Alan Wake 2

Alan Wake 2 is a psychological horror game from the Finnish studio Remedy Entertainment, with the story told through two parallel narratives. FBI agent Saga Anderson arrives in the fictional town of Bright Falls, Washington, to investigate a series of ritual murders committed by people who call themselves "Those Who Came from the Dark Place". At the same time, the writer Alan Wake has been trapped for thirteen years in a psychedelic dimension, the Dark Place, where reality follows the laws of a written story.

Gameplay combines survival horror elements (managing light and ammunition, and Saga's psychological detective "evidence board") with postmodern metafiction: the characters know that they exist inside a story that is being created. The game is built on Unreal Engine 5 with support for Lumen, Nanite and path tracing, and is one of the most technologically advanced games of 2023-2024.

The original soundtrack includes live rock numbers by the band "Old Gods of Asgard" (the Finnish band Poets of the Fall in character), which are built directly into the gameplay. Alan Wake 2 is part of the "expanded Remedy universe": its events are directly connected to the game Control (2019), whose characters appear here in person.

The Deluxe Edition includes two DLC: Night Springs (three surreal episodes, June 2024) and The Lake House (a horror story about a secret FBI laboratory, October 2024). Metacritic: 92 on PC, one of the highest scores of 2023.

A psychological horror game from Remedy: an FBI agent investigates ritual murders, while Alan Wake has spent 13 years trapped in the Dark Place. Available only on Epic Games Store.