30 Games like Alan Wake's American Nightmare on PlayStation that you should try

Its point of contact with Alan Wake's American Nightmare is dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. Both also lean on single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in game mode — its own ground is co-op play.

Same family as Alan Wake's American Nightmare: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to a third-person camera and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is game mode and combat: stealth mechanics and co-op play.

Its point of contact with Alan Wake's American Nightmare is dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. To that it adds a third-person camera and single-player focus. They part company on game mode: this one brings multiplayer gameplay.

It shares the essentials of what Alan Wake's American Nightmare does: horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat. The common ground extends to a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is genre: puzzle design.

If Alan Wake's American Nightmare worked for you because of horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat, the same is here. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is genre: puzzle design.

If Alan Wake's American Nightmare worked for you because of dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting, the same is here. Both also lean on a third-person camera and single-player focus. The distance is in combat — its own ground is stealth mechanics.

What brings it close to Alan Wake's American Nightmare is strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a third-person camera. It sets itself apart with puzzle design.

What brings it close to Alan Wake's American Nightmare is dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. Both also lean on single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and combat — its own ground is post-apocalyptic world.

What brings it close to Alan Wake's American Nightmare is strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. Both also lean on single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and combat — its own ground is post-apocalyptic world.

If Alan Wake's American Nightmare worked for you because of strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting, the same is here. The common ground extends to a third-person camera and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is setting and combat: post-apocalyptic world.

Same family as Alan Wake's American Nightmare: strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting. Both also lean on single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and combat — its own ground is stealth mechanics and a first-person view.

The genre is the same as Alan Wake's American Nightmare’s, and with it strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and combat: stealth mechanics and a first-person view.

With Alan Wake's American Nightmare it shares dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. Both also lean on a third-person camera and single-player focus. The distance is in combat — its own ground is stealth mechanics.

Same family as Alan Wake's American Nightmare: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. To that it adds single-player focus. They part company on visuals and combat: this one brings a first-person view.

On paper it is what Alan Wake's American Nightmare is — dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and setting — its own ground is fantasy world and a first-person view.