Emotional, memorable story
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Hideo Kojima is the only game dev on earth that can make me laugh in one scene and then cry to the next one within an hour.”
Steam review · 129.7 h played ↗
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
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Very Positive · 95%Very Positive · 95%KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software2026Walking Simulator · Third-Person Shooter · Action
$69.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A polished, gorgeous, easier sequel with a moving Kojima story and great music. Skip it if you loved DS1 for its hard terrain, isolation and subtle writing.
Great for
Fans of Kojima's weird, emotional storytelling who like relaxed delivery, road-building and cinematic spectacle
Main risk
Too easy and derivative: vehicles trivialize traversal, and the story and Dollman feel hand-holding versus DS1
What players love
Stunning graphics and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The visuals are more than stunning, this game looks so good, it is absolutely incredible how good the Decima engine is.”
Steam review · 68.9 h played ↗
Improved gameplay, QoL and tools
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Gameplay-wise this game is better than the 1st in every conceivable way.”
Steam review · 208.7 h played ↗
Excellent soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“And oh my god, the music - the music does so much and the songs they chose/created for this are so touching.”
Steam review · 68.9 h played ↗
Well optimized PC port
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“It is MINDBLOWING how well optimized this game is.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Relaxing building and delivery loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“it's one of the games with the best gameplay loops I've ever experienced, because it relaxes me.”
Steam review · 47.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weak, derivative or nonsensical story
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Death Stranding 2 feels like a photo of that art, on a high def phone screen shown to you by someone at work from a previous vacation they took.”
Steam review · 95.2 h played ↗
Too easy; vehicles trivialize traversal
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“You unlock vehicles extremely early in the game and then there isn't ever a reason to use anything ever again.”
Steam review · 39.8 h played ↗
Stutter, crashes and worsening performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“every patch is making it even worse and worse”
Steam review · 29.4 h played ↗
Lost isolation and atmosphere of DS1
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“you can't really feel the isolation”
Steam review · translated · 68.8 h played ↗
Dollman and over-explaining hand-holding
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“This game suffers from treating the player like a complete idiot, which DS1 never did.”
Steam review · 17.3 h played ↗
Grind, bloat and slow pacing
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“it has zero respect for your time”
Steam review · 86.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support150 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10/11 Version 1909 or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i3-10100, AMD Ryzen 3 3100
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB
Storage150 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10/11 Version 1909 or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i7-11700, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, AMD Radeon RX 6800
Storage150 GB available space
OSWindows 10/11 Version 1909 or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i3-10100, AMD Ryzen 3 3100
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB
Storage150 GB available space
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