4 Games Like Death Stranding If You’re Looking for Something Similar

Metal Gear Solid (Series)

It is a pretty safe assumption to say that just about everything that Hideo Kojima learned from the Metal Gear Solid series he’s used to create Death Stranding.

While one is an action-focused title and the other is about backpacking items across a post-apocalyptic United States, the overall feeling is the same.

Whether it’s the stealth or overall ambiance, each title has that Kojima feel. That statement is even truer when it comes to the game’s narrative.

If you enjoyed the long, winding, and weird story of the Metal Gear series, Death Stranding’s plot about babies, death, and plenty of symbolism is similar enough to Metal Gear that action fans won’t even miss the gunfights.

NieR: Automata

NieR: Automata and Death Stranding are both ideal titles for fantasy, sci-fi gamer that are looking for plenty of subtext.

Just like Death Stranding, NeiR: Automata follows main character(s), android units called YoRHa, that look to take back the earth from an enemy that brought about the end times.

As the story unwinds, it turns out there are a lot more layers to what happened than what was presented on the surface.

Couple this intricate narrative with Automata’s expansive open world and characters and the comparison to Hideo Kojima’s newest title feel even more validated.

Deadly Premonition

If there was one video game that released in the last decade that is able to match Kojima’s unique style and atmosphere, it would be the 2010 survival horror game Deadly Premonition.

Taking place in the fictional, rural American town of Greenvale, Washington, Deadly Premonition follows FBI Special Agent Francis York Morgan as he follows a string of hauntingly similar murders.

Controlling Morgan, players will fight evil, complete side quests, and solve the mystery of these strange occurrences. All the while he’ll need to keep an eye on real-life aspects like sleeping, shaving, and changing clothes or suffer consequences that affect gameplay negatively.

With Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing In Disguise right around the corner for Nintendo Switch, now is the perfect time to hop into this weird world.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

On paper, Breath of the Wild and Death Stranding seem like polar opposites. Where the former is bright, colorful, and cartoonish in style, the latter is dark and gritty, reflecting the post apocalyptic world it is set in.

Despite their different looks, both game’s worlds provide similar experiences.

In Hyrule and Death Stranding’s fictional USA players can roam freely about each open world, exploring wherever they please from the get go.

Environmental hazards and challenging terrain may limit that navigation slightly, but it is safe to say that if you enjoyed Death Stranding’s structure, Breath of the Wild is also right up your alley.