Directive 8020

Directive 8020

Steam Deck Verified

Supermassive Games · Choices Matter · May 12, 2026

It depends on what you're after.

At $49.99. It has been as low as $39.99.

63%
Mixed
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 239 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 80 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 34 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise50% are divided17% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
-Pull between teen-horror tones and more serious themes; sometimes it felt like the characters and the tone of the situations they were in were at odds.
239 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Speaking about graphics, this game looks only a little bit better than previous game and is very badly optimized.
80 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
- Acting and voice acting overall were good, on par with other entries with the exception of a few patchy accents.
43 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
Hopefully Directive 8020 gets more optimization patches too.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters239 reviews
Graphics80 reviews
Audio43 reviews
Optimization11 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay108 reviews
70%
Multiplayer45 reviews
60%
Performance38 reviews
71%
Co-op33 reviews
45%
Difficulty20 reviews
90%
Interface10 reviews
90%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes34 reviews
74%
Bugs13 reviews
69%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $49.99. The lowest we've tracked is $39.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $49.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
63%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
30
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.