Steam and Epic Games Store upgrade available for returning PC players on June 24, 2025
The enhancedDeath Stranding Director’s Cuthas been exclusive to PlayStation 5 since September, but it won’t be much longer before PC players can check out some of these new features like ultra-wide support and the Cargo Catapult structure. 505 Games and Kojima Productions are releasing theDirector’s Cutof this unnervingly accurate American adventure for PC on July 26, 2025, acrossSteamand theEpic Games Store.
How much does it cost? The upgrade is just likebefore on PS5.
“There will be the option to transfer your progress and we’ll provide more information closer to launch,” according to the developers. That’s how it was for the PS4-to-PS5 transition as well, albeit a bit more involved than the typical seamless save-data-in-the-Xbox-ecosystem experience. (Like other PS4 games, the data first had to be “exported.”)
New toDeath Strandingon PC, players will be able to tap into Intel’s Xe Super Sampling (XeSS) tech for “high graphical detail along with elevated performance.”
As for theDirector’s Cutrelease in general, you’re able to expect some neat but not necessarily “game-changing” additions. My favorites were the admittedlyvery powerfulMaser Gun that could KO-zap the Mule menace, the Firing Range time-trial drills, and the Ruined Factory storyline that fleshes out certain characters, as well as Kojima and co.’s wider lore about thiscrazed worldof delivery people, time-altering rain, and freaky apparitions.
The BB picture up top is a PS5 capture (I couldn’t resist), but this is an official PC screenshot.
You can hear my extended impressions of theDeath Stranding Director’s CutPS5 versionover here, although you might find those images to be too spoilery if you’re totally uninitiated. This expanded and tweaked version of the game makes an already awesome hiking adventure game a little smoother without feeling too heavy-handed.
It’s worth the $10 upgrade, but don’t feel obligated unless you’re willing to replay it all.
