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OpenAWE

Open source reimplementation of Remedy's Alan Wake engine, later known as Northlight, aimed at running the original game data.

Rewrite Human-led wip
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Latest release—
Last pushOct 11, 2026

GitHub figures as of 2026-10-14, refreshed daily.

Facts

Original
Alan Wake (Alan Wake Engine) (2010)
Platform
Windows
Method
Rewrite
Provenance
Human-led · Repo created 2021, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
Status
wip
Licence
GPL-3.0
Team
OpenAWE-Project
Started
2021-04
Runs on
Windows, Linux
Needs the original
Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy

How to get it legally

This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Alan Wake (Alan Wake Engine) you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.

This project was rebuilt by OpenAWE-Project. Facts last checked 2026-10-14.

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