Alan Wake AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Horror Games

The best Horror Game alternative to Alan Wake is Outlast. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Alan Wake and 17 are Horror Games so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Horror Game alternatives to Alan Wake are Resident Evil, Slender: The Eight Pages, Alien: Isolation and Dying Light.

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Alan Wake alternatives page was last updated May 19, 2023
  1. Outlast icon
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    Outlast is a series of first-person survival horror video games developed by Red Barrels. The plot centers around each game's protagonist trying to survive from a pursuing enemy whilst exploring poorly-lit environments with their camcorder and attempting to uncover the...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Epic Games Store
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox

    Outlast Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Single player
    3.  First person view
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    • Outlast is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Alan Wake.

    • Outlast is the most popular commercial alternative to Alan Wake.

    • Outlast is Paid and ProprietaryAlan Wake is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. Resident Evil icon
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    Resident Evil, known as Biohazard in Japan, is a survival horror video game-based media franchise created by Shinji Mikami and Tokuro Fujiwara and owned by the video game company Capcom.

    29 Resident Evil alternatives
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    • Windows

    Resident Evil Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Single player
    3.  Coop storymode
    4.  Zombie Game
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  3. Slender: The Eight Pages icon
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    Slender: The Eight Pages is a free indie-developed psychological horror/survival horror video game for Microsoft Windows and OS X. The game is based on the Something Awful forums' creation, Slender Man.

    32 Slender: The Eight Pages alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows

    Slender: The Eight Pages Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Free to play
    3.  Psychological horror
    4.  First person view
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  4. Alien: Isolation icon
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    Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.

    39 Alien: Isolation alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam
    • Nintendo Switch

    Alien: Isolation Features

    1.  Controller Support
    2.  Single player
    3.  Achievements Supported
    4.  Sci-fi
    5.  Stealth
    6.  First person view
    7.  Steam cloud
    8.  Psychological horror
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    • Alien: Isolation is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Alan Wake.

    • Alien: Isolation is Paid and ProprietaryAlan Wake is also Paid and Proprietary
  5. Dying Light icon
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    Dying Light is an open world first person action-adventure survival horror video game developed by Polish video game developer Techland and published by Warner Bros.

    39 Dying Light alternatives
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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam

    Dying Light Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Zombie Game
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  6. Silent Hill icon
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    Silent Hill is a survival horror video game series consisting of eight installments published by Konami and its subsidiary Konami Digital Entertainment. The first four games in the series, Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, 3 and 4, have been developed by an internal factor, Team...

    31 Silent Hill alternatives
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    • Windows

    Silent Hill Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Single player
    3.  Psychological horror
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  7. Clive Barker's Undying icon
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    The game begins in 1923, after World War I veteran Patrick Galloway receives an urgent letter from his friend Jeremiah Covenant. Covenant, well aware of Galloway's reputation for dealing with occult matters, is in failing health and raves about a curse that has destroyed his...

    42 Clive Barker's Undying alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows

    Clive Barker's Undying Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Gore
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  8. Layers of Fear icon
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    Layers of Fear is an foray into madness, a first-person horror game that sets a tone of fear and dread through provocative story telling as you explore a Victorian setting complete with mood-setting art pieces.

    31 Layers of Fear alternatives
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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Xbox

    Layers of Fear Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Exploration
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  9. Slender: The Arrival icon
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    You're on your own. No one to come for you. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Slender: The Arrival is the official videogame adaption of Slender Man, developed in collaboration with Eric "Victor Surge" Knudson, creator of the paranormal phenomenon that...

    34 Slender: The Arrival alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
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  10. Clive Barker's Jericho icon
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    Jericho's core gameplay consists of leading the game's seven-man team codenamed Jericho, allowing control of all team members by jumping to each character during certain points in the game, through various environments that have been warped by the Firstborn while...

    42 Clive Barker's Jericho alternatives
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    • Windows

    Clive Barker's Jericho Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Gore
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  11. Nightmare Creatures icon
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    Nightmare Creatures is a survival horror video game released for the PlayStation and PC in 1997, and Nintendo 64 in 1998 as a North America exclusive. It was developed by Kalisto Entertainment and published by Activision.

    37 Nightmare Creatures alternatives
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    • Windows

    Nightmare Creatures Features

    1.  Single player
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  12. Alone in the Dark (trilogy) icon
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    suspicious suicide. A chilling curse. A malevolent power. Finally, a wicked dark secret. This is Derceto, a legendary Louisiana mansion where, against your better judgment, you're drawn into a world of shadows to explore the darker side of Jeremy Hartwood's imagination.

    36 Alone in the Dark (trilogy) alternatives
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    • Windows

    Alone in the Dark (trilogy) Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Third person perspective
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