Description
The RCU is a shared fictional universe created by Remedy Entertainment, linking several of their narrative games via lore, metaphysics, characters, and paranormal events.
- 181%6 PlatformsAlex Casey from Alan Wake II is *literally* Max Payne. Due to ownership of Max Payne franchise, Remedy can't use the name.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Main Story6 HoursMain + Extra7½ HoursCompletionist9½ Hours- 283%3 PlatformsAlex Casey from Alan Wake II is *literally* Max Payne. Due to ownership of Max Payne franchise, Remedy can't use the name.
- 378%2 PlatformsPC, Xbox 360Small town of Bright Falls, present-ish time
The foundational piece. Introduced the idea of a writer whose fiction bleeds into reality. References to “Ordinary,” mentions of the FBC are later tied in. - 477%6 PlatformsRemastered version of original game
- 571%5 PlatformsOriginal game's first story DLC
- 676%7 PlatformsOriginal game's second story DLC
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Main Story3½ HoursMain + Extra4½ HoursCompletionist8½ Hours- 767%3 PlatformsAlternate / semi-episodic “Dark Place” setting
Expands on the Dark Place lore, “Nightmare” dimension, and deeper supernatural threads. - 875%2 PlatformsPC, Xbox OneThe time events in Quantum Break seem to lend themselves well to an AWE. Also Tim Breaker and Mr. Door characters from Alan Wake II have many references to Quantum Break.
- 980%5 PlatformsThe “Oldest House” (FBC headquarters, shifting building)
This is the major hub of the shared lore. The AWE DLC explicitly ties Control and Alan Wake together. 
Control: Ultimate Edition
Main Story13 HoursMain + Extra25½ HoursCompletionist39 Hours- 1082%8 PlatformsIt contains the main game and all previously released Expansions ("The Foundation" and "AWE") in one package.
- 1173%4 PlatformsOriginal game's first story DLC
- 1274%4 PlatformsOriginal game's second story DLC
- 1388%3 Platforms13 years after first Alan Wake, with overlapping FBC elements
Deepens the interconnections: characters from Control appear; the FBC and its structures are integral to the plot. - 1480%3 PlatformsAlan Wake 2's first and spin-off DLC (doesn't contribute to the main story)
- 1579%3 PlatformsAlan Wake 2's second DLC. Doesn't directly contribute to the main timeline but a good side story.
- 1654%3 Platforms~6 years after the events of Control
A multiplayer spin-off that takes place inside the Control universe, focusing on containment teams in the Oldest House.
