Games like Alan Wake
If Alan Wake is your kind of game, the closest matches are Alan Wake's American Nightmare, CONTROL Ultimate Edition and The Veil of Death — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its flashlight mechanic feels satisfying, atmospheric and cinematic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Alan Wake is a 2012 action-adventure game set in the fictional small town of Bright Falls. Players navigate checkpoint-based levels while managing limited resources and facing scripted waves of shadowy enemies. The core mechanic involves using a flashlight to weaken enemies before attacking, making light the primary tool against darkness. Reviewers note the writing and art direction feel cinematic, and players describe the atmosphere as tense and unsettling. The game blends narrative storytelling with interactive gameplay in a style players say merges novel and game mediums uniquely. Alan Wake costs $14.99 USD and runs verified on Steam Deck, holding an 88% positive rating from over 16,000 Steam reviews.
About Alan Wake: 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.
Players who liked Alan Wake also play
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Alan Wake's American Nightmare
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alan Wake.
Top pick for Alan Wake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!
CONTROL Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Alan Wake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
The Veil of Death
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Alan Wake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
A psychological horror game inspired by the myths and legends of Mexican folklore, set in the Juárez Hospital in Mexico City in 2007. Explore, solve puzzles, fight entities from beyond and reconstruct the truth behind a forgotten tragedy.
Red Silhouette
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Alan Wake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
2.5D survival horror game, where Eevi works security at the abandoned Silver Leaf Mall known to contain doors to many dead dreams.
Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alan Wake.
Ranked #5 for Alan Wake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Alan Wake.
Phil's life has crumbled to dust. The four walls of his room have become his safe haven. He yearns for sleep...but terrible nightmares haunt him. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Midnight Scenes: The Nanny
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Alan Wake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Alan Wake.
The Nanny is a short interactive horror story about the supernatural. Follow siblings Oliver and Tina in their quest to find their nanny after she disappears in the middle of the night. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Dead Return
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Alan Wake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
Dead Return is a first-person psychological horror game about returning to a place you can never leave.
Eternal Fracture
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Alan Wake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
In Eternal Fracture, you play as officer T. A grieving police officer that gets dispatched to the Bayou Mall in Louisiana to reset a known malfunctioning security system. What was supposed to be just another late-night routine sweep turns into dread. You are being watched.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Alan Wake
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Quantum Break
WHY THIS
Shares a cinematic mood with Alan Wake.
Reviewers of Alan Wake cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes Quantum Break, a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. The Quantum Break experience is part game, part live action show—where decisions in one dramatically affect the other.
Max Payne
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alan Wake.
Reviewers of Alan Wake cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
Resident Evil 2
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Alan Wake.
Reviewers of Alan Wake cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
L.A. Noire
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alan Wake.
Reviewers of Alan Wake cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Alan Wake.
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
Outer Wilds
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alan Wake.
Reviewers of Alan Wake cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
What Remains of Edith Finch
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alan Wake.
Reviewers of Alan Wake cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Alan Wake.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
The Last of Us™ Part I
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alan Wake.
Reviewers of Alan Wake cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alan Wake.
Reviewers of Alan Wake cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Alan Wake.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Alan Wake at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Alan Wake on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Alan Wake on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Alan Wake on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Alan Wake on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Alan Wake on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Alan Wake.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Alan Wake on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~93% under Alan Wake on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Alan Wake on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Alan Wake.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Remedy Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by Remedy Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
CONTROL Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Alan Wake. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Quantum Break
WHY THIS
Shares a cinematic mood with Alan Wake.
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Alan Wake. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes Quantum Break, a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. The Quantum Break experience is part game, part live action show—where decisions in one dramatically affect the other.
Max Payne
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alan Wake.
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Alan Wake. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alan Wake.
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Alan Wake. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a violent, film-noir love story. Dark, tragic and intense, the in-depth story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations. Love hurts.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alan Wake.
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Alan Wake. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!
FBC: Firebreak
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alan Wake.
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Alan Wake. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
Purchase FBC: Firebreak and invite your friends to play the full game for free on any platform. FBC: Firebreak is a three-player cooperative first-person shooter set within a mysterious federal agency under assault by otherworldly forces.
Death Rally
WHY THIS
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Alan Wake. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
Load your guns, start your engines...THE CLASSIC IS BACK! Brought to you from Remedy, renowned developers of Max Payne and Alan Wake, Remedy's Death Rally classic top down racer is back, stronger and more vicious than ever.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alan Wake.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!
CONTROL Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alan Wake.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Alan Wake.
Phil's life has crumbled to dust. The four walls of his room have become his safe haven. He yearns for sleep...but terrible nightmares haunt him. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
Frequently asked about Alan Wake
- Is Alan Wake verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Alan Wake is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Alan Wake cost?
- Alan Wake is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Alan Wake?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Alan Wake are Alan Wake's American Nightmare, CONTROL Ultimate Edition, The Veil of Death.
- Who developed Alan Wake?
- Alan Wake was developed by Remedy Entertainment.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Alan Wake.
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