Games Like Alan Wake 2
Quick Answer
The closest games to Alan Wake 2 are Control, Alan Wake Remastered, Silent Hill 2, Resident Evil 2 and Return of the Obra Dinn. Below are 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Alan Wake 2, and what does not.
What Made Alan Wake 2 Work
Alan Wake 2 is survival horror welded to a detective story, with a mind-place mechanic where you pin evidence to a board to progress. It swaps between two protagonists and between live action and game, and it is far stranger and better than a sequel had any right to be.
Alan Wake 2 is Remedy Entertainment's 2023 survival horror game for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, published by Epic Games. It alternates between FBI agent Saga Anderson, investigating ritual murders in Bright Falls, and Alan Wake, trapped in the Dark Place. Saga solves cases on a board in her Mind Place, while Alan rewrites scenes to change the world. It mixes live-action footage with gameplay. Fans usually want horror, detective work or Remedy's connected universe.
9 Games Like Alan Wake 2
1.Control
Same studio, same universe, and the two connect directly.
Why it fits: Remedy's 2019 game is set in the same connected universe, and its AWE expansion ties directly to Alan Wake.
What is different: Same studio and a shared universe, but it is action rather than horror, with telekinesis and a shifting building.
Where to play it: PC, PS4 and Xbox One; later PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
More about this game →2.Alan Wake Remastered
The original, and the sequel assumes it.
Why it fits: Remedy's 2021 remaster of the 2010 Xbox 360 game follows Alan's first trip to Bright Falls.
What is different: The first game: more action with the torch and gun, one hero, and no case board or second detective.
Where to play it: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Switch.
More about this game →3.Silent Hill 2
The obvious ancestor — psychological horror where the town is the subject.
Why it fits: Konami's 2001 PS2 game, remade by Bloober Team in 2024, is a psychological horror story set in a town that reflects its visitor.
What is different: Psychological horror in a fog-bound town, one man's guilt, and no investigation board.
Where to play it: PS2 and Xbox; the remake is on PS5 and PC.
More about this game →4.Resident Evil 2
The survival horror half, done as well as it gets.
Why it fits: Capcom's 1998 PlayStation survival horror classic was remade in 2019 with an over-the-shoulder camera.
What is different: Survival horror in a police station with scarce ammo and a stalker who follows you; no writing that rewrites reality.
Where to play it: The 2019 remake is on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.
Games like this →5.Return of the Obra Dinn
For the deduction half, at its purest.
Why it fits: Lucas Pope's 2018 game is a deduction puzzle about identifying the fates of a ship's crew.
What is different: No horror and no combat, only deduction: you fill in a notebook of how each sailor met their end.
Where to play it: PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
More about this game →6.Pentiment
An investigation where your conclusions genuinely change what happens.
Why it fits: Obsidian Entertainment's 2022 game is a narrative mystery in 16th-century Bavaria where you choose who is guilty.
What is different: A 16th-century murder mystery drawn like an illuminated manuscript; no combat and no scares.
Where to play it: PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S; later PS4, PS5 and Switch.
Games like this →7.The Medium
Dual-world horror with a similar structural gimmick.
Why it fits: Bloober Team's 2021 horror game shows two realities at once, on a split screen.
What is different: Horror played across two realities shown side by side, with fixed cameras and very little fighting.
Where to play it: PC, Xbox Series X|S and PS5.
More about this game →8.SOMA
Horror that unsettles by idea rather than by jump scare.
Why it fits: Frictional Games' 2015 sci-fi horror game explores identity and consciousness in an underwater facility.
What is different: Science-fiction horror under the sea, with no weapons: you hide, and the fear is philosophical.
Where to play it: PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
More about this game →9.Twin Mirror
A mind-palace detective game in a small American town.
Why it fits: Dontnod Entertainment's 2020 game uses a Mind Palace to reconstruct events in a small American town.
What is different: A journalist in a small town with a Mind Palace for reconstructing events; no combat and lighter scares.
Where to play it: PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
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Where to Start
Play Alan Wake Remastered and Control if you have not — the sequel draws on both. Silent Hill 2 is the pick for psychological horror. Return of the Obra Dinn is the choice for pure deduction.
How We Picked These Games
Every pick shares Alan Wake 2's psychological horror, its investigation mechanic, or its Remedy connections. We gave extra weight to games where you reason your way to answers.
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How These Picks Match Alan Wake 2
Alan Wake 2 is catalogued here as a survival horror game and third-person shooter on the PlayStation 5. All nine picks share at least one of its genre tags — nine adventures, six action games and two shooters among them.
Going by the "where to play it" notes, nine can be played on PC, nine can be played on a PlayStation, three can be played on a Nintendo system and nine can be played on an Xbox. Return of the Obra Dinn, Pentiment and SOMA are from small or self-published studios.
| Game | Genre | Shares with Alan Wake 2 | Where to play |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Action, Shooter, Adventure | Adventure, Action, Shooter | PC, PS4 and Xbox One; later PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. |
| Alan Wake Remastered | Action, Adventure | Adventure, Action | PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Switch. |
| Silent Hill 2 | Adventure, Action | Adventure, Action | PS2 and Xbox; the remake is on PS5 and PC. |
| Resident Evil 2 | Action, Adventure, Shooter | Adventure, Action, Shooter | The 2019 remake is on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. |
| Return of the Obra Dinn | Puzzle, Adventure, Indie | Adventure | PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch. |
| Pentiment | Adventure, RPG, Indie | Adventure | PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S; later PS4, PS5 and Switch. |
| The Medium | Adventure, Action, Puzzle | Adventure, Action | PC, Xbox Series X|S and PS5. |
| SOMA | Adventure, Action, Indie | Adventure, Action | PC, PS4 and Xbox One. |
| Twin Mirror | Adventure, Puzzle | Adventure | PC, PS4 and Xbox One. |
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