: 26 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 26 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 28 new positive2026-10-05: 6 new negative2026-10-06: 10 new positive2026-10-06: 5 new negative2026-10-07: 17 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 21 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 19 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new negative2026-10-11: 24 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 60 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 24 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 21 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$32.49$1.242015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $6.892015-03-20 — best price $29.952015-05-19 — best price $30.492015-07-16 — best price $17.932015-10-29 — best price $7.492015-12-31 — best price $29.992016-04-04 — best price $15.942016-07-01 — best price $7.502016-11-04 — best price $28.652017-02-13 — best price $29.992018-11-01 — best price $2.492019-03-11 — best price $3.742019-06-10 — best price $14.992019-10-21 — best price $7.502020-01-01 — best price $14.992020-03-20 — best price $14.992020-06-19 — best price $7.502020-10-23 — best price $3.742021-01-03 — best price $14.992021-05-02 — best price $15.272022-05-26 — best price $3.742022-10-28 — best price $3.742023-01-10 — best price $12.142023-05-22 — best price $14.992023-09-01 — best price $12.142023-12-15 — best price $7.502024-04-02 — best price $12.132024-07-05 — best price $3.492024-10-28 — best price $2.992025-01-13 — best price $6.672025-05-02 — best price $12.422025-09-04 — best price $1.492025-12-04 — best price $12.422026-03-05 — best price $1.872026-06-08 — best price $14.992026-08-18 — best price $1.492026-09-17 — best price $1.492026-10-14 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.3k7262026-05-31 — 1,130 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1,141 pageviews2026-06-08 — 1,363 pageviews2026-06-12 — 976 pageviews2026-06-16 — 871 pageviews2026-06-20 — 984 pageviews2026-06-24 — 849 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1,043 pageviews2026-07-02 — 812 pageviews2026-07-06 — 1,027 pageviews2026-07-10 — 750 pageviews2026-07-14 — 726 pageviews2026-07-18 — 840 pageviews2026-07-22 — 754 pageviews2026-07-26 — 911 pageviews2026-07-30 — 806 pageviews2026-08-03 — 857 pageviews2026-08-07 — 845 pageviews2026-08-11 — 1,016 pageviews2026-08-15 — 934 pageviews2026-08-19 — 798 pageviews2026-08-23 — 913 pageviews2026-08-27 — 1,017 pageviews2026-08-31 — 1,206 pageviews2026-09-04 — 1,203 pageviews2026-09-08 — 964 pageviews2026-09-12 — 1,131 pageviews2026-09-16 — 1,138 pageviews2026-09-20 — 1,626 pageviews2026-09-24 — 1,999 pageviews2026-09-28 — 2,255 pageviews2026-10-02 — 1,786 pageviews2026-10-06 — 1,551 pageviews2026-10-09 — 1,452 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.0k22026-09-30 23:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-02 00:12 — 3,402 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-02 23:34 — 2,162 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-05 12:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 167 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 88 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 186 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 139 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 109 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 233 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 415 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 193 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 199 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 215 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 3,977 viewers2026-10-12 07:12 — 3,034 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 3,658 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 117 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 118 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 135 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 315 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82.9%
earned "Follow the Light"
20.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2012-02-16, latest 2013-12-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)112,5565%67
Steam (Steam)81,7575%67

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkActionHorrorMysteryEpisodicThrillerAdventureStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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