Alan Wake's American Nightmare

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• third-person shooter

• psychological horror fiction

• action game^*

• horror game^*

• shooter game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  T - Teen^*

Localized titles

• Alan Wake's American Nightmare

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• Adventure^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Full controller support^*
• Remote Play on TV^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• German^*
• French^*
• Italian^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Japanese^*
• Czech^*
• Hungarian^*
• Polish^*
• Russian^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• Russian^*

Community tags · historical

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  316^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  233^*

• Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  221^*

• Third Person^*

  Votes · historical

  191^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  156^*

• Third-Person Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  132^*

• Thriller^*

  Votes · historical

  131^*

• Psychological Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  81^*

• Mystery^*

  Votes · historical

  74^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  64^*

• Arcade^*

  Votes · historical

  62^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  60^*

• Cinematic^*

  Votes · historical

  58^*

• Survival Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  55^*

• Detective^*

  Votes · historical

  51^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  49^*

• Supernatural^*

  Votes · historical

  40^*

• Survival^*

  Votes · historical

  31^*

• Short^*

  Votes · historical

  27^*

• Controller^*

  Votes · historical

  26^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows XP SP2^*

  Processor alternatives

  Dual Core 2GHz Intel or 2.8GHz AMD^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  DirectX 10 compatible with 512MB RAM DirectX®: 10^*

  Storage

  8 GB HD space Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Processor alternatives

  Quad Core 2.66GHz Intel or 3.2GHz AMD^*

  Graphics alternatives

  DirectX 10 compatible or later with 1GB RAM^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Verified^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Platinum^*

  Reports

  63^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Full^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Verified^*

Developers

• Remedy Entertainment^*

Publishers

• Xbox Game Studios
• Remedy Entertainment^*

• 2012-02-22

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2012-05-21 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2012-05-21^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  May 22, 2012^*

Detailed specifications