How to Save Everyone in Directive 8020

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The Dark Pictures games let you potentially save every character, but it’s challenging. A single wrong choice can cause a character to die, and those consequences are permanent – you can’t undo them.

Fortunately, Directive 8020 includes a ‘Turning Points’ system that lets you rewind and prevent crew members from dying, especially when playing in Explorer mode. This guide details all the critical turning points in the game where characters are at risk, and provides advice on how to navigate those situations in Directive 8020.

The guide below contains major spoilers for all the episodes.

How to Save Everyone in Directive 8020

Episode 1 – Little Star

You won’t lose the achievement for keeping everyone alive if anyone dies in this part of the game. Carter and Simms might die during quick-time events, but their deaths won’t prevent you from getting the achievement.

Episode 2 – Best Laid Plans

There are no deaths in this episode.

Episode 3 – The Sample

  • During “No Games”, make sure Cernan does not get caught by Williams.
  • During “Crash”, Stafford can die if you fail to get him back to the seat in time. If you deactivated the Landing Gear in Episode 2, make sure to stay seated and do not get up during the crash sequence.

Episode 4 – Dragnet

  • During “Overwatch”, make sure Cooper and Anders successfully escape from Williams.

Episode 5 – Mr. Williams

  • During “Burn” and “Waste Management”, make sure Eisele does not get caught.
  • During “Under Pressure”, your earlier Episode 2 choice becomes important. If you chose to deactivate Fire Control in Episode 2, choose to save Mitchell. Anders will survive but remain injured for some time. If you did not deactivate Fire Control, you can safely choose to save Anders instead. This can also help toward unlocking the Password1 trophy if you previously sedated Williams and agreed to let Anders hack the computer.

Episode 6 – Hostile Takeover

  • During “Close Encounter”, do not fail any QTEs as Eisele can become injured here.
  • During “Point Blank”, choose not to shoot Williams.
  • During “Eisele Interrogated”, make Stafford ask them to prove they are human.
  • During “Which Eisele”, shoot Eisele and not the Newcomer.

Episode 7 – Revelation

  • During “Search Party”, take the right path while searching for Anders to find the real one.
  • During “Pod Room”, avoid getting caught by the alien creature.
  • During “Geoscience” and “Hunt”, do not get caught by the enemy lifeform.

Episode 8 – Come True

  • During “Second Chances”, do not leave Williams behind.
  • During “Redirect”, make sure Stafford escapes from the Eisele mimic.
  • During “Atrium” and “Mess Hall”, make sure Eisele escapes the alien creature.
  • During “Shoggoth”, “Tentacle Flail”, and “Creeper”, avoid getting caught by the enemy.
  • During “Snap Decision”, choose to save the crew member.
  • During “Knock Knock”, assuming the survivor is Mitchell, let him inside.

Do not miss or fail any QTEs during the following sections:

  • “Return of the Beast”
  • “Uncontained”
  • “Teardown”
  • “Out of the Pan”
  • “Fueled Up”
  • “Seal the Exits”
  • “Grapple”

If everyone on your crew survives and no one is an Impostor, you’ll earn the Humanitarian achievement.

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2026-05-16 16:41