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PC Players Are Clearly Feeling The FOMO, As The First Death Stranding Sees Huge Spike In Players

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:James Lucas

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After six years, 168澳洲幸运﷽5开奖网:we're finally back in Kojima's oddball sandbox delivering parcels alongside Sam Porter. But for all the PC players who fell in love with Fragile and Heartman, and are itching for more of that𒅌 world and its literally-named characters, the wait isn't over yet. Right now, Death Stranding 2 is a PS5 exclusive, with no word on when Kojima will hook it up to the Chiral (read: Steam) Network.

For PC players, the FOMO is hitting (Die-) hard, man. Last night, Dea♋th Strandi✤ng Director's Cut set a new all-time peak player count on Steam, . It already broke that record earlier this year in March, when it hit 6,991 players, but with over double that figure just months later, amid a steady decline, it's impressive what an impact the sequel is having.

Death Stranding's Biggest Months On PC

June, 2025	22,080
March, 2025	6,991
January, 2023	6,093
April, 2022	5,545
December, 2022	5,390
May, 2025	5,149

Death Stranding Is A Top Ten Best-Selling Steam Game

Sam and Dollman in Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

Not including free-to-play games (can we really say that they're top 'sellers'?) or the Steam Deck, the first Death Stranding is currently the 10th best-selling game on Steam. It's beating out hits like Rematch, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Helldivers 2, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Oblivion Remastered, no doubt also being spurred onไ by the major Summer Sale price cut.

You can gr💧ab Death Stranding right🔯 now at 60 percent off for $15.99.

As of writing, the top ten best-sellers look like this, with Death Stranding on the very cusp, beaten out only by industry giants like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Baldur's Gate 3 and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:new indie darlings like Peak:

Peak
Cyberpunk 2077
Dead by Daylight
Dune: Awakening
Baldur's Gate 3
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Red Dead Redemption 2
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Elden Ring
Death Stranding Director's Cut

The sequel will no doubt be a massive eve𝄹nt when it launches on PC, given how eager players are to get stuck back into this world. But for now, Death Stranding 2 is performing incredibly well on PS5, debuting in the number one spot in the UK physical charts.

Granted, physical sa♋les are 66 percent lower than the original Death Stranding's, but as , we're comparing "different eras" here. The market is far more dig🌺ital now, and the first Death Stranding launched at the beginning of the pandemic, when the world was huddled indoors and desperately trying to connect in what ways they could.

The series is a hit: let's just hope it comes to PC sooner🏅 rather than late🌳r.