What Are The Minimum System Requirements For Alan Wake 2 On PC

2023 was a huge year for gaming. With heavy hitters like Baldur’s Gate 3 and the Resident Evil 4 remake, one game that managed to stand out as one of the most unique ones was definitely Alan Wake 2.

While the Game of the Year contender didn’t win the title for Game of the Year, it still won the hearts of players all over the world. However, one thing it was heavily criticized for was the extremely high PC requirements to run the game with a stable framerate. Fortunately, that worry is now a thing of the past.

Today, we’re here to go through everything you need to know about Alan Wake 2’s PC minimum system requirements, including what they used to be, what they are now, and how demanding they are.

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Alan Wake 2 Minimum PC Requirements

Below is a table showing the minimum requirements for Alan Wake 2.

• Video Card: GeForce GTX 1070 or Radeon RX 5600
• Processor: Intel i5-7600K or AMD equivalent
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
• Hard Drive Space: 90GB SSD

To put things into context, how about we compare these PC requirements to what the minimum requirements for Alan Wake 2 were before the infamous patch?

• Video Card: GeForce RTX 2060 or Radeon RX 6600
• Processor: Intel i5-7600K or AMD equivalent
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
• Hard Drive Space: 90GB SSD

As you can see, the minimum PC requirements for Alan Wake 2 went down drastically thanks to the patch that was released on March 6. Since this patch was released specifically to ensure more PC players could play the game, console players didn’t get it. Fortunately, there aren’t too many graphical and performance issues for Alan Wake 2 on consoles, so if you’re a console gamer you can rest easy.

Are Alan Wake 2’s PC Requirements High?

If you asked whether Alan Wake 2’s PC requirements were high back when it was first released, or even during The Game Awards, we would have said yes in a heartbeat. However, thanks to the March 6 patch the developers put out for PC players, those with a relatively lower-end PC gig can still play the game without any issues.

One very uncommon thing is having a game support GPUs that are over five years older than the game itself, but that’s exactly what Alan Wake 2 did. Alan Wake 2 is playable on even the GeForce GTX 1070 and Radeon RX 5600 XT, which are one generation older than the previously mandated graphics cards.

Alan Wake 2 Platforms

Alan Wake 2 is out and playable on Xbox Series S/X, PS5, and PC. However, don’t go to the Steam store to look for this game as it’s only available to purchase on the Epic Games Store and will be there for at least two years thanks to an exclusive contract.

Thanks to the high specifications requirement, Alan Wake 2 is not playable on any last-gen consoles or the Nintendo Switch. However, with that being said, it’s unsure if the game will eventually make its way to the rumored Nintendo Switch 2. If the trend of Nintendo consoles having poor specs continues then the game will likely never hit a Nintendo console ever unless it’s a cloud version like with The Witcher 3, which is a less demanding game than Alan Wake 2.

This concludes everything to know about Alan Wake 2 and its minimum PC requirements. Do let us know if you played the game in the comments below, and which game was your Game of the Year for 2023. For more from GamingFlaws, we recommend you check out the full list of GTA 5 story missions.