Directive 8020

Critic reviews

• Impulse Gamer

  May 28, 2026

  8.0

  The Dark Pictures anthology returns with its best entry yet. 4 Trust no-one With Directive 8020, Supermassive Games takes its choose-your-own-adventure formula to strange new worlds, while refining many of the systems that made the Dark Pictures so compelling to begin with.

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• Gaming Bolt

  Stuart Glover · May 14, 2026

  8.0

  GREAT 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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• Wccftech.com

  Kai Tatsumoto · May 13, 2026

  7.0

  The Dark Pictures might be missing from the title screen, but Directive 8020 is a return to Supermassive Games' formulaic design with some new twists and frights

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• Impulse Gamer

  May 12, 2026

  8.0

  The overall plot, cast and character dynamics carry the story forward, and the bug-free experience, full stealth gameplay and other new mechanics set a new standard for future Supermassive games.

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• IGN

  Len Hafer · May 11, 2026

  8.0

  Directive 8020 is a step forward for The Dark Pictures Anthology in terms of spectacle and storytelling, making it a chilling and impressive start to the second season of the series.

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• Push Square

  Aaron Bayne · May 11, 2026

  5.0

  Directive 8020 had some serious potential, but it fails to conjure up anything of any real substance. There are little sparks of enjoyment in there, and I liked the Cassiopeia’s gradual descent into a gloopy, fleshy hell. But a dull setting, uninteresting characters, and overly simplistic gameplay segments left me fairly uninterested in seeing how else I could play out this branching narrative experience.

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