Alan Wake II

Overview

Alan Wake 2 is a 2023 survival horror video game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Epic Games Publishing. The sequel to Alan Wake (2010), the story follows best-selling novelist Alan Wake, who has been trapped in an alternate dimension for 13 years, as he attempts to escape by writing a horror story involving an FBI Special Agent named Saga Anderson.

Alan Wake 2 was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 27 October 2023. The game's development and marketing budget reportedly was €70 million, making it one of the most expensive games to develop and one of the most expensive cultural products from Finland. Alan Wake 2 received generally positive reviews from critics and was nominated for multiple Game of the Year awards. It had sold over 2 million units by December 2024, making it Remedy's fastest-selling game. A downloadable content (DLC) expansion titled Night Springs was released on 8 June 2024, while a second expansion titled The Lake House was released on 22 October 2024.

Official trailer

Announcement Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Alan Wake 2 Gameplay - Delving Into This Horror Masterpiece, PlayStation Access. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Shooter, Adventure

Developer

Remedy Entertainment

Publisher

Epic Games Publishing

Series

Alan Wake

Engine

Northlight Engine

Platforms

Xbox Series X/S, Windows, PlayStation 5

Age rating

ESRB M

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

ACB

R 18+

CERO

Z

GRAC

19+

CLASS IND

18

ESRB

M

USK

18

PEGI

18

Release dates

Editions

Check out the store

Trophies

Trophies89

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

0

Silver

3

Bronze

85

Total

89

Points

1665

Platinum time

15 to 25 hours

100% time

19 to 31 hours

Difficulty

3 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

1

Playthroughs for 100%

1

New Game Plus

Yes. The Final Draft, added in a free update in December 2023. No trophy needs it.

Platinum without online

Yes

Online trophies

0

Boosting needed

No

DLC has trophies

Yes

Platinum includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

Yes

DLC comes in

Deluxe Edition, Physical Deluxe Edition, Limited Collector's Edition

DLC still for sale

Yes

DLC note

Night Springs adds 12 trophies and The Lake House adds 10.

Missable trophies

1

Chapter select fixes a miss

Yes

Separate trophy lists by region

Yes

Only in a language other than English

No

Languages

English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish

Region note

North America, Europe and Japan each have their own list with the same trophies. Voice in the five languages listed; text also in Chinese, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Ukrainian.

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

No

Version note

Digital only until the physical editions of October 2024.

Trophy list shared with other versions

No

Other versions

There is no PS4 version.

Players with the platinum

35.51%

Missable trophies

• All Smiles

Glitches and fixes

• Shape of a Man in The Lake House only unlocks when playing in Quality mode

• Sisu Gain all trophies Platinum 35.51% of players
• Escape its Gravity Use a Hand Flare to escape an enemy Grapple Bronze 58.27% of players
• This is the Moment Dodge at the last minute to avoid an enemy attack Bronze 59.56% of players
• Not the Last Pick up the first Manuscript Page Bronze 85.82% of players
• Shining in the Night Ignite a Hand Flare to keep enemies at bay Bronze 62.49% of players
• Secret Stashes Discover one Cult Stash and one Lunch Box Bronze 78.91% of players
• Finding a Way Find the Screwdriver Bronze 59.91% of players
• Cut Short Find the Boltcutters Bronze 54.99% of players
• Chased the Source Destroy a Source Point Bronze 76.61% of players
• Darkness Coiled Destroy a Darkness Shield Bronze 76.98% of players
• Strange Reality Solve five Nursery Rhyme puzzles Bronze 50.89% of players
• The Koskela Brothers Watch all Koskela brother commercials Bronze 43.49% of players
• The Trail of the Writer Watch all the Writer's Journey videos Bronze 48.11% of players
• Bring It Find the Sawed-Off Shotgun Bronze 74.73% of players
• Ready for a Fight Find the Hunting Rifle Bronze 50.49% of players
• Greatest Hits Find the Crossbow Bronze 58.91% of players
• Stop Right There Find the Pump-Action Shotgun Bronze 52.29% of players
• Find the Light Find the Flashlight and Revolver Bronze 70.13% of players
• Lights Shining Find the Flare Gun Bronze 58.69% of players
• Yippee Ki-yay Find the Double-Barrelled Shotgun Bronze 57.5% of players
• Aimed Ahead Defeat five enemies with headshots Bronze 68.95% of players
• Coffee Thermos Discover a Break Room Bronze 77.72% of players
• Felt Good Use a Healing Item Bronze 76.23% of players
• Lawman Defeat Nightingale Bronze 75.17% of players
• Bright Falls' Finest Defeat Mulligan and Thornton Bronze 58.34% of players
• Girl in Love Defeat Cynthia Bronze 54.89% of players
• Filled with Rage Defeat Scratch Bronze 52% of players
• Storm Cloud Escape from the Dark Presence Bronze 64.12% of players
• Stop the Monster Interrupt a Taken Thrower's relocation attempt with the Flashlight Boost Bronze 58.82% of players
• Growing Stronger Upgrade any weapon once Bronze 61.1% of players
• All Smiles Fully upgrade a single weapon Bronze 41.79% of players
• Carry his Words Discover a Word of Power Bronze 67.94% of players
• Nightmare Territory Pick up a map Bronze 92.9% of players
• Grew Bigger Upgrade the inventory's size Bronze 76.7% of players
• I'll Find You Find all Nursery Rhyme dolls Bronze 38.14% of players
• Stunning Vistas Stun an enemy with a Flashbang Bronze 53.37% of players
• Gone for Good Defeat an enemy with an explosion Bronze 49.95% of players
• The Story Come True Complete Alan Wake 2 Silver 51.87% of players
• Hunting Season Complete chapter "The Cult" Bronze 94.62% of players
• Somebody's Home Complete chapter "Invitation" Bronze 81.07% of players
• Into the Overlap Complete chapter "The Heart" Bronze 75.12% of players
• Back in Watery Complete chapter "Local Girl" Bronze 58.34% of players
• We Watch in the Night Complete chapter "No Chance" Bronze 57.15% of players
• The Old Gods Complete chapter "Old Gods" Bronze 54.89% of players
• Seeing Double Complete chapter "Scratch" Bronze 53.71% of players
• Rock n' Roll, Baby Complete chapter "Summoning" Bronze 52% of players
• The Final Deerfest Complete chapter "Deerfest" Bronze 51.94% of players
• End of the Road Complete chapter "Come Home" Bronze 51.88% of players
• Talk Show Complete chapter "Late Night" Bronze 71.34% of players
• New York City Complete chapter "Casey" Bronze 64.1% of players
• Return Complete chapter "Haunting" Bronze 63.54% of players
• All His Life Complete chapter "We Sing" Bronze 58.5% of players
• In a Fancy Hotel Complete chapter "Room 665" Bronze 55.32% of players
• Told and Retold Complete chapter "Return" Bronze 54.35% of players
• Behind the Masks Complete chapter "Masks" Bronze 53.86% of players
• The Cult of the Word Complete chapter "Zane's Film" Bronze 52.88% of players
• His Way Out Complete chapter "Gone" Bronze 52.03% of players
• All Accounted For Find all weapons for both characters Bronze 46.94% of players
• In One Go Defeat an enemy with a single shot from the Crossbow Bronze 54.61% of players
• Shift in Reality Complete all Nursery Rhyme puzzles Bronze 38.06% of players
• Hidden by the Trees Find all Cult Stashes and Lunch Boxes Bronze 37.44% of players
• Coffee-Themed Fun Shoot Mr. Drippy or any other cardboard cutout in Coffee World Bronze 42.24% of players
• Filling the Shape Place a Charm in all of the bracelet's slots Bronze 59.64% of players
• Rustic Charm Find all the Charms Bronze 37.37% of players
• Back to Life Use a Coffee Mug Charm to prevent defeat Bronze 47.43% of players
• The Nice Things in Life Pet Mayor Setter Bronze 39.92% of players
• The Other Side Change between stories once Bronze 63.52% of players
• Accessorize! Take the "accessories" from the kitchen Bronze 52.37% of players
• Hot Biscuits! Defeat 3 Haters at once with any kind of explosive Bronze 30.34% of players
• I Could Listen to Him All Day Listen to all the Writer's messages Bronze 46.84% of players
• Love Always Wins! Complete Episode 1: Number One Fan Bronze 50.49% of players
• Smooth Blend In two tries or less, enter the warehouse office without being caught by the Coffee Mascots Bronze 36.01% of players
• Dark as the Void Solve the optimal roasting temperature of Dark Triangle Coffee Bronze 44.85% of players
• Percolate Solve all Stashes Bronze 29.21% of players
• You Are Coffee Complete Episode 2: North Star Bronze 44.28% of players
• This Page Here Read the screenplay in the Green Room Bronze 39.94% of players
• Retro Survive the arcade game reality Bronze 42.66% of players
• Ride the Vortex Travel to a new reality using a Lumivista TV Bronze 42.95% of players
• Multiversal Agent Complete Episode 3: Time Breaker Silver 42.03% of players
• Fault in the System Use the Power Core to restore backup power Bronze 47.25% of players
• Whirls of Color Stun a Painted enemy with a Flashbang Bronze 31.3% of players
• Hard Work Solve the passwords for all locked computers Bronze 35.82% of players
• Trial and Error Find the Black Rock Launcher Bronze 44.15% of players
• Pull the Painting Out Defeat a Painted enemy before it leaves the wall Bronze 27.94% of players
• Shape of a Man Discover the fate of Rudolf Lane Bronze 32.43% of players
• Less Carrot, More Stick Defeat one of each enemy in the Lake House with the Black Rock Launcher Bronze 25.8% of players
• Murderer and Victim Speak with Dylan Bronze 37.42% of players
• Floor by Floor Read the FBC Files and Documents Bronze 32.22% of players
• Looking for Release Complete The Lake House Silver 43.43% of players

Space and patches

Space needed93.5 GB

Update patch01.200.011

The updates on record for this game.

DLC

Two paid expansions make up the Expansion Pass: Night Springs and The Lake House. Both come with the Deluxe Edition or the US$20.00 Deluxe Upgrade.

Items

Name	Date	Adds	Price	Obtainable today
Night Springs	2024-06-08	Three short episodes starring characters from Alan Wake and Control	In the US$20.00 Deluxe Upgrade	Yes
The Lake House	2024-10-22	A new story as FBC agent Kiran Estevez in a research lab on Cauldron Lake	In the US$20.00 Deluxe Upgrade	Yes

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player, still sold on the PlayStation Store and on disc.

Online

Online servers runningNo online features

Plays offlineYes

No online features. The whole game plays offline.

Services

Service	Status
Online features	Does not exist

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Developer	Remedy Entertainment
Publisher	Epic Games Publishing
Directors	Sam Lake, Kyle Rowley
Producer	Joonas Tamminen
Programmer	Antti Kerminen
Artist	Janne Pulkkinen
Writers	Sam Lake, Clay Murphy, Tyler Burton Smith, Sinikka Annala
Composer	Petri Alanko

Credits

Publisher

Epic Games Publishing

Developer

Remedy Entertainment

Director

Sam Lake, Kyle Rowley

Released

2023-10-27

Age rating

ESRB M

Region

US

Time to beat

about 19.3 hours