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Alan Wake

Remedy Entertainment · 2012-02-16

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

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.

579
playing now
90%
positive of 59k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75
twitch viewers (latest)
83/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (1010 ratings)
13h
to beat · rushed 8.5h · completionist 33h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.49
steam price (US)

579 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 579 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,045 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~631/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 2.4M–4.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 59,167 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-90%
Steam$1.49-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.49-90%
GOG$14.99

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 101 of 137 observed days · $0.38 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 negativeWeek 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: 333 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 49 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

579852026-08-06 21:00 — 193 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 109 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 146 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 192 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 136 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 210 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 245 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 124 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 209 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 243 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 110 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 140 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 187 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 85 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 172 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 158 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 89 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 164 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 315 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 102 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 115 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 241 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 150 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 179 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 219 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 235 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 264 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 387 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 324 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 579 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$32.49$1.242015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $1.492026-08-30 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.5k7082026-05-31 — 1,130 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1,418 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,354 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1,212 pageviews2026-06-12 — 976 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1,011 pageviews2026-06-18 — 858 pageviews2026-06-21 — 998 pageviews2026-06-24 — 849 pageviews2026-06-27 — 941 pageviews2026-06-30 — 863 pageviews2026-07-03 — 809 pageviews2026-07-06 — 1,027 pageviews2026-07-09 — 851 pageviews2026-07-12 — 865 pageviews2026-07-15 — 851 pageviews2026-07-18 — 840 pageviews2026-07-21 — 771 pageviews2026-07-24 — 749 pageviews2026-07-27 — 862 pageviews2026-07-30 — 806 pageviews2026-08-02 — 974 pageviews2026-08-05 — 844 pageviews2026-08-08 — 794 pageviews2026-08-11 — 1,016 pageviews2026-08-14 — 728 pageviews2026-08-17 — 877 pageviews2026-08-20 — 823 pageviews2026-08-23 — 913 pageviews2026-08-26 — 966 pageviews2026-08-27 — 1,017 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

10302026-08-27 23:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 67 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 103 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 88 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 75 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

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.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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