Supermassive Games has announced a new release date for the next entry in the Dark Pictures Anthology series. Directive 8020 coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Steam on May 12. The studio behind Until Dawn and The Quarry revealed the news with the help of a new trailer for the sci-fi survival horror game.

The story focuses on the crew of a spaceship that crashes on another world. The survivors must fight an alien life form that seeks them out and can mimic its prey (no prizes for guessing that Supermassive took inspiration from The Thing here). If these astronauts want to stay alive, however, they will put the lives of everyone on a dying Earth at risk.

Like previous Supermassive games, Directive 8020 largely driven by the narrative choices players make at key moments, such as whether to save a crewmate and put the character you currently control in danger, or abandon them. You can also choose between two seemingly identical versions of the same person and let one of them return to the crew. The game has parts where you have to fight or stealth to avoid enemies as well.

This time, Supermassive introduces a feature called Turning Points, where you can go back to previous decisions and choose for another path (maybe it’s easier to see different endings, keep some characters alive or make sure you get all the achievements or trophies). A permadeath mode eliminates that option for a more traditional survival horror experience.

You can go it alone or get some friends to join you for five-player local co-op action — studio games have long been good fodder for pass-the-controller couch co-op. Supermassive will add online multiplayer support down the line.

The developer originally planned the release Directive 8020 in October 2025. However, Supermassive announced in July that it game delay amid the latest round of layoffs.