Death Stranding Director's Cut
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2021
Platforms
Genres
- post-apocalyptic video game
- action game
- stealth game
- adventure game*
Play modes
- single-player video game
Players by platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
Content classifications
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows*
- Classification
- M - Mature*
Engines
- Decima
Localized titles
- Death Stranding Director's Cut
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- No*
- macOS*
- Supported
- No*
Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Adjustable Text Size*
- Camera Comfort*
- Custom Volume Controls*
- Adjustable Difficulty*
- Playable without Timed Input*
- Save Anytime*
- Stereo Sound*
- Subtitle Options*
- Surround Sound*
- Steam Cloud*
- HDR available*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- French*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Italian*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- German*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Dutch*
- Greek*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Hungarian*
- Japanese*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Russian*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
Audio languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Greek*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Turkish*
Community tags · historical
- Story Rich*
- Votes · historical
- 380*
- Open World*
- Votes · historical
- 359*
- Walking Simulator*
- Votes · historical
- 326*
- Atmospheric*
- Votes · historical
- 312*
- Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 264*
- Great Soundtrack*
- Votes · historical
- 264*
- Exploration*
- Votes · historical
- 254*
- Post-apocalyptic*
- Votes · historical
- 249*
- Cinematic*
- Votes · historical
- 246*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 242*
- Third Person*
- Votes · historical
- 201*
- Action*
- Votes · historical
- 200*
- Sci-fi*
- Votes · historical
- 166*
- Horror*
- Votes · historical
- 149*
- Relaxing*
- Votes · historical
- 132*
- Action-Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 128*
- Stealth*
- Votes · historical
- 94*
- Third-Person Shooter*
- Votes · historical
- 82*
- Multiplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 80*
- Combat*
- Votes · historical
- 79*
System requirements
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Windows® 10*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel® Core™ i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200*
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- GeForce GTX 1050 4 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 560 4 GB*
- Graphics API
- Version 12*
- Storage
- 80 GB available space*
- Audio hardware
- DirectX compatible*
- Conditions
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system · AVX instruction set required*
- Windows · Recommended*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel™ Core i7-3770 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600*
- Memory
- 8 GB*
- Graphics alternatives
- GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 590*
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27*
- Memory
- 8 GB*
Compatibility and community reports
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Controller support · 2026-06-27*
- Controller support
- Full*
- Steam Deck · Community performance · 2026-06-27*
- Community-reported frame rate
- 45 fps*
- Reports
- 1*
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 344*
- Community confidence
- strong*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS*
Publishers
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- 505 Games*
Release history
- 2021-09-24
- Date precision
- Exact date
- Market
- worldwide
- 2022-03-30
- Date precision
- Exact date
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Market
- worldwide
- 2024-01-30
- Date precision
- Exact date
- Platform
- macOS
- Market
- worldwide
- 2022-03-30 · Microsoft Windows*
- Release date
- 2022-03-30*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- Mar 30, 2022*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 14 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Intel® Core™ i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- GeForce GTX 1050 4 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 560 4 GB*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 8* GB
- Name
- Death Stranding: Director's Cut*
- Windows recommended processor requirement
- Intel™ Core i7-3770 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 590*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- 8* GB
- Release year
- 2,021*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- Intel® Core™ i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Graphics alternatives
- GeForce GTX 1050 4 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 560 4 GB*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 8 GB*
- Windows recommended processor requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Processor alternatives
- Intel™ Core i7-3770 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Graphics alternatives
- GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 590*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Memory
- 8 GB*
Specifications 2 · 7 fields
- Developers · Microsoft Windows
- Kojima Productions
- Kojima Productions*
- ESRB classification · Microsoft Windows
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows
- Classification
- M - Mature*
- Genres · Microsoft Windows
- action game
- action game*
- adventure game
- adventure game*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows*
- Publishers · Microsoft Windows
- 505 Games
- 505 Games*
- Release date · Microsoft Windows
- 2022-03-30 · Microsoft Windows
- Release date
- 2022-03-30*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Specifications 3 · 35 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 63*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 192* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 2,175* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Adjustable Text Size*
- Camera Comfort*
- Custom Volume Controls*
- Adjustable Difficulty*
- Playable without Timed Input*
- Save Anytime*
- Stereo Sound*
- Subtitle Options*
- Surround Sound*
- Steam Cloud*
- HDR available*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS*
- DLC count · historical
- 1*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 1000000 - 2000000*
- Audio languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Greek*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Turkish*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
- Linux support · historical
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- No*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 227* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 648* min
- Metacritic score
- 85*
- Name
- DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 2,819*
- Peak ccu
- 1,604*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 36,697*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 15.99*
- Publishers
- 505 Games*
- Recommendations
- 40,105*
- Store release date · historical
- Mar 30, 2022*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Dutch*
- Greek*
- Hungarian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Game website · historical
- http://www.kojimaproductions.jp/en/*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Adjustable Text Size
- Adjustable Text Size*
- Camera Comfort
- Camera Comfort*
- Custom Volume Controls
- Custom Volume Controls*
- Adjustable Difficulty
- Adjustable Difficulty*
- Playable without Timed Input
- Playable without Timed Input*
- Save Anytime
- Save Anytime*
- Stereo Sound
- Stereo Sound*
- Subtitle Options
- Subtitle Options*
- Surround Sound
- Surround Sound*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- HDR available
- HDR available*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS
- KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS*
- Audio languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Greek*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Turkish*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- No*
- Publishers
- 505 Games
- 505 Games*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Mar 30, 2022*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Dutch*
- Greek*
- Hungarian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 4 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 450* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 1,854* min
- Ccu
- 1,604*
- Developer
- KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS*
- Historical discount
- 60* %
- Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
- Historical US original list price
- 3,999* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Dutch*
- Greek*
- Hungarian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 428* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 758* min
- Name
- DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 2,819*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 36,697*
- Historical US price
- 1,599* US cents
- Publisher
- 505 Games*
- Community tags · historical
- Story Rich*
- Open World*
- Walking Simulator*
- Atmospheric*
- Adventure*
- Great Soundtrack*
- Exploration*
- Post-apocalyptic*
- Cinematic*
- Singleplayer*
- Third Person*
- Action*
- Sci-fi*
- Horror*
- Relaxing*
- Action-Adventure*
- Stealth*
- Third-Person Shooter*
- Multiplayer*
- Combat*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Dutch*
- Greek*
- Hungarian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Community tags · historical
- Story Rich
- Story Rich*
- Open World
- Open World*
- Walking Simulator
- Walking Simulator*
- Atmospheric
- Atmospheric*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Great Soundtrack
- Great Soundtrack*
- Exploration
- Exploration*
- Post-apocalyptic
- Post-apocalyptic*
- Cinematic
- Cinematic*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Third Person
- Third Person*
- Action
- Action*
- Sci-fi
- Sci-fi*
- Horror
- Horror*
- Relaxing
- Relaxing*
- Action-Adventure
- Action-Adventure*
- Stealth
- Stealth*
- Third-Person Shooter
- Third-Person Shooter*
- Multiplayer
- Multiplayer*
- Combat
- Combat*
- Tags votes
- Story Rich
- Votes · historical
- 380*
- Open World
- Votes · historical
- 359*
- Walking Simulator
- Votes · historical
- 326*
- Atmospheric
- Votes · historical
- 312*
- Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 264*
- Great Soundtrack
- Votes · historical
- 264*
- Exploration
- Votes · historical
- 254*
- Post-apocalyptic
- Votes · historical
- 249*
- Cinematic
- Votes · historical
- 246*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 242*
- Third Person
- Votes · historical
- 201*
- Action
- Votes · historical
- 200*
- Sci-fi
- Votes · historical
- 166*
- Horror
- Votes · historical
- 149*
- Relaxing
- Votes · historical
- 132*
- Action-Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 128*
- Stealth
- Votes · historical
- 94*
- Third-Person Shooter
- Votes · historical
- 82*
- Multiplayer
- Votes · historical
- 80*
- Combat
- Votes · historical
- 79*
Specifications 5 · 27 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Adjustable Text Size*
- Camera Comfort*
- Custom Volume Controls*
- Adjustable Difficulty*
- Playable without Timed Input*
- Save Anytime*
- Stereo Sound*
- Subtitle Options*
- Surround Sound*
- Steam Cloud*
- HDR available*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Linux requirements
- Minimum: *
- macOS requirements
- Minimum: *
- Metacritic score
- 85*
- Name
- DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT*
- Windows requirements
- Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 4 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 560 4 GB DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 80 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible Additional Notes: AVX instruction set required *
- Platforms
- windows*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 0*
- Historical store price
- $39.99*
- Publishers
- 505 Games*
- Recommendations total
- 39,227*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- Mar 30, 2022*
- Interface languages
- English (full audio), French (full audio), Italian (full audio), German (full audio), Spanish - Spain (full audio), Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Greek (full audio), Hungarian, Japanese (full audio), Korean, Polish (full audio), Portuguese - Portugal (full audio), Portuguese - Brazil (full audio), Russian (full audio), Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America (full audio), Traditional Chinese, Turkish*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Adjustable Text Size
- Adjustable Text Size*
- Camera Comfort
- Camera Comfort*
- Custom Volume Controls
- Custom Volume Controls*
- Adjustable Difficulty
- Adjustable Difficulty*
- Playable without Timed Input
- Playable without Timed Input*
- Save Anytime
- Save Anytime*
- Stereo Sound
- Stereo Sound*
- Subtitle Options
- Subtitle Options*
- Surround Sound
- Surround Sound*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- HDR available
- HDR available*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS
- KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- Windows® 10*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel® Core™ i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200*
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- GeForce GTX 1050 4 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 560 4 GB*
- Graphics API
- Version 12*
- Storage
- 80 GB available space*
- Audio hardware
- DirectX compatible*
- Conditions
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system · AVX instruction set required*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- 505 Games
- 505 Games*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Mar 30, 2022*
- Interface languages
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Dutch*
- Hungarian*
- Korean*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Turkish*
Specifications 6 · 22 fields
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- full*
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- verified*
- Steam Deck community-reported FPS · 2026-06-27
- 45* fps
- Steam Deck performance reports · 2026-06-27
- 1*
- Store genres
- Action|Adventure*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 947*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- strong*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 344*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- platinum*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- 8* GB
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,022*
- Title
- DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support
- Full*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Steam Deck community-reported FPS · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · Community performance · 2026-06-27
- Community-reported frame rate
- 45* fps
- Reports
- 1*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 344*
- Community confidence
- strong*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27
- Memory
- 8 GB*
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