Directive 8020

{{Infobox video game

| title = Directive 8020

| image = Directive 8020 cover art.jpg

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| caption = Box art featuring Brianna Young, one of the game's five protagonists

| developer = Supermassive Games

| publisher = Supermassive Games

| director = Will Doyle

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| composer = Jason Graves

| series = The Dark Pictures Anthology

| engine = Unreal Engine 5

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| released = 2 October 2025

| genre = Interactive drama, survival horror

| modes = Single-player, multiplayer

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Directive 8020 is an upcoming interactive drama and survival horror video game developed and published by Supermassive Games. It is the fifth game in The Dark Pictures Anthology. The game features a multilinear plot in which decisions can significantly alter the trajectory of the story and change the relationships between the five playable protagonists; some lead to their permanent deaths. The game introduces a feature called Turning Points, which allows players to rewind to a pivotal moment or decision. In Directive 8020, a colony ship called Cassiopeia crash lands on Tau Ceti f, a planet that is 12 light-years from Earth where the crew must try to survive a shapeshifting alien threat. Lashana Lynch, who plays astronaut and co-pilot of the Cassiopeia, Brianna Young, is being marketed as the game's leading actress. Directive 8020 will be released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 2 October 2025.

Gameplay

Directive 8020 is an interactive drama and survival horror game presented from a third-person perspective. Player control switches between the five protagonists, the crew of a colony ship called Cassiopeia. The crew are supposed to survey Tau Ceti f from space in order to gather information for another colony ship that is traveling six months behind. Tau Ceti f is a planet that is 12 light-years from Earth, and has become humanity's last hope because Earth is dying, but the Cassiopeia crash lands onto the Tau Ceti f. The surviving crew members are scattered after being brought out of hypersleep early. The game is divided up into eight episodes that each take around an hour to complete. There are "a handful" of optional objectives based on the branching of the game that can be based on previous decisions or have new consequences if the player undertakes them. Directive 8020 features quick time events (QTEs) like the previous games in the series, but it also includes live combat in order to "increase the danger as much as possible". Creative director Will Doyle said the game is not about fighting the aliens, but about evading them with stealth because the player does not have a gun or anything like that to defend themselves. Players must stay quietly in the shadows, avoiding detection. Supermassive calls it "threatening exploration" and it is something they have wanted to get into their games for years according to executive producer Dan McDonald, who added "now, you've got direct control of the character, and when something happens, it can feel much scarier and it's a chance to do different stuff". Optionally, accessibility options include a "safe" mode that ensures players always survive the stealth sections, but can still die in other ways. The game also features multiple difficulty levels and options for players who want varying experiences.

The inventory system consists of tools that are linked to a "multifunctional utility strap" on the wrists of the characters. The strap also contains a shoulder mounted flashlight, with the enemies able to spot the beam when the light is on. Other tools include a scanner that can scan for electronics or be used to spot an alien that is capable of mimicking the appearances of the crew, a "wedge tool" that can be used to open a door as a last resort or to stun an enemy, a text messenger, and a remote control that lets the player hack computers from a distance. Character movement has been reworked to feel "smoother on the sticks" according to Doyle. He also added that the game features "stronger survival horror action adventure elements to the gameplay".

The game introduces Turning Points, which is a feature that allows players to rewind to a pivotal moment or decision. Optionally, players can go the traditional Dark Pictures route and play survival mode which prevents rewinding, but still enables players to view the decision trees. McDonald said that Turning Points were added due to the new threat in exploration which adds more chances for a character to die and Supermassive felt that could lead to frustration for players who just want to explore. Turning Points do not overwrite progress, so players can continue where they were if they do not like what they did. The Curator does not have a large role in the game, being more in the background despite his connections to the series, with McDonald saying "the Curator's office with all its leather and books and maps didn't mesh as well with Directive 8020{{'s}} setting."

The multiplayer mode "Movie Night" returns from the previous games in the anthology. It accommodates up to five players in couch co-op or for the first time in the series, the mode can be played online. Players can also mix and match between couch co-op and online.

Synopsis

= Characters =

The game's five protagonists are Brianna Young (Lashana Lynch), an astronaut and co-pilot{{efn|Young is one of two pilots, the other being Noah Mitchell, who is one of the non-playable characters.}} of the colony ship, Cassiopeia; the ship's commander, Nolan Stafford (Danny Sapani); senior mission officer, Laura Eisele; medical specialist, Samantha Cooper; and technical engineer, Josef Cernan.{{efn|Brianna Young, Nolan Stafford, Laura Eisele, Samantha Cooper, Josef Cernan.}}

Development

Directive 8020 is the fifth game in a series of eight planned for The Dark Pictures Anthology. It was originally going to be the first game in the anthology's second season, but Supermassive revealed in June 2025 that they were moving away from the season format to focus on Directive 8020 as its own thing. By mid-October 2022, the game was entering production with a lot of data already shot. Unlike the previous games in the series, Supermassive took the time to examine individual systems and then rebuilt some of them from scratch, including the camera which is now fully under player control. With the added stealth elements of the game, character control was updated which made them "smoother than in our previous games" according to Doyle. For the Turning Points flowcharts, McDonald added that the team first decided on who the characters were and the arc they wanted them to go on, then they started to build out the charts. Supermassive used a "storyboard tool" that allowed for quick construction of the charts by adding storyboard images into each node so the team could "sit and play the storyboard through, multiple times, and see the different end states and how characters change from it".

= Story and design =

File:Apollo 10 Lunar Module.jpg (Apollo 10's Lunar Module, Snoopy pictured) in that both missions involved only orbiting and not landing. Three of the game's protagonists also share surnames with the three crew members of Apollo 10; Stafford, Young, and Cernan.]]

Directive 8020, like previous entries in the anthology, was designed to be a standalone story, but all of the games are in a shared universe, so Supermassive included easter eggs that refer to other games in the anthology. Doyle described Directive 8020 as "The Thing in deep space". Doyle stated that the game also takes inspiration from other sci-fi horror films including Solaris (1972), Alien (1979), Event Horizon (1997), Pandorum (2009), Prometheus (2012), Life (2017), and Sputnik (2020). Other influences include H. P. Lovecraft's cosmic horrors. The game's title is inspired by NASA directive 8020.7G, which was about biological contamination control for outbound and inbound planetary spacecraft. McDonald said Apollo 10, was a "dress rehearsal" for the eventual moon landing, and added that the crew of the Cassiopeia was given a similar order. He further compared Apollo 10 and the Cassiopeia mission in that the Apollo 10 crew were sent just to fly around the moon and then return, and the Cassiopeia crew has similar orders to not land on Tau Ceti f.

McDonald said the team leaned into body horror with Directive 8020 in order to "conjure up some truly horrible forms" for the Hunter. There are different designs of it throughout the game including when it is half-transformed into a human which McDonald called "really nasty". The design of the Hunter was changed multiple times, with the team taking advantage of the extra time they had between game releases to "iterate and make it as good as it needs to be".

= Casting =

File:Lashana Lynch interview 2019.jpg (pictured in 2019), who plays Brianna Young, is being marketed as the game's leading actress.]]

Directive 8020 continues the trend of the anthology by casting a recognizable face as the lead character. Doyle said they were lucky to have Lynch and that she brought "incredible power and depth" to the role of Brianna Young. Doyle said the team "pinched themselves" when Lynch was cast, adding "she was already big when we acquired her for this, so we got really lucky. She was brilliant". The team was looking for a talented British actor when they cast Lynch and she was "gracious and game for everything". Danny Sapani plays the captain of the Cassiopeia, Commander Stafford.

= Music =

File:Jason Graves -- Game Developers Conference 2016 -- 18 March 2016 (cropped).jpg (pictured in 2016) reprises his role as composer for The Dark Pictures Anthology.]]

The soundtrack will be composed by Supermassive Games' long-time collaborator Jason Graves, who previously worked on music for the previous games in The Dark Pictures Anthology.{{BSN|date=January 2025}}

= Release =

The game's title was one of six Dark Pictures trademarks listed on the European Union Intellectual Property Office in early 2022. Directive 8020 was first revealed in a post-credits teaser trailer at the end of The Devil in Me, which was released on 18 November 2022. The trailer leaked online the day before The Devil in Me{{'s}} release, revealing the sci-fi setting. On 31 December 2023, a short video teaser for the game was posted to celebrate New Year's Eve. At Gamescom in August 2024, the game was officially announced. In June 2025, the Digital Deluxe Edition of the game was revealed, which includes a Dark Pictures outfit pack, a cosmic visual filters pack, a digital artbook, a digital soundtrack, and an exclusive collectible heirlooms mission. Directive 8020 will be released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 2 October 2025.

Notes

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{{Cite web |last=Wales |first=Matt |date=20 August 2024 |title=Supermassive's Dark Pictures Series Returns in 2025 With Sci-Fi Horror Directive 8020 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/supermassives-dark-pictures-series-returns-in-2025-with-sci-fi-horror-directive-8020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820184942/https://www.eurogamer.net/supermassives-dark-pictures-series-returns-in-2025-with-sci-fi-horror-directive-8020 |archive-date=20 August 2024 |access-date=20 August 2024 |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network}}

{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Mike |date=8 June 2025 |title=New Gameplay Trailer, Digital Deluxe Edition Revealed for The Dark Pictures Anthology: Directive 8020 [Watch] |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3872041/new-gameplay-trailer-digital-deluxe-edition-revealed-for-the-dark-pictures-anthology-directive-8020-watch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250608211956/https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3872041/new-gameplay-trailer-digital-deluxe-edition-revealed-for-the-dark-pictures-anthology-directive-8020-watch/ |archive-date=8 June 2025 |access-date=21 June 2025 |website=Bloody Disgusting |publisher=Cinedigm}}

{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Tom |date=12 February 2025 |title=Until Dawn Developer Announces Release Date for Sci-Fi Horror Directive 8020 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/until-dawn-developer-announces-release-date-for-sci-fi-horror-directive-8020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212224650/https://www.eurogamer.net/until-dawn-developer-announces-release-date-for-sci-fi-horror-directive-8020 |archive-date=12 February 2025 |access-date=12 February 2025 |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network}}

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