Directive 8020: The Kotaku Review
Directive 8020 is the latest installment in the Dark Pictures anthology, set in a sci-fi environment. The game features a choice-driven narrative where players navigate through horror elements while managing character decisions. Despite its engaging setting and character performances, the game struggles with narrative tension due to the ease of keeping characters alive.
- ▪Directive 8020 is developed by Supermassive Games and was released on May 12, 2026.
- ▪The game features a choice-driven narrative with multiple branching paths and turning points to revisit pivotal moments.
- ▪Players can complete a full playthrough in seven to ten hours, but the experience may lack tension if all characters survive.
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Directive 8020: The Kotaku Review In space, no one can hear you sigh Survival horror By Ash Parrish Published May 20, 2026 | Comments (0) | 𝕏 Copied! © Supermassive Games Directive 8020, the latest title in the Dark Pictures anthology series, launches the immersive narrative horror experience Supermassive Games is known for into space. While the novel sci-fi setting is a nice change of pace from the terrestrial adventures of Man of Medan, Little Hope, and Until Dawn, Directive 8020 tries but ultimately fails to make good use of what should be the scariest place not on Earth. You play as one of several members of an advance party sent to prepare the planet Tau Ceti for future terraforming and colonization expeditions.
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