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Directive 8020
Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. 12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realize they are far from being alone. In space, death takes many forms.
Details
- Released
- May 12, 2026
- Developer
- Supermassive Games
- Publisher
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Platforms
- PC · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S
How it plays
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Directive 8020 Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
It should be stated loud and clear from the outset: The Dark Pictures: Directive 8020 is undoubtedly the best installment in the entire anthology. This new work from Supermassive Games easily outshines its esteemed peers...
Directive 8020 imbues every interaction in trust and paranoia, delivering emotional turbulence and atmospheric dread that’s only overshadowed by inconsistent mechanics.
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Part of the Dark Pictures series of games, Directive 8020 is an all-new sci-fi survival horror adventure.
Supermassive Games tried a new direction in their new adventure game. This time towards sci-fi horror.
Even the futuristic setting of Tau Ceti f and the new Turning Points system can't keep Directive 8020 from settling into the series' formula.
Despite its new packaging, "Order 8020" is still essentially a work from "The Dark Pictures Anthology" with a familiar rhythm throughout.
Supermassive Games' new title flirts with great classics without achieving the same impact.
In our Directive 8020 review, learn why the latest entry in Supermassive Games' Dark Pictures anthology lacks the teeth to bite.
Directive 8020 is the latest from Supermassive Games, the studio most famous for interactive horror titles including Until Dawn and The Quarry. This one, however, sits within Bandai Namco’s Dark Pictures anthology, and as such was teased way back in 2022 at the conclusion of The Devil in Me.