DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
Released Mar 2022
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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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation
Death Stranding Director's Cut is the expanded, definitive version of the original Death Stranding, released on PC on March 30, 2022. The store description explicitly calls it "this definitive DIRECTOR'S CUT" and describes it as the expanded form of Hideo Kojima's original game. It includes additional content such as crossover missions from Half-Life and Cyberpunk 2077, photo mode, high frame rate support, and ultrawide monitor support — all bundled into the base package at launch.
The only DLC on record is a Digital Artbook released on the same day as the game (March 30, 2022), meaning all available content shipped with the initial release.
Developer communications since launch have focused entirely on the sequel, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, which launched on PC on March 19, 2026. The Director's Cut page has been used primarily as a promotional vehicle for the sequel — including a 75% discount offer timed to DS2's PC launch — rather than as a platform for announcing new content for the Director's Cut itself. No new content, updates, or roadmap for the Director's Cut has been communicated.
Evidence
Store description explicitly markets this as 'this definitive DIRECTOR'S CUT,' an expanded version of the original Death Stranding bundling all content and features into one package.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach launched on PC. All subsequent developer activity is focused on the sequel; no content updates for Director's Cut were mentioned.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
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Developer
Publisher
505 Games
Achievements
63
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT.
In the future, a mysterious event known as the Death Stranding has opened a doorway between the living and the dead, leading to grotesque creatures from the afterlife roaming the fallen world marred by a desolate society.
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?
DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR’S CUT on PC includes HIGH FRAME RATE, PHOTO MODE and ULTRA-WIDE MONITOR SUPPORT. Also includes cross-over content from Valve Corporation’s HALF-LIFE series and CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077. Stay connected with players around the globe with the Social Strand System™.
All copies of the game will also additionally include:
• “Selections From ‘The Art of DEATH STRANDING’” Digital Book (by Titan Books)
• Backpack Patches
• Bridges Special Delivery Team Suit (Gold)
• BB pod customization (Chiral Gold)
• Power Gloves (Gold)
• Bridges Special Delivery Team Suit (Silver)
• BB pod customization (Omnireflector)
• Power Gloves (Silver)
In the future, a mysterious event known as the Death Stranding has opened a doorway between the living and the dead, leading to grotesque creatures from the afterlife roaming the fallen world marred by a desolate society.
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?
DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR’S CUT on PC includes HIGH FRAME RATE, PHOTO MODE and ULTRA-WIDE MONITOR SUPPORT. Also includes cross-over content from Valve Corporation’s HALF-LIFE series and CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077. Stay connected with players around the globe with the Social Strand System™.
All copies of the game will also additionally include:
• “Selections From ‘The Art of DEATH STRANDING’” Digital Book (by Titan Books)
• Backpack Patches
• Bridges Special Delivery Team Suit (Gold)
• BB pod customization (Chiral Gold)
• Power Gloves (Gold)
• Bridges Special Delivery Team Suit (Silver)
• BB pod customization (Omnireflector)
• Power Gloves (Silver)
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Last evaluated Jun 22, 2026
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