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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach 2025

Video game · PlayStation 5, Windows

Developed by Kojima ProductionsPublished by Sony Interactive Entertainment

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is a 2025 action-adventure game developed by Kojima Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is co-written, co-produced, designed, and directed by Hideo Kojima. The sequel to Death Stranding (2019), On the Beach continues with the central characters from the first game, including Sam, Fragile, and Higgs, played by Norman Reedus, Léa Seydoux, and Troy Baker respectively. Additional cast members include Elle Fanning, Shioli Kutsuna, Luca Marinelli, Alastair Duncan, Alissa Jung, Debra Wilson, and Tommie Earl Jenkins. The likenesses of directors George Miller, Fatih Akin, Guillermo del Toro, and Nicolas Winding Refn also appear in the game, with the last two returning from the original title.

Set primarily in Australia, eleven months after the events of the first game, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach takes place in a post-apocalyptic world affected by otherworldly creatures. Players control Sam Porter Bridges, a freelance porter, alongside his companions, as they journey across the Australian continent to reconnect isolated survivors and colonies with the wireless communications "Chiral" Network, working toward saving humanity from extinction.

Kojima began writing On the Beach before 2020, rewriting the narrative to incorporate the impact of the global pandemic. Following completion of the story, there were hints that Death Stranding might evolve into a series by Kojima Productions. The sequel's development was confirmed when Reedus announced it in May 2022. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach was unveiled in December 2022 along with confirmation of the new cast. The game released for the PlayStation 5 on June 26, 2025, receiving generally positive reviews. A Windows version followed on March 19, 2026.