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DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac • 2022

Should you play it?

From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?

What works

  • Unique and immersive gameplay
  • Deep and emotional story
  • Beautiful graphics and soundtrack
  • Innovative asynchronous multiplayer
  • Meaningful progression and customization

Things to keep in mind

  • Slow pacing may not suit everyone
  • Some repetitive delivery tasks
  • Long cutscenes and story segments
  • Separate purchase for director's cut
  • Minor technical issues on pc port

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Once Human

  • Borderlands 2

  • Enshrouded

  • Monster Hunter: World

  • Echo Point Nova

  • No Man's Sky

More violent

Games that feels like DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT but with more combat and destruction

  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2

  • Killing Floor 2

  • ELDEN RING

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

  • Shadow Warrior 2

  • Starship Troopers: Extermination

Choose your own criteria ->

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 04/08/2026