Directive 8020

Directive 8020 - cinematic sci-fi horror adventure

Directive 8020 is a cinematic sci-fi horror adventure built around survival gameplay, meaningful choices, and a branching storyline. After the colony ship Cassiopeia crash-lands near Tau Ceti f, the crew is hunted by an alien organism that can mimic its prey.

  • Cinematic horror with survival-focused gameplay and choice-driven outcomes.
  • Set on a deep-space mission after a crash landing on Tau Ceti f.
  • Core threat: an alien lifeform capable of perfectly imitating its prey.

What to expect from gameplay

The experience combines tense stealth and improvised combat with decision points that change relationships, survival outcomes, and the story path. Trust is a recurring theme as the enemy hides among the crew.

  • Evade and outwit an alien threat in the ship’s corridors.
  • Use improvised weapons, stealth, and quick reactions to survive.
  • Choices affect who lives, who dies, and how the mission unfolds.
  • Story tension driven by uncertainty over who is human and who is not.

Branching story and replayability

Directive 8020 uses a Turning Points story tree to track your decisions and unlock different routes. Multiple endings and hidden paths are designed for replaying the story with different choices.

  • Turning Points story tree for rewriting outcomes and exploring alternatives.
  • Multiple endings and hidden paths to uncover.
  • Opportunities to save crew members from fateful deaths (choice-dependent).

Co-op movie night mode

The game supports a couch co-op “movie night” mode where players share control across the crew. This mode is designed for group decision-making during dilemmas and survival sequences.

  • Couch co-op movie night mode for up to five players.
  • Choose which crew members to control and coordinate choices together.
  • Face alien infiltrators, moral dilemmas, and system failures as a group.