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Can you run Alan Wake's American Nightmare? PC requirements and settings

Alan Wake's American Nightmare, by Remedy Entertainment (Action, Adventure), came out on Steam on May 22, 2012. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Publisher's recommended cardDirectX 10 compatible or later with 1GB RAM
Minimum cardDirectX 10 compatible with 512MB RAM
Recommended RAM4 GB

Estimate per graphics card

No frame-rate estimate for this game

The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both the minimum and the recommended specs. Rather than an invented number, we give none. ORION does the maths on your own PC, with your card, processor and screen, then measures the real frame rate while you play.

Official specs

Minimum and recommended requirements

Minimum

OS
Windows XP SP2
Processor
Dual Core 2GHz Intel or 2.8GHz AMD
Memory
2 GB RAM
Graphics
DirectX 10 compatible with 512MB RAM
DirectX
10
Storage
8 GB HD space

Recommended

OS
Windows 7
Processor
Quad Core 2.66GHz Intel or 3.2GHz AMD
Memory
4 GB RAM
Graphics
DirectX 10 compatible or later with 1GB RAM
DirectX
10
Storage
8 GB HD space

Source: the game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.

Where to buy

Buy Alan Wake's American Nightmare

The official page first. In ORION, the Store tab compares prices across shops, with the official stores listed before key resellers.

On your PC

The same estimate with your own hardware, and the settings applied for you

ORION is a free game launcher for Windows. It reads your graphics card, processor and screen, estimates every game in your library, then measures the real frame rate while you play and sets the game up with its "Recommended" profile. No account, no ads.

Questions

Alan Wake's American Nightmare at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for Alan Wake's American Nightmare at 1080p?

The publisher recommends: DirectX 10 compatible or later with 1GB RAM. Minimum: DirectX 10 compatible with 512MB RAM. The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both minimum and recommended specs, so we give no frame-rate estimate for this game. ORION does the maths on your own PC.

How much RAM does Alan Wake's American Nightmare need?

The publisher recommends 4 GB of RAM (minimum: 2 GB).

How much storage does Alan Wake's American Nightmare take?

The official page asks for 8 GB HD space of storage.

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