Games like Directive 8020
Below are 21 hand-picked alternatives to Directive 8020 for fans of action, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Directive 8020 also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, more from Supermassive Games. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Directive 8020: Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. 12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realize they are far from being alone. In space, death takes many forms.
Players who liked Directive 8020 also play
Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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The Backrooms Multiplayer
Top pick for Directive 8020 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Directive 8020.
You and your friends have found a camera with a footage in it. For some reason you can't rewind the video, and as soon as you try winding it forward you all find yourself in the Backrooms. Together figure out whats in the footage and try to ESCAPE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!
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The Casting of Frank Stone™
Second-strongest match for Directive 8020 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Directive 8020.
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
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Dead Space
Third-strongest match for Directive 8020 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Directive 8020.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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Alien: Isolation
Ranked #4 for Directive 8020 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Directive 8020.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
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As Dusk Falls
Ranked #5 for Directive 8020 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Directive 8020.
Explore the entangled lives of two families across thirty years in an original interactive drama from INTERIOR/NIGHT. Starting in 1998 with a robbery-gone-wrong, the character's lives depend on the choices you make.
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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Ranked #6 for Directive 8020 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Directive 8020.
Fire up a wild ride across the cosmos with a fresh take on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. In this action-adventure game, you are Star-Lord leading the unpredictable Guardians from one explosion of chaos to the next. You got this. Probably.
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Resident Evil 4
Ranked #7 for Directive 8020 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Directive 8020.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
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ROUTINE
Ranked #8 for Directive 8020 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Directive 8020.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Directive 8020 at current Steam store prices.
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The Backrooms Multiplayer
Priced ~82% under Directive 8020 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Directive 8020.
You and your friends have found a camera with a footage in it. For some reason you can't rewind the video, and as soon as you try winding it forward you all find yourself in the Backrooms. Together figure out whats in the footage and try to ESCAPE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!
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The Casting of Frank Stone™
Priced ~40% under Directive 8020 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Directive 8020.
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
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Dead Space
Priced ~70% under Directive 8020 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Directive 8020.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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As Dusk Falls
Priced ~40% under Directive 8020 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Directive 8020.
Explore the entangled lives of two families across thirty years in an original interactive drama from INTERIOR/NIGHT. Starting in 1998 with a robbery-gone-wrong, the character's lives depend on the choices you make.
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ROUTINE
Priced ~50% under Directive 8020 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Directive 8020.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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More from Supermassive Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Supermassive Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
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The Quarry
Another title from Supermassive Games, the studio behind Directive 8020. Shares Adventure with Directive 8020.
When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.
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Little Nightmares III
Another title from Supermassive Games, the studio behind Directive 8020. Shares Adventure with Directive 8020.
Little Nightmares III is an atmospheric adventure game in which you follow the journey of Low and Alone, two best friends in search of a way out of the Nowhere. In 2 players online cooperation or solo with an A.I., work together to solve puzzles and survive in this nightmarish world.
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Another title from Supermassive Games, the studio behind Directive 8020. Shares Adventure with Directive 8020.
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
Another title from Supermassive Games, the studio behind Directive 8020. Shares Adventure with Directive 8020.
At the close of the Iraq War, Special Forces hunting for weapons of mass destruction unearth something far deadlier – a buried Sumerian temple containing a nest of unearthly creatures. To survive the night below, they must forge a brotherhood with their enemies from the world above.
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
Another title from Supermassive Games, the studio behind Directive 8020. Shares Adventure with Directive 8020.
Trapped and isolated in the abandoned town of Little Hope, 4 college students and their teacher must escape the nightmarish apparitions that relentlessly pursue them through an impenetrable fog.
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The Casting of Frank Stone™
Another title from Supermassive Games, the studio behind Directive 8020. Shares Adventure with Directive 8020.
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
Another title from Supermassive Games, the studio behind Directive 8020. Shares Adventure with Directive 8020.
A group of documentary film makers receive a mysterious call inviting them to a modern-day replica of serial killer H.H. Holmes ‘Murder Castle’. But on arrival they soon discover they’re being watched, and even manipulated, and suddenly there is much more at stake than just their ratings…
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes - Friend's Pass
Another title from Supermassive Games, the studio behind Directive 8020. Shares Action and Adventure with Directive 8020.
Don’t play alone – invite a friend and share your House of Ashes experience. The Friends Pass works on a single save game and allows you and a friend one full playthrough of House of Ashes.
Frequently asked about Directive 8020
- How much does Directive 8020 cost?
- Directive 8020 is listed on Steam at 49.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Directive 8020 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Directive 8020 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Directive 8020?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Directive 8020 are The Backrooms Multiplayer, The Casting of Frank Stone™, Dead Space.
- Who developed Directive 8020?
- Directive 8020 was developed by Supermassive Games.
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