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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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“How this doesn't have online coop and the previews games (like House of ashes) did??????? I liked the game, but this is so stupid, and I already saw about your future update, that still very dumb cause just one person plays at the time. How is it that in the older games you…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“[No Spoilers] I'm actually in shock that this game has been reviewed with such criticism. I thoroughly enjoyed playing this and believe it bodes well for the dark pictures series. One of the things I liked best was the time-jumps and how later on in the game players would see…”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“I've always loved the Dark Picture Anthology games, and I was so excited for this game to come out (which we have waited years for). Unfortunately this game was a far cry from it's predecessors. The characters seemed very flat and although I did not necessarily mind the stealth…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Choices Matter Festival
Directive 8020 is filled with tough dilemmas and long lasting consequences, where every choice you make matters. For a limited time, as part of Telltale's Choices Matter Fest , all editions of Directi
Directive 8020 is 20% off!
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Patch Notes – Bug Fixes to Improve Player Experience
Hey all! It’s been a month since Directive 8020 launched and it’s been great seeing all of you play. We’ve got another patch for you, this time across all platforms to fix multiple issues and bug repo
Directive 8020 is now Verified on Steam Deck
Your Steam Deck. Your decisions. Play Directive 8020 anywhere Replay branching story paths on the go One more episode turns into five Sci-fi horror hits differently under the covers verified Steam Dec
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Choices Matter · Adventure · Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Multiple Endings · Choose Your Own Adventure · Aliens · Space · Stealth · Survival · Cinematic (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Russian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 30 |
| Official site | https://www.thedarkpictures.com/games/directive-8020 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-8500 / AMD Ryzen 5 3500 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 Storage: 40 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD recommended