{"id":2087806,"date":"2026-08-11T11:39:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T08:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2087806"},"modified":"2026-08-11T11:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T08:39:54","slug":"after-a-slow-start-alan-wake-2-is-finally-doing-the-numbers-for-remedy-and-has-hit-another-major-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2087806","title":{"rendered":"After a slow start, Alan Wake 2 is finally doing the numbers for Remedy and has hit another major milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">After a slow start, Alan Wake 2 is finally doing the numbers for Remedy and has hit another major milestone<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">A worthy Saga.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Alan-Wake-2-screenshot-from-Herald-of-Darkness-music-section-showing-live-action-Alan-dancing.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Alan Wake 2 screenshot from Herald of Darkness music section showing live action Alan dancing\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Alan-Wake-2-screenshot-from-Herald-of-Darkness-music-section-showing-live-action-Alan-dancing.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Remedy<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Senior Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-11T11:39:54+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 11, 2026, 11:39 a.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"27e9c23f-8dcf-4f01-a1ee-44cb5d9be9ae\" data-name=\"Alan Wake II\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Alan Wake II\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Alan Wake II\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Alan Wake II\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Alan Wake II\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Alan Wake II\" title=\"Follow Alan Wake II\"><br \/>\n  Follow Alan Wake II<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Remedy Entertainment has revealed updated sales data for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/alan-wake-2\">Alan Wake 2<\/a>, which has now exceeded 3 million copies.<\/p>\n<p>The developer-publisher shared the news in its <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/inderes-widgets-prod-assets\/remedy\/attachments\/d9d408ef-5549-44b3-b384-7ac084760344\/remedy-h1-2026-half-year-financial-report.pdf\">half-year financial report covering January to June<\/a>, where it announced the investigative horror shooter reached the 3 million sales milestone during the second quarter of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The last time Remedy offered an Alan Wake 2 sales update was in February last year, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/alan-wake-2-is-finally-profitable-over-a-year-after-release-says-remedy\">the company announced it had passed 2 million copies sold and started turning a profit<\/a>. One year before that, it revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/alan-wake-2-has-now-recouped-most-of-the-money-it-cost-to-make\">the game had almost recouped most of its development and marketing budget<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being hailed as Remedy&#8217;s fastest-selling game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/alan-wake-2-fastest-selling-remedy-game-but-yet-to-turn-a-profit\">Alan Wake 2 only managed to sell a million copies at launch<\/a>, taking years to recoup its development costs and still longer to become profitable. The Epic Games-funded project remains exclusive to the Epic Games Store on PC, and many argue its absence from Steam has hurt its sales potential.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Positive as the Alan Wake 2 news may be, the financial report shows declines almost across the board for Remedy. Revenue, profit, and cashflow have all fallen. The company said that is expected, as it was a period of spending on the development and marketing of Control Resonant, not to mention continued funding of its other projects.<\/p>\n<p>Remedy currently has three projects in various stages of development. Control Resonant is nearing the end of its development, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/max-payne-1-2-remake-enters-full-production-control-2-features-in-playable-form\">the Max Payne 1 &amp; 2 remakes remain in full production<\/a>, while a mysterious third unannounced project is in the &#8220;production readiness&#8221; stage.<\/p>\n<p>Control Resonant is, unsurprisingly, the developer&#8217;s main focus at the moment. The stylised action game is set for release 24th September on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X\/S. The company also revealed anticipation for Control Resonant has boosted sales of the original game over the second quarter, beating its record for the same period the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Remedy&#8217;s new CEO, who took on the role in February, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/remedy-alan-wake-control\">recently said he believes Alan Wake and Control &#8220;should have sold more&#8221;<\/a>, and that the studio &#8220;hasn&#8217;t achieved half of the potential in terms of the products that we make&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Remedy Entertainment has revealed updated sales data for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/alan-wake-2\">Alan Wake 2<\/a>, which has now exceeded 3 million copies.<\/p>\n<p>The developer-publisher shared the news in its <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/inderes-widgets-prod-assets\/remedy\/attachments\/d9d408ef-5549-44b3-b384-7ac084760344\/remedy-h1-2026-half-year-financial-report.pdf\">half-year financial report covering January to June<\/a>, where it announced the investigative horror shooter reached the 3 million sales milestone during the second quarter of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The last time Remedy offered an Alan Wake 2 sales update was in February last year, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/alan-wake-2-is-finally-profitable-over-a-year-after-release-says-remedy\">the company announced it had passed 2 million copies sold and started turning a profit<\/a>. One year before that, it revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/alan-wake-2-has-now-recouped-most-of-the-money-it-cost-to-make\">the game had almost recouped most of its development and marketing budget<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being hailed as Remedy&#8217;s fastest-selling game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/alan-wake-2-fastest-selling-remedy-game-but-yet-to-turn-a-profit\">Alan Wake 2 only managed to sell a million copies at launch<\/a>, taking years to recoup its development costs and still longer to become profitable. The Epic Games-funded project remains exclusive to the Epic Games Store on PC, and many argue its absence from Steam has hurt its sales potential.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Positive as the Alan Wake 2 news may be, the financial report shows declines almost across the board for Remedy. Revenue, profit, and cashflow have all fallen. The company said that is expected, as it was a period of spending on the development and marketing of Control Resonant, not to mention continued funding of its other projects.<\/p>\n<p>Remedy currently has three projects in various stages of development. Control Resonant is nearing the end of its development, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/max-payne-1-2-remake-enters-full-production-control-2-features-in-playable-form\">the Max Payne 1 &amp; 2 remakes remain in full production<\/a>, while a mysterious third unannounced project is in the &#8220;production readiness&#8221; stage.<\/p>\n<p>Control Resonant is, unsurprisingly, the developer&#8217;s main focus at the moment. The stylised action game is set for release 24th September on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X\/S. The company also revealed anticipation for Control Resonant has boosted sales of the original game over the second quarter, beating its record for the same period the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Remedy&#8217;s new CEO, who took on the role in February, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/remedy-alan-wake-control\">recently said he believes Alan Wake and Control &#8220;should have sold more&#8221;<\/a>, and that the studio &#8220;hasn&#8217;t achieved half of the potential in terms of the products that we make&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News After a slow start, Alan Wake 2 is finally doing the numbers for Remedy and has hit another major milestone A worthy Saga. Image credit: Remedy News by Sherif Saed Senior Contributor Published on Aug. 11, 2026, 11:39 a.m. Follow Alan Wake II Remedy Entertainment has revealed updated sales data for Alan Wake [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-2087806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2087806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2087806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2087806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2087806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}