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Alan Wake's American Nightmare cover art

Alan Wake's American Nightmare

Remedy Entertainment · 2012-05-22

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 22, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 22, 2012 (Xbox 360)

A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!

31
playing now
74%
positive of 11k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (273 ratings)
5.7h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 10h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.89
steam price (US)

31 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Alan Wake's American Nightmare is a 2012 third-person shooter video game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Microsoft Studios. It is a downloadable follow-up and spin-off to its predecessor, Alan Wake (2010). The game was released for Xbox 360 on 22 February 2012 worldwide. A Microsoft Windows version was released on 22 May 2012 in North America, 29 June 2012 in Europe and 15 November 2012 in Australia.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 31 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 883 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~110/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 429k–858k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,729 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.89-90%
Steam$0.89-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.89-90%
GOG$8.99
Microsoft Store$8.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at GOG (2025-06-18) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 95 of 133 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13013020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3762026-08-06 21:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 28 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 28 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 30 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 28 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 21 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 19 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 18 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 34 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 21 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 13 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 17 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 26 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 19 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 25 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 37 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 31 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.892015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-03-21 — best price $2.492015-05-14 — best price $9.992015-07-10 — best price $9.992015-10-26 — best price $9.992015-12-25 — best price $2.492016-04-07 — best price $2.502016-08-04 — best price $9.992016-11-24 — best price $2.502017-03-06 — best price $2.492017-07-25 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-04-24 — best price $9.992018-08-30 — best price $4.992018-12-02 — best price $7.642019-02-22 — best price $2.252019-05-30 — best price $2.692019-09-18 — best price $4.492019-11-28 — best price $2.242020-02-06 — best price $8.112020-05-11 — best price $8.992020-09-24 — best price $8.992020-12-22 — best price $3.142021-04-10 — best price $8.992022-02-22 — best price $2.242022-09-27 — best price $8.992023-01-05 — best price $8.992023-05-07 — best price $3.492023-08-06 — best price $8.992023-12-02 — best price $8.992024-03-29 — best price $2.242024-07-18 — best price $2.692024-11-21 — best price $4.002025-02-22 — best price $8.992025-06-27 — best price $1.342025-10-06 — best price $8.992025-12-18 — best price $0.892026-04-09 — best price $0.892026-07-10 — best price $4.492026-08-30 — best price $0.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2491022026-05-29 — 143 pageviews2026-06-01 — 208 pageviews2026-06-04 — 206 pageviews2026-06-07 — 233 pageviews2026-06-10 — 177 pageviews2026-06-13 — 181 pageviews2026-06-16 — 120 pageviews2026-06-19 — 163 pageviews2026-06-22 — 164 pageviews2026-06-25 — 147 pageviews2026-06-28 — 200 pageviews2026-07-01 — 174 pageviews2026-07-04 — 189 pageviews2026-07-07 — 157 pageviews2026-07-10 — 127 pageviews2026-07-13 — 141 pageviews2026-07-16 — 134 pageviews2026-07-19 — 146 pageviews2026-07-22 — 161 pageviews2026-07-25 — 170 pageviews2026-07-28 — 152 pageviews2026-07-31 — 102 pageviews2026-08-03 — 143 pageviews2026-08-06 — 139 pageviews2026-08-09 — 154 pageviews2026-08-12 — 145 pageviews2026-08-15 — 147 pageviews2026-08-18 — 148 pageviews2026-08-21 — 132 pageviews2026-08-24 — 124 pageviews2026-08-26 — 145 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
78.2%
earned "Escape the Taken to the motel."
12.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Czech, Hungarian, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)27,07511%12

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

Player tags

ActionArcadeHorrorMysteryShooterThrillerAdventureCinematicDetectiveAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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