Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is a third-person action-adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by otherworldly creatures. Players control Sam Porter Bridges, a retired porter, as he traverses…
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is an adventure developed by Kojima Productions, released 26 June 2025 on PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 56 hrs to finish.
What Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is an adventure game developed by Kojima Productions and released in 2025. It is available on PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Decima.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Eleven months after the events of the first game, Sam Porter Bridges lives in quiet isolation near the former US-Mexico border with his adopted daughter Lou. The United Cities of America is now fully connected via the Chiral Network, and automated delivery robots have rendered human porters obsolete. When mysterious portals called "plate gates" begin manifesting across the world, linking distant continents, Sam is drawn back into action. Fragile, his former ally, recruits him to venture through one such portal into Australia, where scattered survivors remain cut off from the rest of civilization, threatened by evolving ghostlike creatures, hostile bandits, and powerful machines. Sam and his…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 55 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Death Stranding series
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is the fourth of 4 entries we hold in the Death Stranding series. It arrived 4 years after Death Stranding: Director's Cut - Digital Deluxe Edition. It is the most recent released entry in the series. Its critic score of 92 is 3 points above the series average of 89. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach holds a critic score of 92 out of 100. That places it above 97% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 14 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 91, across 122 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 56 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 112.3 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-10100, AMD Ryzen 3 3100, 16 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB. A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. It also needs around 150GB of free storage, which is a real consideration on a 512GB drive. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: India is the cheapest region we track at ₹4,999.00 (about $52.44), while United Kingdom pays £69.99 — 1.8 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 70 on Steam, which is about $69.99.
What it launched against
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach launched on 26 June 2025, within three weeks of Dune: Awakening, The Alters, Donkey Kong Bananza and Mario Kart World. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Dune: Awakening, The Alters, Donkey Kong Bananza, Mario Kart World.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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