12 Games like Alan Wake on Nintendo Switch that you should try

It shares the essentials of what Alan Wake does: strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting. Both also lean on single-player focus and a third-person camera. What it adds of its own: puzzle design and post-apocalyptic world.

What brings it close to Alan Wake 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 — its own ground is post-apocalyptic world.

It comes from the same genre as Alan Wake and shares dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. To that it adds single-player focus. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings fantasy world and a first-person view.

It meets Alan Wake on strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals: a first-person view.

Shelved next to Alan Wake for good reason: strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting. To that it adds single-player focus. They part company on visuals and combat: this one brings stealth mechanics and a first-person view.

Genre puts it alongside Alan Wake, and so does strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting. To that it adds single-player focus. They part company on visuals and combat: this one brings stealth mechanics and a sci-fi setting.

What brings it close to Alan Wake is horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and ranged combat, and the two track each other on combat, game mode and tone. Both also lean on single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in genre — its own ground is puzzle design.

Where it meets Alan Wake is tone and place, not genre: horror tension, strong narrative focus and melee combat. The common ground extends to single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and genre: puzzle design and a first-person view.

It comes from the same genre as Alan Wake and shares strong narrative focus, horror setting and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and tone: a casual, approachable feel and a first-person view.

The genre is the same as Alan Wake’s, and with it strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting. To that it adds single-player focus. They part company on visuals and game mode: this one brings co-op play and a first-person view.

On paper it is what Alan Wake is — strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. To that it adds single-player focus. They part company on visuals and game mode: this one brings co-op play and a first-person view.

It is not Alan Wake's genre, but it is after the same feeling: horror tension, strong narrative focus and single-player focus. The common ground extends to a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is genre and visuals: puzzle design and a first-person view.