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Alan Wake's American Nightmare

Remedy Entertainment · 2012-05-22

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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

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Alan Wake's American Nightmare is an Action, Adventure game released in 2012, priced at $0.89, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Mostly Positive (74% of 10729 reviews).

30
playing now
75%
positive of 11k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (273 ratings)
7
Nexus mods (1.4k downloads)
5.7h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 10h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.89
steam price (US)

30 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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
  • · 30 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 5% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 436k–872k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,906 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.89-90%
Humble Store$0.89-90%
GOG$0.89-90%
Steam$1.34-85%
Microsoft Store$1.34-85%

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 127 of 164 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

63132026-09-15 12:00 — 26 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 35 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 24 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 35 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 52 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 23 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 38 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 31 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 28 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 29 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 21 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 25 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 28 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 44 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 23 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 33 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 40 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 27 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 36 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 63 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 38 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1586Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 106 · peak 242Dec 2012 — avg 45 · peak 104May 2013 — avg 53 · peak 442Oct 2013 — avg 26 · peak 65Mar 2014 — avg 25 · peak 62Aug 2014 — avg 27 · peak 65Jan 2015 — avg 28 · peak 74Jun 2015 — avg 29 · peak 73Nov 2015 — avg 14 · peak 40Apr 2016 — avg 13 · peak 36Sep 2016 — avg 9 · peak 27Feb 2017 — avg 11 · peak 29Jul 2017 — avg 20 · peak 56Dec 2017 — avg 11 · peak 29May 2018 — avg 8 · peak 26Oct 2018 — avg 15 · peak 91Mar 2019 — avg 9 · peak 23Aug 2019 — avg 10 · peak 23Jan 2020 — avg 9 · peak 24Jun 2020 — avg 11 · peak 30Nov 2020 — avg 11 · peak 32Apr 2021 — avg 9 · peak 23Sep 2021 — avg 9 · peak 29Feb 2022 — avg 7 · peak 20Jul 2022 — avg 8 · peak 22Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18May 2023 — avg 9 · peak 36Oct 2023 — avg 28 · peak 131Mar 2024 — avg 18 · peak 45Aug 2024 — avg 14 · peak 33Jan 2025 — avg 15 · peak 42Jun 2025 — avg 15 · peak 34Nov 2025 — avg 28 · peak 74Apr 2026 — avg 21 · peak 54Aug 2026 — avg 21 · peak 61
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$17.52$0.892015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-04-01 — best price $2.492015-06-06 — best price $1.992015-08-10 — best price $4.992015-12-03 — best price $9.992016-03-29 — best price $2.492016-08-04 — best price $9.992016-12-12 — best price $9.992017-04-12 — best price $2.502017-10-29 — best price $9.992018-03-24 — best price $9.992018-08-03 — best price $2.492018-12-02 — best price $7.642019-03-18 — best price $2.242019-07-09 — best price $8.992019-11-01 — best price $2.422020-01-11 — best price $7.552020-04-19 — best price $3.452020-09-24 — best price $8.992021-01-05 — best price $8.992021-06-05 — best price $8.992022-08-09 — best price $3.142022-12-07 — best price $7.242023-04-25 — best price $4.492023-08-06 — best price $8.992023-12-18 — best price $3.402024-05-06 — best price $4.502024-09-09 — best price $8.992025-01-11 — best price $8.992025-06-02 — best price $1.792025-10-06 — best price $8.992026-01-06 — best price $0.892026-05-14 — best price $0.892026-08-15 — best price $0.892026-09-19 — best price $0.892026-10-14 — best price $0.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4721102026-05-29 — 143 pageviews2026-06-02 — 192 pageviews2026-06-06 — 231 pageviews2026-06-10 — 177 pageviews2026-06-14 — 209 pageviews2026-06-18 — 152 pageviews2026-06-22 — 164 pageviews2026-06-26 — 161 pageviews2026-06-30 — 158 pageviews2026-07-04 — 189 pageviews2026-07-08 — 161 pageviews2026-07-12 — 134 pageviews2026-07-16 — 134 pageviews2026-07-20 — 110 pageviews2026-07-24 — 133 pageviews2026-07-28 — 152 pageviews2026-08-01 — 131 pageviews2026-08-05 — 130 pageviews2026-08-09 — 154 pageviews2026-08-13 — 157 pageviews2026-08-17 — 135 pageviews2026-08-21 — 132 pageviews2026-08-25 — 166 pageviews2026-08-29 — 150 pageviews2026-09-02 — 162 pageviews2026-09-06 — 184 pageviews2026-09-10 — 149 pageviews2026-09-14 — 239 pageviews2026-09-18 — 320 pageviews2026-09-22 — 328 pageviews2026-09-26 — 449 pageviews2026-09-30 — 389 pageviews2026-10-04 — 424 pageviews2026-10-08 — 271 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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

ActionArcadeHorrorMysteryShooterThrillerAdventureCinematicDetectiveAtmospheric

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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