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Alan Wake's American Nightmare

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360 • 2012

Should you play it?

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

What works

  • Improved combat mechanics and weapon variety
  • Engaging atmospheric soundtrack and visuals
  • Interesting fantasy narrative with mr. scratch
  • Arcade survival mode adds replay value
  • Short and accessible gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive level design with reused maps
  • Short campaign length
  • Less complex and underdeveloped story
  • No multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • Limited exploration and customization

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Deadfall Adventures

  • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

  • Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

  • Bright Memory

  • Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition

  • Dark Sector

Less competitive

Games that feels like Alan Wake's American Nightmare but with less competition against others

  • Alan Wake

  • The Evil Within

  • Hell is Us

  • REPLACED

  • Deadlight

  • Red Alliance

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Quantum Break

  • Alan Wake

  • CONTROL Ultimate Edition

  • Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

  • Max Payne

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
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  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Alan Wake's American Nightmare. These titles are not in What to play next.

Alan Wake's American Nightmare: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation.

Last update: 21/08/2026