Games like DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
If DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT is your kind of game, the closest matches are DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH, DEATH STRANDING and Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its asynchronous multiplayer connection, breathtaking landscapes and character development. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT is a 2022 action-adventure game developed by Kojima Productions and published by 505 Games, available for $39.99 on Steam where it holds a 91% positive rating from over 19,000 reviews. Players take on the role of Sam Bridges, tasked with reconnecting the fractured remnants of post-apocalyptic America through a system called the chiral network. The game combines cargo management and route planning with asymmetric and asynchronous multiplayer elements, where players can build shared infrastructure that others encounter in their own journeys. Reviewers and players describe the experience as atmospheric and contemplative, with the cinematic storytelling and character development frequently highlighted as compelling hooks alongside the satisfaction of constructing helpful infrastructure across the landscape.
About DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT: From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?
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DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
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Shares infrastructure building and an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Top pick for DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Sam – with companions by his side – sets out on a new journey to save humanity from extinction. Join them as they traverse a world beset by otherworldly enemies, obstacles and a haunting question: should we have connected?
DEATH STRANDING
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Shares an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Second-strongest match for DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes an all-new, genre-defying experience. Sam Bridges must brave a world utterly transformed by the Death Stranding. Carrying the disconnected remnants of our future in his hands, he embarks on a journey to reconnect the shattered world one step at a time.
Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Third-strongest match for DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Experience the epic Horizon Forbidden West™ in its entirety with bonus content and the Burning Shores expansion included. The Burning Shores add-on contains additional content for Aloy’s adventure, including new storylines, characters, and experiences in a stunning yet hazardous new area.
Days Gone
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Shares an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Ranked #4 for DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
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Shares an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Ranked #5 for DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
A galaxy-spanning adventure awaits in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a 3rd person action-adventure title from Respawn. An abandoned Padawan must complete his training, develop new powerful Force abilities, and master the art of the lightsaber - all while staying one step ahead of the Empire.
Steel Seed
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Shares an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Ranked #6 for DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Steel Seed is a stealth-action adventure set in a dark sci-fi world on the brink of extinction. Play as Zoe and her drone Koby as they explore a hostile underground facility. Uncover secrets, survive dangers, search for answers, and humanity’s last hope.
The Last of Us™ Part I
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Shares an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Ranked #7 for DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
Atomfall
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Shares an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Ranked #8 for DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.
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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
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Shares an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Reviewers of DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
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Reviewers of DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who...
CONTROL Ultimate Edition
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Reviewers of DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Cairn
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Shares an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Reviewers of DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Reach a summit never climbed before in this survival-climber from the creators of Furi and Haven. Climb anywhere and plan your route carefully, managing pitons and resources to survive unforgiving Mount Kami. Discover what Aava is willing to sacrifice to achieve the ascent of a lifetime.
Red Dead Redemption 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Reviewers of DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
Outer Wilds
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Shares an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Reviewers of DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Shares an immersive mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Reviewers of DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT cross-mention this title as a similar play.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
ELDEN RING
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Shares an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Reviewers of DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~75% under DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~50% under DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT on Steam right now. Shares Action with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~75% under DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~75% under DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT on Steam right now. Shares Action with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Schedule I
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Priced ~50% under DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT on Steam right now. Shares Action with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~63% under DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
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Priced ~50% under DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
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Priced ~75% under DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT on Steam right now. Shares Action with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
WHY THIS
Shares infrastructure building and an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Sam – with companions by his side – sets out on a new journey to save humanity from extinction. Join them as they traverse a world beset by otherworldly enemies, obstacles and a haunting question: should we have connected?
DEATH STRANDING
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes an all-new, genre-defying experience. Sam Bridges must brave a world utterly transformed by the Death Stranding. Carrying the disconnected remnants of our future in his hands, he embarks on a journey to reconnect the shattered world one step at a time.
Days Gone
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.
The Last of Us™ Part I
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
Atomfall
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT.
A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.
Frequently asked about DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
- Is DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT cost?
- DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT are DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH, DEATH STRANDING, Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition.
- Who developed DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT?
- DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT was developed by KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS and published by 505 Games.
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