Games Like Death Stranding
Quick Answer
The closest games to Death Stranding are Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Shadow of the Colossus, The Long Dark, Elden Ring and Sable. Below are 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Death Stranding, and what does not.
What Made Death Stranding Work
Death Stranding makes walking the game. Weight distribution, terrain, a stumble that becomes a fall that scatters your cargo — the traversal is the challenge, and the structures other players leave behind are the only multiplayer. It is divisive because the thing most games treat as travel time is the whole content here.
9 Games Like Death Stranding
1.Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
The sequel, with more to do between deliveries.
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Survival where the landscape and the weather are the antagonist.
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For the scale and the sense of nobody having been there before you.
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Slow, physical work as the entire game, and superb at it.
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Kojima's other open world, with the systems pointed at infiltration.
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How These Picks Match Death Stranding
Death Stranding is catalogued here as an action-adventure and art-led game on the PlayStation 4. All nine picks share at least one of its genre tags — eight adventures, four action games and four simulation games among them.
Three of the picks have their own list on this site, catalogued under the PlayStation 2, the PlayStation 5 and the PlayStation 3. The Long Dark, Sable, Hardspace: Shipbreaker and Journey are from small or self-published studios.
| Game | Genre | Shares with Death Stranding | Where to play |
|---|---|---|---|
| Death Stranding 2: On the Beach | Adventure, Action, Simulation | Adventure, Action, Simulation | — |
| Shadow of the Colossus | Adventure, Action, Puzzle | Adventure, Action | PlayStation 2 (catalogued) |
| The Long Dark | Adventure, Simulation, Indie | Adventure, Simulation | — |
| Elden Ring | Action, RPG, Adventure | Adventure, Action | PlayStation 5 (catalogued) |
| Sable | Adventure, Indie, Casual | Adventure | — |
| Hardspace: Shipbreaker | Simulation, Puzzle, Indie | Simulation | — |
| Journey | Adventure, Indie, Casual | Adventure | PlayStation 3 (catalogued) |
| Metal Gear Solid V | Action, Adventure, Shooter | Adventure, Action | — |
| Outward | RPG, Adventure, Simulation | Adventure, Simulation | — |
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