01 // route state
Not confirmed for D8020Terminology
Bearings remains source-gated terminology until Directive 8020 UI, official materials, or hands-on evidence confirm usage.
route state
Directive 8020 Bearings tracker for major route-state changes.
Prepare a source-gated place for relationship, event, and route-state tracking if Directive 8020 exposes Bearings-style systems.
Official-source gatedSpoiler-safe by defaultRoute data after verification
short answer
Bearings-style tracking is not confirmed for Directive 8020
Bearings is best read here as a relationship, decision, or route-state tracking concept, not as a confirmed Directive 8020 menu with known names or counts. This page will only list exact bearings after UI evidence, official wording, or verified route data exists.
Status
Source-gated terminology
Verification
Pending UI and route-state verification
Last updated
May 12, 2026
What to do next
route selector
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01 // Buy or wait
Decide if I should buy
Quick verdict, edition links, and review-status caveats. Spoiler risk: none.
02 // Co-op setup
Play with friends
Movie Night, online status, copy questions, and group buying advice. Spoiler risk: none.
03 // First run
Start spoiler-free
Setup, survival basics, and when to avoid route data. Spoiler risk: none to light.
04 // Survival route
Save everyone
Assumptions, spoiler controls, and route recovery until exact conditions are verified. Spoiler risk: light, optional full.
05 // Route recovery
Fix a choice I made
Choice recovery planner with risk, verification status, and Turning Points links. Spoiler risk: none to light.
06 // Local tracker
Track 100% completion
Save broad progress for endings, collectibles, trophies, and setup without guessed route facts. Spoiler risk: light.
spoiler modes
Four-level spoiler-safe framework
The site is spoiler-safe by default. Route facts stay generic until verified and intentionally shown at the right spoiler level.
Blind First Run
Explore before confirming objectives; route-specific details stay hidden.
Use this for setup, broad mechanics, and verification status only.
Nudge Mode
This page can flag that a decision may matter without naming the outcome.
Useful when you want non-specific warnings without route consequences.
Route Mode
Exact route choices appear only after verification.
Use this for reproduced route steps once chapter and scene context is proven.
Full Spoiler Mode
Full consequences remain locked until verified and intentionally spoiler-gated.
Death, ending, hidden-path, and recovery specifics require explicit spoiler context.
launch coverage
What this page will track
These routes are live for indexing now, but stay conservative until official data or reproducible playthrough notes are available.
02 // route state
Pending hands-on verificationState changes
Relationship shifts, decision records, route locks, and major events need reproducible proof before indexing.
03 // route state
ReadyCross-links
Verified entries will connect to Choices, Characters, Save Everyone, Endings, and Turning Points without inventing counts or names.
tracker fields
Fields this tracker will use once verified
The structure is useful now, but exact entries stay pending until confirmed.
Affected characters
Pending verification.
Names appear only when the route-state entry is verified.
Triggering choice
Unknown / not confirmed here.
The exact choice, scene, and spoiler level require reproducible route proof.
Short-term consequence
Source-gated.
Immediate effects are not inferred from theme, dialogue, or previous Dark Pictures games.
Long-term route impact
Pending hands-on verification.
Ending, survival, and route-lock effects require later-route confirmation.
Recoverability
Unknown / not confirmed here.
Turning Points or replay recovery cannot be documented until tested.
verification policy
No invented walkthrough facts
This guide only treats public official information and hands-on route tests as confirmed. Launch-day pages are structured so the site can move quickly without publishing invented choices, endings, trophies, or runtime numbers.
verified sources
Last source check: May 12, 2026
- Steam App 2255370
Steam store listing, price, editions, languages, and official PC system requirements.
Verified May 12, 2026
- The Dark Pictures official page
Release date, premise, Turning Points, co-op, and crew biographies.
Verified May 12, 2026
- Supermassive Games page
Developer overview, release confirmation, and official poster art.
Verified May 12, 2026
- Official media gallery
Official trailers, crew videos, screenshots, and feature clips.
Verified May 12, 2026
- Bandai Namco launch news
Publisher launch-date article covering release platforms, Turning Points, Survivor Mode, Deluxe contents, and online multiplayer timing.
Verified May 12, 2026
corrections
Community correction and verification queue
Report incorrect route
Send the page URL, current claim, spoiler level, and how the route was verified or disproven.
Report missing choice
Include the chapter or scene if known; keep unverified scene labels marked pending.
Report collectible condition
Include collectible type, spoiler-safe hint, exact-location status, and any route conflict.
Report platform-specific issue
Include platform, build context, settings, reproduction steps, and whether the issue persists after patches.
Submit verification note
Include an official source, Steam listing detail, or hands-on route log with spoiler mode and verification status.
linked systems
Related guides
Context links for the next route, cleanup, setup, or spoiler-safe planning step.