Alan Wake's American Nightmare — Settings, Requirements & Optimization
2012 · Shooter, Action · Remedy Entertainment · Metacritic 73
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My Alan Wake's American Nightmare Settings Card
Generated at GameFigs on 2026-08-21. Game demand tier: 4/9.
Official system requirements
Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.
| Spec | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Minimum: | Recommended: |
| Processor | OS:Windows XP SP2 | OS:Windows 7 |
| Memory | Processor:Dual Core 2GHz Intel or 2.8GHz AMD | Processor:Quad Core 2.66GHz Intel or 3.2GHz AMD |
| Graphics | Memory:2 GB RAM | Memory:4 GB RAM |
| Storage | Graphics:DirectX 10 compatible with 512MB RAM | Graphics:DirectX 10 compatible or later with 1GB RAM |
| DirectX | DirectX®:10 | DirectX®:10 |
| Item 7 | Hard Drive:8 GB HD space | Hard Drive:8 GB HD space |
| Item 8 | Sound:DirectX 9.0c compatible | Sound:DirectX 9.0c compatible |
About Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Alan Wake's American Nightmare is a third-person shooter game, a follow-up to 2010 Remedy Entertainment title Alan Wake. However, it is not a full-fledged sequel to the game but rather a spin-off. The game’s tone and style are much more light-hearted and comedic than in the original, and the color palette is significantly brighter. The game’s story takes place two years after the original game in a fictional town Night Springs, Arizona. The series protagonist, Alan Wake, must defeat his dark doppelganger, Mr. Scratch to escape the Dark Place. American Nightmare’s gameplay is very similar to that of the original game; however, this time it is much more action-oriented, rather than story-driven. Its combat is centered around the same chief combat mechanic – focusing the flashlight on enemies on making them vulnerable to weapon.
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Sources & attribution
- Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
- FPS bands, presets and upscaler advice on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the game's demand tier — not benchmark results.
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