:Death Stranding

File:Death Stranding pre-release gameplay screenshot.png. Sam, the protagonist, uses a device to uncover several invisible enemies in order to sneak past them.]]

Death Stranding is an action-adventure game set in an open world, and includes asynchronous online functions. Kojima refers to Death Stranding as the first "strand game", an original genre characterized by the game's incorporation of social elements. Kojima compared this genre to how his earlier game Metal Gear—now considered a stealth game—was called an action game during its release because the stealth genre had not been established.{{Cite web |last=Rad |first=Chloi |date=June 15, 2016 |title=E3 2016: More Cryptic Death Stranding Details from Kojima |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/06/15/e3-2016-more-cryptic-death-stranding-details-from-kojima |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621091304/http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/06/15/e3-2016-more-cryptic-death-stranding-details-from-kojima |archive-date=June 21, 2016 |access-date=February 5, 2018 |website=IGN}}

The player controls Sam Bridges, a porter for a company known as BRIDGES. The player is tasked with delivering supply cargo to various isolated cities known as KNOTs, as well as isolated researchers and survivalists, while also connecting them to a communications system known as the Chiral Network.{{Cite web |last=Maher |first=Cian |date=November 7, 2019 |title=Death Stranding story explained: your spoiler-free guide to Kojima's epic |url=https://www.techradar.com/how-to/death-stranding-story-explainer-your-spoiler-free-guide-to-the-early-game |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107153043/https://www.techradar.com/how-to/death-stranding-story-explainer-your-spoiler-free-guide-to-the-early-game |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |access-date=2019-11-08 |website=TechRadar |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |last=Straub |first=Nick |title=All The Terms You Need To Know To Start Death Stranding |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/11/07/all-the-terms-you-need-to-know-to-start-death-stranding |url-status=live |magazine=Game Informer |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108064819/https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/11/07/all-the-terms-you-need-to-know-to-start-death-stranding |archive-date=November 8, 2019 |access-date=2019-11-08}} The player is evaluated by the company and recipients based on their performance (including via "likes" similar to social networks), including whether the cargo was delivered, and if it is intact, among other factors. These merits are, in turn, used to level up the player's statistics, such as stability and weight capacity, and increase their standing with individual locations and characters (which can improve rewards).{{Cite web |date=November 7, 2019 |title=Death Stranding Review - Children Of Men |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/death-stranding-review-children-of-men/1900-6417358/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108014958/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/death-stranding-review-children-of-men/1900-6417358/ |archive-date=November 8, 2019 |access-date=2019-11-08 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}} How cargo is packed by the player, and the overall weight being carried, affect Sam's ability to navigate through the environments.{{Cite web |last=Fillari |first=Alessandro |title=Death Stranding Guide: Tips On How To Walk In Hideo Kojima's Weird World |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/death-stranding-guide-tips-on-how-to-walk-in-hideo/1100-6471246/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113070601/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/death-stranding-guide-tips-on-how-to-walk-in-hideo/1100-6471246/ |archive-date=November 13, 2019 |access-date=2019-11-13 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}}

The game extensively uses licensed music, most often from the bands Silent Poets and Low Roar, to score and enhance specific set-pieces and moments of traversal. When speaking on the use of music, Kojima said the music "would match this harsh but beautiful and pure environmental setting. I also felt somewhat of a connection to Low Roar and the game, the matching of Low Roar's acoustic but digital futuristic sound and the concept of Death Stranding."{{Cite news |last=Maher |first=Cian |date=2019-11-11 |title=The sound of Death Stranding and how Hideo Kojima selects the music for his games |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/the-sound-of-death-stranding-and-how-hideo-kojima-selects-the-music-for-his-games |url-status=live |access-date=2022-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125204833/https://www.eurogamer.net/the-sound-of-death-stranding-and-how-hideo-kojima-selects-the-music-for-his-games |archive-date=January 25, 2023}} After the death of Low Roar's frontman Ryan Karazija in 2022, Kojima said, "Without [Low Roar], Death Stranding would not have been born."{{Cite news |last=Blake |first=Vikki |date=2022-10-30 |title=Kojima comments on the death of Low Roar's frontman: 'Without you, Death Stranding would not have been born' |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/kojima-comments-on-the-death-of-low-roars-frontman-without-you-death-stranding-would-not-have-been-born |url-status=live |access-date=2022-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125204833/https://www.eurogamer.net/kojima-comments-on-the-death-of-low-roars-frontman-without-you-death-stranding-would-not-have-been-born |archive-date=January 25, 2023}}

The player's main enemies include otherworldly creatures known as "beached things" (BTs), MULE (a cult of rogue, bandit-like porters influenced by an obsession with cargo, who attempt to steal deliveries so they can deliver it themselves), and Demens, MULEs who have begun killing porters to claim their cargo.{{Cite news |last=Espineli |first=Matt |title=Death Stranding Mule Guide: How To Deal With Those Pesky Bandit Deliverymen |language=en-US |work=GameSpot |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/death-stranding-mule-guide-how-to-deal-with-those-/1100-6471002/ |url-status=live |access-date=2019-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107220116/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/death-stranding-mule-guide-how-to-deal-with-those-/1100-6471002/ |archive-date=November 7, 2019}} BTs are surrounded by a rain known as "timefall", which damages the player's armor and cargo by speeding up their deterioration. BTs are normally invisible, but Sam's suit is equipped with a robotic sensor referred to in-game as an "odradek" that points towards nearby BTs, and the player can then scan the area to reveal them.{{Cite web |last=Ramos |first=Jeff |date=2019-11-07 |title=Death Stranding guide: How to avoid and kill BTs |url=https://www.polygon.com/death-stranding-guide/2019/11/7/20927347/find-avoid-kill-bts-odradek-grenades-ex-hematic |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107213946/https://www.polygon.com/death-stranding-guide/2019/11/7/20927347/find-avoid-kill-bts-odradek-grenades-ex-hematic |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |access-date=2019-11-07 |website=Polygon |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Sliva |first=Marty |date=December 11, 2017 |title=Kojima Explains Death Stranding Gameplay and Lore |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/12/11/kojima-explains-death-stranding-gameplay-and-lore |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211223756/http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/12/11/kojima-explains-death-stranding-gameplay-and-lore |archive-date=December 11, 2017 |access-date=December 12, 2017 |website=IGN |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Causey |first=Ellen |date=October 9, 2019 |title=Dialogue Options: Do you have to understand a game to enjoy it? |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/dialogue-options-do-you-have-to-understand-a-game-to-enjoy-it/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107213938/https://www.gamesradar.com/dialogue-options-do-you-have-to-understand-a-game-to-enjoy-it/ |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |access-date=2019-11-07 |website=gamesradar |language=en}}

As Sam is a "repatriate", he is taken to an underwater world known as the "Seam" if he is killed, where he can "swim" back to his body to revive himself. However, being killed and consumed by a BT results in a destructive explosion known as a "voidout", which permanently damages the location of the death with an untraversable crater.{{Cite web |last=Orland |first=Kyle |date=2019-11-01 |title=Death Stranding is Kojima unleashed, and it's as weird as you'd expect |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/11/death-stranding-is-kojima-unleashed-and-its-as-weird-as-youd-expect/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107213941/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/11/death-stranding-is-kojima-unleashed-and-its-as-weird-as-youd-expect/ |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |access-date=2019-11-07 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}

As the player expands the coverage of the Chiral Network, they can access maps of areas, and use blueprints to produce consumable items and structures with the Portable Chiral Constructor (PCC, a device similar to a 3D printer), including ropes, bridges, and power generators used for charging battery-powered equipment. The Network is used as the basis for the game's online functionality, where players can leave supplies, structures, and messages that can be viewed and used by other players, although structures will eventually be destroyed by Timefall after some time. The player can recover cargo lost by other players to complete their delivery.{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Evan |date=2019-11-01 |title='Death Stranding' is as bizarre as it is innovative |url=https://ew.com/gaming/2019/11/01/death-stranding-videogame-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108071813/https://ew.com/gaming/2019/11/01/death-stranding-videogame-review/ |archive-date=November 8, 2019 |access-date=2019-11-08 |website=EW.com |language=en}} The player does not directly encounter other players in the world.

The game is set in an apocalyptic United States, where a cataclysmic event known as the "Death Stranding" caused "Beached Things" ("BTs")—invisible creatures originating from the "Beach", lands thought to be unique to each person that are typically visited during near-death experiences and are said to be the link to the afterlife—to begin roaming the Earth. BTs are created from the dead via necrosis, and when they consume a living human being, they create an explosion on the scale of a nuclear bomb, known as a "voidout". They produce rain known as "Timefall" that rapidly ages and deteriorates whatever it hits. These events damaged the country's infrastructure, leading its remaining population to confine themselves to remote colonies known as "Knot Cities", which form the remaining "United Cities of America".{{Cite web |last=Zacny |first=Rob |date=2019-11-01 |title='Death Stranding' Shines When You're Delivering Packages in a Haunted World |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/death-stranding-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113015002/https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/d3ajqv/death-stranding-review |archive-date=November 13, 2019 |access-date=2019-11-08 |website=Vice |language=en}}

These colonies have relied on the services of a company known as BRIDGES, whose porters brave the BTs, bandits, and terrorists to deliver supplies to the cities. Bridges performs various governmental functions on behalf of the UCA. If they achieve a mental connection to a "Bridge Baby" (a "BB")—a premature child reflecting a state between life and death—it is possible for a person to sense the presence of a BT. Porters carry a BB with them, stored in a pod simulating the womb of a "stillmother". Depending on its severity, a condition known as "DOOMS" allows a person to naturally sense, see, or even control a BT, as well as granting a variety of powers, such as teleportation or travel to other people's Beaches. There are individuals known as "repatriates" who can travel back from "the Seam"—a place between the world of the living and the Beach—upon death. As such, these individuals can effectively return from death, though their deaths will still cause voidouts if killed during contact with a BT.

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Freelance courier Sam Porter Bridges (Norman Reedus) is transporting cargo to Central Knot City but is interrupted by Timefall and takes shelter. He receives assistance from Fragile (Léa Seydoux) in evading a BT. Sam arrives at his destination, where a citizen has committed suicide, with the corpse on the verge of necrosis. Due to being both a repatriate and having DOOMS, Sam is given an emergency assignment to accompany the disposal team to an incinerator to dispose of the corpse. However, an encounter with BTs causes a voidout that destroys Central Knot City.

Sam revives in Capital Knot City and meets Deadman (Guillermo del Toro/Jesse Corti),{{efn|name=Special Appearance|Del Toro and Refn are the physical models of Deadman and Heartman, who Corti and Jacobs voice.}} a doctor from BRIDGES who has Sam deliver morphine to the dying President of the UCA: Sam's adoptive mother, Bridget Strand (Lindsay Wagner/Emily O'Brien).{{efn|name=Strand|Wagner provided the likeness for Bridget and Amelie and voiced the older Bridget; O'Brien voiced the young Bridget and Amelie.}} Bridget pleads with Sam to rejoin BRIDGES and help realize her dream of "reforming America" before succumbing to her illness. Sam takes her body for incineration but refuses to incinerate a Bridge Baby involved in the Central Knot City voidout. With the BB's assistance, Sam evades a horde of BTs and decides to adopt it as his own Bridge Baby; against UCA instructions to treat Bridge Babies as pieces of equipment, Sam gradually forms an emotional bond with it and nicknames it "Lou".

Upon his return to Capital Knot City, Sam receives a message from his estranged sister Amelie Strand (also Wagner/O'Brien).{{efn|name=Strand|Wagner provided the likeness for Bridget and Amelie and voiced the older Bridget; O'Brien voiced the young Bridget and Amelie.}} She tells him that over the past three years, she led an expedition across what is left of the continental United States, making contact with isolated cities and settlements and setting up terminals that would connect them to the Chiral Network: a system that facilitates instant communication and data transfer across vast distances through the Beach. However, upon reaching the last city on the West Coast (Edge Knot City), Amelie was captured by a terrorist group to guarantee Edge Knot City's independence. She pleads for Sam to follow her expedition and complete the Chiral Network, thus "reforming America". As this pilgrimage ends at Edge Knot City, Sam can then rescue Amelie, and she can take Bridget's place as the President of the UCA. Sam reluctantly accepts the mission.

Following the instructions of Die-Hardman (Tommie Earl Jenkins), Bridget's personal aide and Director of BRIDGES, Sam begins his journey from the east to the west coast of North America. Along the way, he delivers valuable cargo to various Knot Cities and settlements; helps research the Death Stranding with BRIDGES staff such as Mama and her twin sister Lockne (Margaret Qualley), Heartman (Nicolas Winding Refn/Darren Jacobs);{{efn|name=Special Appearance}} and thwarts deadly plots by terrorists and their leader, Higgs Monaghan (Troy Baker). While connected to Lou, he occasionally experiences memories depicting Clifford Unger (Mads Mikkelsen) and his hospitalized wife and BB child. Sam is pulled into Clifford's Beach; there, he fights a BT manifestation of Clifford, who seeks his lost BB.

After reaching Edge Knot City, Sam fights and defeats Higgs at Amelie's Beach. Higgs reveals that Amelie is an Extinction Entity: a godlike being manifested by the universe to trigger mass extinction events. Amelie is revealed as the true leader of Homo Demens, having conceived the Chiral Network to enable the Last Stranding, the end of life on Earth. It is revealed that Amelie and Bridget are the same person; Bridget's soul separated from her body during early experiments into the Beaches and used the alias "Amelie" as a cover. However, Amelie is conflicted over her cosmological duties, finding the Last Stranding more humane than perpetual cycles of growth and extinction.

With the help of allies made on his journey, Sam reaches Amelie and convinces her to delay the Last Stranding. Moved, she accepts but must separate herself and her Beach from the world forever. Sam is rescued by his BRIDGES allies, returning to the living. Die-Hardman becomes President of the UCA, and Fragile resolves to rebuild her company. However, Sam is told that Lou is dying. Although UCA law demands dying BBs are incinerated, Sam follows Deadman's advice and removes Lou from the pod in hopes of saving its life. In doing so, Sam connects with Lou one last time and discovers the memories he has viewed are his own: he is Clifford Unger's son, who Bridget Strand had transformed into one of the first BBs, accidentally killed alongside Clifford during a botched escape attempt, and resurrected by Amelie. The spirits of deceased BBs help save Lou's life, and Sam destroys his UCA cufflinks, going "off the grid" to live a peaceful life raising BB, whom he reveals is actually "Louise" in a post-credits scene.

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After a lengthy corporate conflict with Konami as a restricted subsidiary, Kojima Productions closed in July 2015 and re-formed as an independent video game developer and studio in December. The same month, Hideo Kojima announced his partnership with Sony Interactive Entertainment, at the time led by Andrew House, to make a new PlayStation game.{{Cite web |last=Dyer |first=Mitch |date=December 15, 2015 |title=Kojima Productions and Sony Officially Announce Partnership |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/12/16/kojima-and-sony-officially-announce-partnership |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205132105/http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/12/16/kojima-and-sony-officially-announce-partnership |archive-date=February 5, 2018 |access-date=February 5, 2018 |website=IGN}}

Kojima revealed the game at Sony's conference during E3 2016 with a teaser trailer featuring music from Low Roar, whose music would later be used in the final game. The trailer was made possible with the technology of photogrammetry and motion capture. It featured Norman Reedus, who served as the basis for the protagonist. The game was the second collaboration between Kojima and Reedus, following the canceled Silent Hills. Kojima and Mark Cerny, lead system architect of the PlayStation 4, spent two weeks in January 2016 looking for a game engine on which to develop the game. One candidate was used to develop a teaser trailer. Guerrilla Games was later announced as a collaborator on the development of the game, as it was providing their proprietary game engine Decima. Kojima Productions' meeting room was recreated in the engine as a reference of accuracy and for the purpose of testing physically based lighting.

The game entered full development in 2017. A few days before E3 2017, Kojima announced that the game would not appear during the usual Sony conference.{{Cite tweet |number=872460812434128896 |user=HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN |title=Apologies to our fans, Death Stranding will not be @ E3 as we are fully focused on development. Pls see me with @geoffkeighley on 6/14! |date=June 7, 2017}} In June, information came from Shawn Layden, president of Sony Interactive Entertainment America, affirming that Death Stranding was in fact in a playable alpha version, but he had not been able to categorize the game in a specific genre.{{Cite web |last=Silver |first=Dan |date=June 17, 2017 |title=E3 2017 - PlayStation's Shawn Layden on Death Stranding, Spider-man and the nature of the console competition |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gaming/what-to-play/e3-2017-playstations-shawn-layden-death-stranding-spider-man/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618170111/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gaming/what-to-play/e3-2017-playstations-shawn-layden-death-stranding-spider-man/ |archive-date=June 18, 2017 |access-date=February 5, 2018 |website=The Daily Telegraph}} A teaser was presented during The Game Awards 2017 in December, where Kojima, Reedus and del Toro made appearances.{{Cite web |last=Byford |first=Sam |date=December 7, 2017 |title=Watch the unhinged new trailer for Kojima and del Toro's Death Stranding |url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/7/16749740/death-stranding-new-trailer-game-awards-2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220125527/https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/7/16749740/death-stranding-new-trailer-game-awards-2017 |archive-date=February 20, 2018 |access-date=February 5, 2018 |website=The Verge}} Kojima revealed that the team was unable to do any performance capture or voice-over for the third trailer in time for E3 2017 due to the 2016–17 video game voice actor strike, so it was delayed until the Game Awards.

In February 2018, Emily O'Brien and Troy Baker joined the cast for the game.{{Cite news |last=Bell |first=Brian |date=February 22, 2018 |title=Troy Baker, Emily O'Brien Join Cast of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding |work=Paste |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/02/troy-baker-emily-obrien-join-cast-of-hideo-kojimas.html |url-status=live |access-date=March 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316151740/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/02/troy-baker-emily-obrien-join-cast-of-hideo-kojimas.html |archive-date=March 16, 2018}} At the event, a new trailer was shown, showing gameplay for the first time. It revealed that actresses Léa Seydoux and Lindsay Wagner were to be a part of the cast.{{Cite web |last=Makuch |first=Eddie |date=2018-06-11 |title=PS4's Death Stranding Announces Two More Celebrity Stars |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4s-death-stranding-announces-two-more-celebrity-/1100-6459734/ |access-date=June 12, 2018 |website=GameSpot}} On September 18, it was announced at Tokyo Game Show 2018 that Tommie Earl Jenkins would portray a key character in the game,{{Cite web |last=Imtiaz |first=Khurram |date=September 23, 2018 |title=Brand New Characters And Gameplay Revealed For Death Stranding |url=https://gearnuke.com/new-character-death-stranding-tgs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923105622/https://gearnuke.com/new-character-death-stranding-tgs/ |archive-date=September 23, 2018 |access-date=September 24, 2018 |website=GearNuke}} and that Akio Ōtsuka, Kikuko Inoue, Nana Mizuki and Satoshi Mikami, veterans of the Metal Gear series, along with Kenjiro Tsuda, had joined the game's Japanese voice cast.{{Cite web |last=Ramsey |first=Robert |date=September 17, 2018 |title=Death Stranding Japanese Dub will Feature Metal Gear Voices, Including Solid Snake and Big Boss |url=http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2018/09/death_stranding_japanese_dub_will_feature_metal_gear_voices_including_solid_snake_and_big_boss |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919025114/http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2018/09/death_stranding_japanese_dub_will_feature_metal_gear_voices_including_solid_snake_and_big_boss |archive-date=September 19, 2018 |access-date=September 19, 2018 |website=PushSquare}}{{Cite web |last=Marcell |first=Katri |date=September 18, 2018 |title=Death Stranding Features Iconic Metal Gear Solid Voice Actors |url=https://www.vgr.com/death-stranding-features-iconic-metal-gear-solid-voice-actors/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919061836/https://www.vgr.com/death-stranding-features-iconic-metal-gear-solid-voice-actors/ |archive-date=September 19, 2018 |access-date=September 19, 2018 |website=VGR}} In March 2019, Hideo Kojima said that Death Stranding was slightly behind its release date schedule,{{Cite web |date=March 5, 2019 |script-title=ja:小島秀夫が語る、未来のゲームとは？ 世界中が待ち望む新作『DEATH STRANDING』進捗も報告 |url=https://www.j-wave.co.jp/blog/news/2019/03/32-death-stranding.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330221820/https://www.j-wave.co.jp/blog/news/2019/03/32-death-stranding.html |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |access-date=April 9, 2019 |website=J-Wave |language=ja}}{{Cite web |last=Donnellan |first=Jimmy |date=March 6, 2019 |title=Hideo Kojima Confirms Death Stranding Is 'Slightly' Delayed |url=https://culturedvultures.com/hideo-kojima-confirms-death-stranding-is-slightly-delayed/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408184513/https://culturedvultures.com/hideo-kojima-confirms-death-stranding-is-slightly-delayed/ |archive-date=April 8, 2019 |access-date=April 9, 2019 |website=Cultured Vultures}} and that he himself was testing and adjusting the gameplay day by day, defining that phase of development as "critical".{{Cite web |date=March 24, 2019 |title=Death Stranding hits a 'critical phase' as Kojima plays the game 'every day' on PS4 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-03-24-death-stranding-hits-a-critical-phase-in-development-as-kojima-plays-the-game-every-day-on-ps4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410085403/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-03-24-death-stranding-hits-a-critical-phase-in-development-as-kojima-plays-the-game-every-day-on-ps4 |archive-date=April 10, 2019 |access-date=April 9, 2019 |website=Eurogamer}}

A trailer released in May 2019 introduced Margaret Qualley as Mama and Nicolas Winding Refn as Heartman. Several character names were revealed: Cliff (Mikkelsen), Fragile (Seydoux), Deadman (Del Toro), Die-Hardman (Jenkins), Higgs (Baker) and Amelie (Wagner). O'Brien, Jesse Corti and Darren Jacobs were credited for voice-over work in the trailer. Del Toro and Refn both received a "Special Appearance" credit, with Kojima later explaining that only their likenesses were used and their voice and motion capture were performed by other actors.{{Cite tweet |number=1133882453972606976 |user=HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN |title=I asked my bestie, Nicolas, to be 'HEARTMAN' in DS as special guest. We 3D scanned his head, body, and facial expressions to make his 3D model, but his acting and voice are done by a different performer, same as with Guillermo. |first=Hideo |last=Kojima |date=29 May 2019 |access-date=30 May 2019}} The same trailer also revealed the release date of November 8, 2019. In an accompanying blog post, Kojima explained that the game's core theme was "the true importance of forging connections with others", referring to the player's goal of "reconnecting" an isolated and fractured society, to bridge its divides, and to "create new bonds or 'Strands' with other players around the globe."{{Cite web |last=Webster |first=Andrew |date=May 29, 2019 |title=Death Stranding is finally launching in November |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/29/18643997/death-stranding-hideo-kojima-ps4-release-date-trailer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529184453/https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/29/18643997/death-stranding-hideo-kojima-ps4-release-date-trailer |archive-date=May 29, 2019 |access-date=May 29, 2019 |website=The Verge |language=en-US}} Certain themes and elements of the story were influenced by Kojima's childhood and the deaths of his parents.{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Harold |date=November 27, 2019 |title=The Life of Hideo Kojima: A Hideo Kojima Biography |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/hideo-kojima-death-stranding.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411123002/https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/hideo-kojima-death-stranding.html |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |access-date=September 23, 2021 |website=Vulture}}

During Gamescom that year, two more trailers were shown: the first showed one of the key elements of the video game, a BB (Bridge Baby), with the participation of the character "Deadman", portrayed by del Toro and Corti. The second introduces the character "Mama", played by Qualley. Furthermore, a 6-minute gameplay trailer was shown, which introduces in detail various game mechanics, such as the possibility of urinating and delivering packages to isolated delivery stations. This video features the participation of Geoff Keighley, Canadian journalist and video critic, as a hologram that interacts with the main character Sam in the delivery station.{{Cite web |last=Skrebels |first=Joe |date=August 25, 2019 |title=Death Stranding: New Gameplay Shown Off, Includes Urination Mechanic - Gamescom 2019 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/08/25/death-stranding-new-gameplay-shown-off-includes-urination-mechanic-gamescom-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926110203/https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/08/25/death-stranding-new-gameplay-shown-off-includes-urination-mechanic-gamescom-2019 |archive-date=September 26, 2019 |access-date=September 26, 2019 |website=IGN}} Japanese writer Junji Ito appears as the model of the Engineer, who is voiced by Yuri Lowenthal. The film director was modelled after Jordan Vogt-Roberts, while director Edgar Wright provided his likeness for Thomas Southerland. Hirokazu Hamamura made an appearance as the Collector. Liam O'Brien and Sam Lake were credited as the voice actor and model of Veteran Porter, respectively. Phillip North is portrayed by Tommy Wirkola.{{Cite web |last=Hurley |first=Leon |title=Every Death Stranding Cameo in the game and where to find them |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/death-stranding-cameos-faces-location-who/#:~:text=Engineer%20%2D%20Junji%20Ito&text=You'll%20find%20the%20Engineer,artist%20and%20writer%2C%20Junji%20Ito. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308141146/https://www.gamesradar.com/death-stranding-cameos-faces-location-who/#:~:text=Engineer%20%2D%20Junji%20Ito&text=You'll%20find%20the%20Engineer,artist%20and%20writer%2C%20Junji%20Ito. |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |access-date=22 February 2021 |website=GamesRadar}}

During the Tokyo Game Show conference, Kojima showed and commented live on a 83-minute video dedicated entirely to the general features of the gameplay of the game.{{Cite web |last=Barker |first=Sammy |date=September 21, 2019 |title=Make More Sense of Death Stranding's Demos with English Subtitles |url=https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/09/make_more_sense_of_death_strandings_demos_with_english_subtitles |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926110204/https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/09/make_more_sense_of_death_strandings_demos_with_english_subtitles |archive-date=September 26, 2019 |access-date=September 26, 2019 |website=Push Square}} There, Kojima proclaimed that he was open to developing a sequel to further solidify the "strand game" genre.{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Austin |date=September 16, 2019 |title=A Death Stranding sequel could happen according to Hideo Kojima |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/death-stranding-sequel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921023411/https://www.gamesradar.com/death-stranding-sequel/ |archive-date=September 21, 2019 |access-date=September 20, 2019 |website=GamesRadar}} On September 26, 2019, Kojima Productions announced that the game had gone gold, meaning that development on it had finished.{{Cite web |last=Skrebels |first=Joe |date=September 26, 2019 |title=Death Stranding Has Gone Gold |url=https://uk.ign.com/articles/2019/09/26/death-stranding-has-gone-gold-finished-development-release-build |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926084251/https://uk.ign.com/articles/2019/09/26/death-stranding-has-gone-gold-finished-development-release-build |archive-date=September 26, 2019 |access-date=September 26, 2019 |website=IGN}}{{Cite web |last=Donovan |first=Imogen |date=September 26, 2019 |title=Death Stranding has gone gold, announces Kojima Productions |url=https://www.videogamer.com/news/death-stranding-has-gone-gold-announces-kojima-productions |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926110203/https://www.videogamer.com/news/death-stranding-has-gone-gold-announces-kojima-productions |archive-date=September 26, 2019 |access-date=September 26, 2019 |website=Videogamer.com}} In October 2019, it was announced that the game would be released on Windows in mid-2020 by 505 Games,{{Cite web |last=Purslow |first=Matt |date=October 28, 2019 |title=Death Stranding on PC Will Be Published By 505 Games, Not By Sony |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/28/death-stranding-on-pc-will-be-published-by-505-games |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105105717/https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/28/death-stranding-on-pc-will-be-published-by-505-games |archive-date=November 5, 2019 |access-date=28 October 2019 |website=IGN}} confirming rumors about a PC version that had existed as early as 2015. It was released on July 14, 2020.{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Alice |date=July 14, 2020 |title=Death Stranding is now out on PC |work=Rock Paper Shotgun |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/07/14/death-stranding-is-now-out-on-pc/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714151912/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/07/14/death-stranding-is-now-out-on-pc/ |archive-date=July 14, 2020}} The same month during a segment of Conan, comedian Conan O'Brien revealed that there is a character modeled after him in-game, with O'Brien having been digitally modeled during a visit to Kojima Productions' studio.{{Cite news |last=Good |first=Owen S. |date=October 24, 2019 |title=Conan O'Brien is in Death Stranding, helps Norman Reedus swim like an otter |work=Polygon |publisher=Vox Media |url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/10/24/20930233/death-stranding-conan-obrien-cameo-otter-suit-norman-reedus-ps4 |url-status=live |access-date=January 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005214008/https://www.polygon.com/2019/10/24/20930233/death-stranding-conan-obrien-cameo-otter-suit-norman-reedus-ps4 |archive-date=October 5, 2020}} The official soundtrack of the game, Death Stranding: Timefall, was released through RCA Records and Sony Interactive Entertainment on November 7, 2019, and features artists such as Chvrches, The Neighbourhood, Major Lazer, and Bring Me the Horizon.{{Cite magazine |last=Bain |first=Katie |date=October 1, 2019 |title=Major Lazer and Khalid, Alan Walker & More to Appear on the Soundtrack for 'Death Stranding' Video Game |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8531812/death-stranding-timefall-video-game-soundtrack-track-list |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022011128/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8531812/death-stranding-timefall-video-game-soundtrack-track-list |archive-date=October 22, 2019 |access-date=October 17, 2019 |magazine=Billboard}} A director's cut version of the game featuring new gameplay additions was released for the PlayStation 5 on September 24, 2021, followed by a release for Windows on March 30, 2022.{{Cite web |last=Webster |first=Andrew |date=2021-06-10 |title=Death Stranding is getting a director's cut on PS5 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/10/22528209/death-stranding-directors-cut-ps5-hideo-kojima |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610182923/https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/10/22528209/death-stranding-directors-cut-ps5-hideo-kojima |archive-date=June 10, 2021 |access-date=2021-06-10 |website=The Verge |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Stanton |first=Rich |date=January 27, 2022 |title=Death Stranding Director's Cut PC release date set for March 30 |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/death-stranding-directors-cut-arrives-on-pc-march-30/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125204839/https://www.pcgamer.com/death-stranding-directors-cut-arrives-on-pc-march-30/ |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |access-date=30 January 2022 |website=PC Gamer}} The base game released on PC Game Pass on August 23, 2022, and features several unlockable items.{{Cite web |last=Romano |first=Sal |date=2022-08-19 |title=Xbox Game Pass for PC adds Death Stranding on August 23 |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2022/08/xbox-game-pass-for-pc-adds-death-stranding-on-august-23 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125204835/https://www.gematsu.com/2022/08/xbox-game-pass-for-pc-adds-death-stranding-on-august-23 |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=Gematsu |language=en-US}} On November 9, 2024, the five-year anniversary of the game's launch on PlayStation 4, Kojima Productions announced that they had re-acquired the intellectual property (IP) rights to Death Stranding from Sony Interactive Entertainment, and that they had planned to bring the game to additional platforms,{{Cite news |last=Carpenter |first=Lincoln |date=2024-11-08 |title=Kojima Productions acquires Death Stranding IP rights, presumably meaning the series will only get more unhinged |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/kojima-productions-acquires-death-stranding-ip-rights-presumably-meaning-the-series-will-only-get-more-unhinged/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |work=PC Gamer |language=en}} coinciding with the immediate launch of Director's Cut on the Microsoft Store for Windows, Xbox Series X/S consoles, and the Amazon Luna cloud gaming service.{{Cite web |last=Yin-Poole |first=Wesley |date=2024-11-07 |title=Death Stranding Surprise-Launches on Xbox Series X and S as Kojima Productions Takes Control of the IP |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/death-stranding-surprise-launches-on-xbox-series-x-and-s-as-kojima-productions-takes-control-of-the-ip |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=IGN |language=en}}

{{Video game reviews

| MC = PS4: 82/100{{Cite web |title=Death Stranding for PlayStation 4 Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/death-stranding/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101194800/https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/death-stranding |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |access-date=December 5, 2019 |publisher=Metacritic}}
PC: 86/100{{Cite web |title=Death Stranding for PC Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/death-stranding/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012221205/https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/death-stranding |archive-date=October 12, 2020 |access-date=October 12, 2020 |publisher=Metacritic}}
PS5: 85/100{{Cite web |title=Death Stranding: Director's Cut for PlayStation 5 Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/death-stranding-directors-cut/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929100241/https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-5/death-stranding-directors-cut |archive-date=September 29, 2021 |access-date=September 30, 2021 |publisher=Metacritic}}
XSXS: 91/100{{Cite web |title=Death Stranding: Director's Cut for Xbox Series X/S Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/death-stranding-directors-cut/critic-reviews/|access-date=November 13, 2024 |publisher=Metacritic}}

| Destruct = 8/10{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Chris |date=November 1, 2019 |title=Review: Death Stranding |url=https://www.destructoid.com/review-death-stranding-568760.phtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101195239/https://www.destructoid.com/review-death-stranding-568760.phtml |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |access-date=November 1, 2019 |publisher=Destructoid}}

| EZA = 8.0/10{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Ben |date=November 1, 2019 |title=Review: Death Stranding |url=https://easyallies.com/#!/review/death-stranding |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170902041336/https://easyallies.com/%23!/review/resident-evil-7-biohazard#!/review/death-stranding |archive-date=September 2, 2017 |access-date=November 1, 2019 |publisher=Easy Allies}}

| EGM = 5/5{{Cite web |last=L Patterson |first=Mollie |date=November 1, 2019 |title=Death Stranding review |url=https://egmnow.com/death-stranding-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101195434/https://egmnow.com/death-stranding-review/ |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |access-date=November 1, 2019 |publisher=Electronic Gaming Monthly}}

| Fam = 40/40{{Cite web |last=Romano |first=Sal |date=November 5, 2019 |title=Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1614 |url=https://gematsu.com/2019/11/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1614 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106052355/https://gematsu.com/2019/11/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1614 |archive-date=November 6, 2019 |access-date=November 9, 2019 |website=Gematsu}}

| GameRev = 5/5{{Cite web |last=Faulkner |first=Jason |date=November 1, 2019 |title=Death Stranding Review - A weapon to surpass Metal Gear |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/611833-death-stranding-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101200507/https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/611833-death-stranding-review |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |access-date=November 1, 2019 |publisher=Game Revolution}}

| GSpot = 9/10{{Cite web |last=Plagge |first=Kallie |date=November 1, 2019 |title=Death Stranding Review - Strand And Deliver |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/death-stranding-review-strand-and-deliver/1900-6417358/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101095950/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/death-stranding-review-strand-and-deliver/1900-6417358/ |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |access-date=November 1, 2019 |publisher=GameSpot}}

| GRadar = 3.5/5{{Cite web |last=Hurley |first=Leon |date=November 1, 2019 |title=Death Stranding review: 'An okay game ironically lost in its lengthy delivery' |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/death-stranding-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101200655/https://www.gamesradar.com/death-stranding-review/ |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |access-date=November 1, 2019 |publisher=GamesRadar}}

| GB = 2/5{{Cite web |last=Navarro |first=Alex |date=November 6, 2019 |title=Death Stranding review |url=https://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/death-stranding-review/1900-795/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107023938/https://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/death-stranding-review/1900-795/ |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |access-date=November 7, 2019 |publisher=Giant Bomb}}

| IGN = 6.8/10{{Cite web |last=Ogilvie |first=Tristan |date=November 1, 2019 |title=Death Stranding Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/11/01/death-stranding-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101200837/https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/11/01/death-stranding-review |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |access-date=November 1, 2019 |publisher=IGN}}

| VG = 8/10{{Cite web |last=Wise |first=Josh |date=November 1, 2019 |title=Death Stranding review |url=https://www.videogamer.com/reviews/death-stranding-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101201029/https://www.videogamer.com/reviews/death-stranding-review |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |access-date=November 1, 2019 |publisher=VideoGamer.com}}

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The game's announcement at E3 2016 was met with a positive reception.{{Cite magazine |last=Kohler |first=Chris |date=2016-06-22 |title=The Legendary Creator of Metal Gear Solid on His Weird New Game |url=https://www.wired.com/2016/06/hideo-kojima-death-stranding-interview/ |url-status=live |magazine=Wired |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205131733/https://www.wired.com/2016/06/hideo-kojima-death-stranding-interview/ |archive-date=February 5, 2018 |access-date=February 5, 2018}}{{Cite web |last=Stuart |first=Keith |date=June 14, 2016 |title=Hideo Kojima announces surreal new game, Death Stranding |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/14/hideo-kojima-announces-surreal-new-game-death-stranding |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205130054/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/14/hideo-kojima-announces-surreal-new-game-death-stranding |archive-date=February 5, 2018 |access-date=February 5, 2018 |website=The Guardian}} In 2017, Death Stranding was nominated by Golden Joystick Awards in the category "Most Wanted Game".{{Cite web |last=London |first=Andrew |date=September 21, 2017 |title=Voting is now open for the Golden Joystick awards |url=http://www.techradar.com/news/voting-is-now-open-for-the-golden-joystick-awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170924113235/http://www.techradar.com/news/voting-is-now-open-for-the-golden-joystick-awards |archive-date=September 24, 2017 |access-date=August 6, 2018 |website=TechRadar |df=mdy-all}}{{Cite web |last=Chalk |first=Andy |date=November 17, 2017 |title=Here are your 2017 Golden Joystick Award winners |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/here-are-your-2017-golden-joystick-award-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171118130547/http://www.pcgamer.com/here-are-your-2017-golden-joystick-award-winners/ |archive-date=November 18, 2017 |access-date=August 6, 2018 |website=PC Gamer}} In June 2018, during the days following the E3 press conferences, Death Stranding reached the top ten in the most watched video game trailers on YouTube, with more than 4.5 million views.{{Cite web |last=Shaikh |first=Sehran |date=June 13, 2018 |title=Cyberpunk 2077 Is The Most Viewed Trailer Of E3 2018, Amazing Looking Screenshots Released |url=https://www.gamepur.com/news/29239-cyberpunk-2077-most-viewed-trailer-e3-2018.html#disqus_thread |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210805/https://www.gamepur.com/news/29239-cyberpunk-2077-most-viewed-trailer-e3-2018.html#disqus_thread |archive-date=August 6, 2018 |access-date=August 6, 2018 |website=GamePur.com |quote=Death Stranding - E3 2018 4K Trailer PS4: 4,579,892 views - 126,162 likes - 27.56 L/D}}

Upon release, Death Stranding received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. Publications noted a range of reactions from reviewers across the board, with the game being praised for its unique concepts, lasting appeal, graphics, voice acting, and soundtrack, but also being considered to be bloated, frustrating, and slow-paced.{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Haydn |date=November 2019 |title=Death Stranding: Critical Consensus |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-11-01-death-stranding-critical-consensus |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101205758/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-11-01-death-stranding-critical-consensus |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |access-date=1 November 2019 |website=GamesIndustry.biz}}{{Cite web |last=Dayus |first=Oscar |title=Death Stranding review scores – our roundup of the critics |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/death-stranding/review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101205903/https://www.pcgamesn.com/death-stranding/review |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |access-date=1 November 2019 |website=PCGamesN|date=November 2019 }}{{Cite web |last=Tyrer |first=Ben |date=November 2019 |title=Death Stranding review round-up: Hideo Kojima's latest splits critics |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/death-stranding-review-round-up/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101134338/https://www.gamesradar.com/death-stranding-review-round-up/ |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |access-date=1 November 2019 |website=GamesRadar}}{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Andy |date=November 2019 |title=Death Stranding review round-up: Critics divided on Kojima's epic |url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/death-stranding-review-round-up-critics-divided-on-kojimas-epic/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101134334/https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/death-stranding-review-round-up-critics-divided-on-kojimas-epic/ |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |access-date=1 November 2019 |website=Video Games Chronicle}}

Russ Frushtick of Polygon described Death Stranding as "the most advanced walking simulator the world has ever seen", and as being "composed entirely of fetch quests", but that it was "pretty damn fun once it gets out of its own way". Frushtick argued that the game "felt like two games in one", consisting of "a wholly unique open-world adventure with asynchronous cooperative multiplayer that allows me to feel like I'm part of a community, building a world from scratch" and "a long, confusing, deeply strange movie."{{Cite web |last=Frushtick |first=Russ |date=2019-11-01 |title=Death Stranding review: Hideo Kojima tries to make fetch happen |url=https://www.polygon.com/reviews/2019/11/1/20942070/death-stranding-review-hideo-kojima-ps4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105005113/https://www.polygon.com/reviews/2019/11/1/20942070/death-stranding-review-hideo-kojima-ps4 |archive-date=November 5, 2019 |access-date=2019-11-08 |website=Polygon |language=en}} Rating the game 7 out of 10, Game Informer{{'}}s Matthew Kato wrote that the gameplay "really is as simple as it appears to be, and the elements around it – the story, combat, and lackluster mission objectives – aren't satisfying enough to anchor the title and get players invested."{{Cite web |last=Kato |first=Matthew |date=November 1, 2019 |title=Death Stranding Review – The Wanderer |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/review/death-stranding/death-stranding-review-the-wanderer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101195548/https://www.gameinformer.com/review/death-stranding/death-stranding-review-the-wanderer |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |access-date=November 1, 2019 |publisher=Game Informer}} It is the fourth Kojima-directed game and the 26th overall to be awarded a perfect 40/40 score by Japanese video game magazine Famitsu.{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Andy |date=2019-11-06 |title=Famitsu gives Death Stranding a perfect 40/40 review score |url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/famitsu-gives-death-stranding-a-perfect-40-40-review-score/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125173306/https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/famitsu-gives-death-stranding-a-perfect-40-40-review-score/ |archive-date=January 25, 2020 |access-date=2020-01-25 |website=VGC |language=en-GB}}

The game was criticized for portraying asexuality as a "sexless" lifestyle choice,{{Cite web |last=Simelane |first=Smangaliso |date=2021-11-24 |title=Death Stranding Director's Cut and Asexuality - A Redemption Story |url=https://gamerant.com/death-stranding-directors-cut-asexuality-depiction-correction-redemption/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Game Rant |language=en}} rejection of emotional relationships, and responsible for the decline of birth rate.{{Cite web |last=Henges |first=Elizabeth |date=2019-11-20 |title=Death Stranding doesn't know how to respect queer sexualities |url=https://gaymingmag.com/2019/11/death-stranding-doesnt-know-how-to-respect-queer-sexualities/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Gayming Magazine |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Tamburro |first=Paul |date=2019-11-11 |title=Death Stranding criticized for calling asexuality a 'sexless lifestyle' |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/615496-death-stranding-criticized-for-calling-asexuality-a-sexless-lifestyle |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=GameRevolution |language=en-US}} In the director's cut, the data log containing these views is revised and contains an attachment that notes the log "advances a controversial thesis widely regarded as unsubstantiated and discriminatory".{{Cite web |last=Shepard |first=Kenneth |date=2021-09-23 |title=Death Stranding: Director's Cut Condemns Original's Headass View of Asexuality |url=https://www.fanbyte.com/legacy/death-stranding-directors-cut-condemns-originals-headass-view-of-asexuality |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Fanbyte |language=en}}

Death Stranding was also subject to review bombing on Metacritic. In December 2019, the website removed over 6,000 negative user reviews to prevent "potential score manipulation", judging them to be suspicious.{{Cite web |last=Kim |first=Matt |date=December 9, 2019 |title=Metacritic Removed 'Suspicious' Death Stranding User Ratings |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/12/07/metacritic-removed-suspicious-death-stranding-user-ratings |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213222716/https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/12/07/metacritic-removed-suspicious-death-stranding-user-ratings |archive-date=December 13, 2019 |access-date=December 14, 2019 |website=IGN}}{{Cite web |last=Mamiit |first=Aaron |date=December 8, 2019 |title=Metacritic deleted more than 6,000 negative ratings for Death Stranding |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/metacritic-deletes-thousands-of-negative-user-reviews-death-stranding/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214020252/https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/metacritic-deletes-thousands-of-negative-user-reviews-death-stranding/ |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |access-date=December 14, 2019 |website=Digital Trends}}

In its debut week, Death Stranding was the best-selling physical game in Japan, with Famitsu reporting that the game had sold 185,909 copies.{{Cite magazine |date=2019-11-13 |script-title=ja:【ソフト＆ハード週間販売数】『デス・ストランディング』が初週18.6万本で初登場1位！ 『リングフィット アドベンチャー』は累計20万本を突破【11/4～11/10】 |url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201911/13186886.html |url-status=live |magazine=Famitsu |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115223956/https://www.famitsu.com/news/201911/13186886.html |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |access-date=November 15, 2019}} This made it the most successful debut for a new intellectual property in Japan for the eighth generation of video game consoles, overtaking previous record holder Judgment.{{Cite web |last=Tolbert |first=Samuel |date=November 13, 2019 |title=Death Stranding is the biggest debut of any new IP in Japan this generation |url=https://www.androidcentral.com/death-stranding-has-biggest-debut-any-new-ip-japan-entire-generation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191118181939/https://www.androidcentral.com/death-stranding-has-biggest-debut-any-new-ip-japan-entire-generation |archive-date=November 18, 2019 |access-date=November 15, 2019 |website=Android Central}} Death Stranding remained in the Famitsu top 30 best-selling physical games chart for five weeks, until December 15, 2019, having reached over 253,000 physical copies sold at that point.{{Cite web |last=Romano |first=Sal |date=December 18, 2019 |title=Famitsu Sales: 12/09/19 – 12/15/19 [Update] |url=https://gematsu.com/2019/12/famitsu-sales-12-09-19-12-15-19 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219045426/https://gematsu.com/2019/12/famitsu-sales-12-09-19-12-15-19 |archive-date=December 19, 2019 |access-date=December 28, 2019 |website=Gematsu |quote=26. [PS4] Death Stranding (Limited Editions Included) (SIE, 11/08/19) – 4,729 (253,475)}} {{As of|2020|3}}, the game's sales in Japan have reached 262,827 physical copies and an estimated 136,279 digital copies, for an estimated total of 399,106 sales in Japan.{{Cite web |title=Game Data Library (Famitsu data) |url=https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622103130/https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/ |archive-date=June 22, 2020 |access-date=20 March 2020 |website=Google Sites}}

In the UK, the title debuted at number two on the physical sales chart, outsold by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Its sales made it the second biggest PlayStation exclusive debut of the year, behind Days Gone.{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Tom |date=November 11, 2019 |title=Death Stranding is PlayStation's second-biggest exclusive this year |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-11-11-death-stranding-is-playstations-second-biggest-exclusive-this-year |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114205026/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-11-11-death-stranding-is-playstations-second-biggest-exclusive-this-year |archive-date=November 14, 2019 |access-date=November 15, 2019 |website=Eurogamer}} According to Media Create, Death Stranding also debuted at number one in the physical sales chart for both Taiwan and South Korea.{{Cite web |script-title=zh:MediaCreate 11 月 4 日～11 月 10 日一週銷售排行榜 《死亡擱淺》奪日台韓三地榜首 |url=https://gnn.gamer.com.tw/detail.php?sn=188722 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191118181749/https://gnn.gamer.com.tw/detail.php?sn=188722 |archive-date=November 18, 2019 |access-date=November 18, 2019 |website=巴哈姆特電玩資訊站 |language=zh}} The game also topped the Italian{{Cite web |last=Cofano |first=Luciano |date=November 18, 2019 |title=Death Stranding è il gioco più venduto in Italia nell'ultima settimana|trans-title=Death Stranding is the most sold video game of the week in Italy |url=https://it.ign.com/death-stranding-ps4/163046/news/death-stranding-e-il-gioco-piu-venduto-in-italia-nellultima-settimana |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214020259/https://it.ign.com/death-stranding-ps4/163046/news/death-stranding-e-il-gioco-piu-venduto-in-italia-nellultima-settimana |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |access-date=December 14, 2019 |website=IGN Italy |language=it}} and French{{Cite web |title=Top Ventes |url=https://www.sell.fr/#1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116230608/https://www.sell.fr/#1 |archive-date=November 16, 2019 |access-date=December 14, 2019 |website=S.E.L.L. |language=fr |quote=2019, Semaine 45}} selling charts. It placed second in the Switzerland charts.{{Cite web |title=Plattformübergreifend |url=https://gamecharts.ch/games_system.asp?system=Total&week=201945&year=2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210412212603/https://gamecharts.ch/games_system.asp?system=Total&week=201945&year=2019 |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |access-date=April 12, 2021 |website=GameChartz.ch |language=de}}

On the PlayStation Network, the game has reached an estimated total of 3{{nbsp}}million players, including an estimated 390,000 monthly active users, {{as of|2020|4|lc=y}}.{{Cite web |date=12 April 2020 |title=Death Stranding (PS4) |url=http://gamstat.com/games/Death_Stranding/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507130851/http://gamstat.com/games/Death_Stranding |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=Gamstat}} According to SuperData Research's estimates, Death Stranding sold 477,000 digital copies in its first month on Steam.{{Cite web |date=September 23, 2020 |title=Worldwide digital games market: August 2020 |url=https://www.superdataresearch.com/blog/worldwide-digital-games-market/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422233926/https://www.superdataresearch.com/blog/worldwide-digital-games-market/ |archive-date=April 22, 2020 |access-date=September 24, 2020 |website=SuperData Research}}

Kojima stated in May 2020 that the game had sold enough to recoup the development costs and turn a profit, securing funding for Kojima Production's next project.{{Cite web |last=Romano |first=Sal |date=May 29, 2020 |title=Hideo Kojima: Death Stranding was profitable and recouped costs; profit secured for next title |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2020/05/hideo-kojima-death-stranding-was-profitable-and-recouped-costs-profit-secured-for-next-title |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613020654/https://www.gematsu.com/2020/05/hideo-kojima-death-stranding-was-profitable-and-recouped-costs-profit-secured-for-next-title |archive-date=June 13, 2020 |access-date=June 13, 2020 |website=Gematsu}}{{Cite web |date=May 29, 2020 |script-title=ja:日本に本物のクリエイターはいるのか？ 小島秀夫監督が「作家性」にこだわる理由 |url=https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/18332936/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605074833/https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/18332936/ |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |access-date=June 13, 2020 |website=Livedoor News |language=ja}}

In April 2021, publisher 505 Games' parent organization Digital Bros announced in a financial report that the PC release had generated {{Euro|23 million}} ({{US$|27 million|long=no}}) in revenue {{as of|2020|12|lc=y}}, making it the company's highest-grossing game in 2020.{{Cite web |last=Gurwin |first=Gabe |date=April 7, 2021 |title=Death Stranding Did Very Well On PC, Earning $27 Million |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/death-stranding-did-very-well-on-pc-earning-27-million/1100-6489840/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407122807/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/death-stranding-did-very-well-on-pc-earning-27-million/1100-6489840/ |archive-date=April 7, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=GameSpot}} In October 2021, Digital Bros announced that the PC release had generated {{Euro|31 million}}.{{Cite press release |title=Consolidated and separate financial statements at June 30th, 2021 |date=October 27, 2021 |publisher=Digital Bros |url=https://digitalbros.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Digital-Bros_-Consolidated-Financial-Statements-at-June-30th-2021-criptato.pdf |access-date=August 15, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125204837/https://digitalbros.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Digital-Bros_-Consolidated-Financial-Statements-at-June-30th-2021-criptato.pdf |archive-date=January 25, 2023}} {{As of|2021|7}}, the game has sold {{nowrap|5 million}} copies worldwide for the PS4 and PC platforms.{{Cite news |last=Yin-Poole |first=Wesley |date=26 July 2021 |title=Death Stranding has sold 5m copies |work=Eurogamer |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-07-26-death-stranding-has-sold-five-million-copies |url-status=live |access-date=26 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726110640/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-07-26-death-stranding-has-sold-five-million-copies |archive-date=July 26, 2021}}

By April 2025, Death Stranding had reached over 20 million players worldwide.{{Cite news |author1=Rich Stanton |date=2025-04-02 |title=Hideo Kojima says Death Stranding's now had over 20 million players, and the fact folk are still playing 'makes me the happiest' |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/hideo-kojima-says-death-strandings-now-had-over-20-million-players-and-the-fact-folk-are-still-playing-makes-me-the-happiest/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |work=PC Gamer |language=en}}

The game won the award for "Best PS4 Exclusive" at the IGN Game of the Year Awards 2019, whereas its other nominations were for "Best Music/Score" and "Best Art Direction".{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2019 |title=IGN's 2019 Game of the Year Awards |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/12/10/game-of-the-year-2019-best-games-award-goty |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205113227/https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/12/10/game-of-the-year-2019-best-games-award-goty |archive-date=February 5, 2020 |access-date=January 17, 2020 |website=IGN}}

Numerous commentators noted that the game's story and gameplay resembled the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news |last=Bardwell |first=Thomas |date=26 February 2020 |title=Coronavirus Is Creating Weird Real-Life Parallels to Death Stranding |work=CCN |url=https://www.ccn.com/coronavirus-is-creating-weird-real-life-parallels-to-death-stranding/ |url-status=dead |access-date=11 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315051030/https://www.ccn.com/coronavirus-is-creating-weird-real-life-parallels-to-death-stranding/ |archive-date=March 15, 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Laurent |first=Lionel |date=4 March 2020 |title=Analysis: Pizza Deliverers Are Doubly Exposed to the Coronavirus |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/pizza-deliverers-are-doubly-exposed-to-the-coronavirus/2020/03/04/dee122e8-5de5-11ea-ac50-18701e14e06d_story.html |access-date=11 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306183535/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/pizza-deliverers-are-doubly-exposed-to-the-coronavirus/2020/03/04/dee122e8-5de5-11ea-ac50-18701e14e06d_story.html |archive-date=6 March 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Ashcraft |first=Brian |date=17 March 2020 |title=Death Stranding Makes More Sense Now Than Ever |work=Kotaku |publisher=G/O Media |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/03/death-stranding-makes-more-sense-now-than-ever/ |url-status=dead |access-date=26 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326182357/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/03/death-stranding-makes-more-sense-now-than-ever/ |archive-date=March 26, 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Martens |first=Todd |date=26 March 2020 |title=A love letter to video games in a time of coronavirus |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-03-26/love-letter-to-video-games-in-a-time-of-coronavirus |url-status=live |access-date=26 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326181934/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-03-26/love-letter-to-video-games-in-a-time-of-coronavirus |archive-date=March 26, 2020}} The game's prescient similarities to the pandemic has drawn comparisons to the way in which a previous Kojima game from 2001, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, had anticipated 2010s phenomena such as fake news and echo chambers.{{Cite news |last=Fischer |first=Tyler |date=21 March 2020 |title=Did Hideo Kojima Predict the Future Again? |work=ComicBook.com |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/2020/03/22/death-stranding-hideo-kojima-ps4-coronavirus-social-distancing-self-isolation/ |url-status=live |access-date=26 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326182352/https://comicbook.com/gaming/2020/03/22/death-stranding-hideo-kojima-ps4-coronavirus-social-distancing-self-isolation/ |archive-date=March 26, 2020}} A parody game set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by COVID-19, Walking Simulator, was released in March 2020.{{Cite news |last=Burks |first=Robin |date=9 March 2020 |title=Death Stranding Parody Walking Simulator Available on Steam |work=Screen Rant |url=https://screenrant.com/death-stranding-coronavirus-simulator-steam-pc/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310162404/https://screenrant.com/death-stranding-coronavirus-simulator-steam-pc/ |archive-date=March 10, 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Saed |first=Sherif |date=5 March 2020 |title=Walking Simulator sure looks a lot like Death Stranding |work=VG247 |url=https://www.vg247.com/2020/03/05/walking-simulator-death-stranding-ripoff-joke-steam/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315093524/https://www.vg247.com/2020/03/05/walking-simulator-death-stranding-ripoff-joke-steam/ |archive-date=March 15, 2020}}

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A sequel was first revealed to be in development in May 2022, when Reedus participated in an interview with the outlet Leo Edit to discuss his work on the game. Reedus stated, "We just started work on the second one". Later in the interview, he would reminisce about how, "the game came out, and it just won all these awards, and it was a huge thing", before reiterating that the development team had "just started part two of that". In response, Kojima posted a series of photos on Twitter, cheekily depicting him punishing Reedus for confirming the game's existence.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-17 |title=Norman Reedus on the End of an Era |url=https://www.leoedit.com/culture/norman-reedus-on-the-end-of-an-era/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520131055/https://www.leoedit.com/culture/norman-reedus-on-the-end-of-an-era/ |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=Leo Edit |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last1=Chalk |first1=Andy |last2=Bolding |first2=Jonathan |date=2022-05-20 |title=Norman Reedus confirms Death Stranding sequel, Kojima Responds |language=en |work=PC Gamer |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/norman-reedus-confirms-death-stranding-sequel-we-just-started-the-second-one/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921232717/https://www.pcgamer.com/norman-reedus-confirms-death-stranding-sequel-we-just-started-the-second-one/ |archive-date=September 21, 2022}}

The sequel was teased with images revealed at numerous game expos featuring Elle Fanning, Shioli Kutsuna, and Léa Seydoux.{{Cite web |last=Nunneley |first=Stephaney |date=2022-10-07 |title=Kojima teases his next game with images of Elle Fanning which could be related to Death Stranding 2 |url=https://www.vg247.com/kojima-teases-his-next-game-with-images-of-elle-fanning-which-could-be-related-to-death-stranding-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007165110/https://www.vg247.com/kojima-teases-his-next-game-with-images-of-elle-fanning-which-could-be-related-to-death-stranding-2 |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=VG247 |language=en}}

A first trailer for Death Stranding 2 (stylized as DS2 and clarified to be a working title) was revealed at The Game Awards 2022, with the aforementioned teased actors confirmed, as well as Troy Baker returning from the first game.{{Cite web |last=Anderton |first=Joe |date=December 10, 2022 |title=First trailer for Death Stranding 2 shows Norman Reedus return |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/a42205943/death-stranding-2-trailer-norman-reedus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125204841/https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/a42205943/death-stranding-2-trailer-norman-reedus/ |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |access-date=December 13, 2022 |website=Digital Spy}}

A second trailer was shown during a State of Play presentation by Sony on January 31, 2024, confirming its subtitle, On the Beach, and a release window of 2025. It included the likenesses of George Miller (performed by Marty Rhone) and Fatih Akin as a puppet (performed by Jonathan Roumie).

On December 15, 2022, a film adaptation of Death Stranding was announced. Kojima Productions partnered with Alex Lebovici and his company Hammerstone Studios to produce the film alongside Allan Ungar as executive producer.

On December 14, 2023, a listing for an A24-themed Death Stranding T-shirt was posted on the A24 merchandise website, and its description revealed that A24 was co-producing the film.{{Cite web |title=A24 x Kojima Productions Death Stranding Logo Tee |url=https://shop.a24films.com/products/a24-x-kojima-productions-death-stranding-logo-tee |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=A24 Shop}} It was later officially revealed by A24.{{Cite web |last=Leston |first=Ryan |date=2023-12-14 |title=Death Stranding Movie Coming From A24, Kojima Productions |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/death-stranding-movie-coming-from-a24-kojima-productions |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=IGN |language=en}}

On April 7, 2025, it was announced that Michael Sarnoski would direct the film, with Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen signing on as producers.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/a-quiet-place-day-one-michael-sarnoski-death-stranding-1236360094/|title='A Quiet Place: Day One' Helmer Michael Sarnoski To Direct Adaptation Of Popular Video Game 'Death Stranding' For A24 And Kojima Productions|website=Deadline Hollywood|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=April 7, 2025|access-date=April 7, 2025}} On 18 May, Kojima revealed that the film was planned for a 2027 release.{{Cite web |date=2025-05-19 |title=Kojima reveals the release date of Death Stranding — Norman Reedus wouldn't mind returning |url=https://itc.ua/en/news/kojima-reveals-the-release-date-of-death-stranding-norman-reedus-wouldn-t-mind-returning/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=ITC.ua}}

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