Introduction

Alan Wake II is a survival horror game set 13 years after the original story. Players control FBI agent Saga Anderson investigating ritualistic murders in Bright Falls, Washington. Trapped in an alternate dimension, novelist Alan Wake crafts a horror narrative to escape, involving Saga. Players alternate between Saga and Alan, balancing resources like batteries and ammunition. New features include detective elements, a dialogue tree system, and the “Mind Place” for investigation.

Alan Wake II is developed by Remedy Entertainment, a famous development studio based in Finland. Remedy is well-known for their expertise in creating immersive narratives and innovative gameplay experiences, with titles like Max Payne, Alan Wake, and Control under their belt.

The game is published by Epic Games, and available exclusively on the Epic Games Store. It is not available on Steam, but might come there at a later date, probably in around a year or so, similar to other EGS exclusives.

Alan Wake II is powered by the Northlight Engine, which is also developed by Remedy Entertainment. It has been featured in titles such as Control before. There have been substantial upgrades for Alan Wake II. You now have support for ray tracing, DLSS, Frame Generation, AMD FSR, Path Tracing, NVIDIA Ray Reconstruction, and others.

This benchmark review will evaluate the performance of Alan Wake 2 on a wide selection of modern graphics cards, show image quality comparisons and look at what’s required in terms of VRAM usage.