Death Stranding System Requirements

To run the Death Stranding Director's Cut system requirements on PC, you'll need an AMD Radeon RX 560 graphics card, 8GB of RAM, and 80 GB of HD space.

Fortunately, it seems that the Director's Cut of Death Stranding requires no more from your PC compared to the original release from 2020. Therefore, the Death Stranding Director's Cut minimum requirements ask for a minimum CPU equivalent to an Intel Core i5-3470 and an AMD Radeon RX 560 graphics card, along with 8GB of RAM.

Fortunately, the Death Stranding Director's Cut recommended specs only require an Intel Core i7-3770 processor and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card. Regardless of which system requirements your PC is tailored for, you'll need 8GB of RAM to play Death Stranding.

The Death Stranding Director's Cut PC specs are not too demanding - after all this was a game optimised for the last console generation Xbox One and PS4, even if it does have some additional content restored to it following the game's original release in 2020.

Death Stranding Director's Cut size

The Death Stranding Director's Cut download size for PC is a hearty 80 GB. We recommend installing the game on an SSD to get the best performance. If you need more space, check the PCGamesN buyers guide for the best SSD for gaming.

If you're playing on an Apple device, the download size of Death Stranding Director's Cut for both macOS and iOS devices is 77GB, 3GB less than the standard Windows installation.

Death Stranding review

Originally released in 2020, PCGamesN's Death Stranding review scored Hideo Kojima's masterpiece a solid 8/10, stating that "there’s truly nothing else like it."

If you're curious about the original edition, check out the Death Stranding system requirements.

Death Stranding Mac

You can download and play the Death Stranding Director's Cut on macOS and iOS devices from January 30th, 2024. At long last, Kojima's independent masterpiece is available to Apple devices, but you'll need to meet the Death Stranding macOS system requirements to do so.

To run Death Stranding on a Mac, you will need a macOS of 13.3 or later, and an Apple M1 chip (which functions as both your processor and graphics card). Most Macs released since 2020 should have an Apple M1 chip.

If you're keen to play Death Stranding on an iPhone or iPad, you'll need a device with iOS 17.0 or later with an A17 Pro chip or M1 chip at minimum.

Alternatively, if you want to check out the sequel, take a look at the Death Stranding 2 system requirements. 

Death Stranding will run on PC system with Windows 10 and upwards.

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