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Alan Wake II

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2023

Should you play it?

What works

  • Deep, immersive psychological horror atmosphere
  • Complex, well-written narrative with dual protagonists
  • Innovative mechanics like mind place and writer’s room
  • High-quality visuals and audio design
  • Rewarding survival and resource management gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat can feel clunky and frustrating
  • Some puzzles and mechanics feel tedious or underdeveloped
  • Slow pacing at the start
  • Technical glitches reported
  • Limited character customization and social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Evil Within 2

  • Cronos: The New Dawn

  • Tormented Souls 2

  • Fear The Timeloop

  • Silly Polly Beast

  • Resident Evil Requiem

Less expressive

Games that feels like Alan Wake II but with less self-expression and customization

  • Shadow Man Remastered

  • Realms of the Haunting

  • Resident Evil 7 Biohazard

  • Spirit Hunter: Death Mark

  • A.I.L.A

  • Among Ashes

More relaxing

Games that feels like Alan Wake II but with a more relaxing feel

  • UNCHARTED™: Legacy of Thieves Collection

  • CONTROL Ultimate Edition

  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

  • Tomb Raider: Underworld

  • Hail to the Rainbow

  • killer7

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • CONTROL Ultimate Edition

  • Alan Wake

  • Quantum Break

  • Max Payne

  • Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

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).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • 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).

Alan Wake II: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Competition.

Last update: 05/08/2026