Death Stranding (Original Version) | PS5, PS4

Hideo Kojima’s first major game after leaving the Metal Gear Solid series behind, along with his previous employer, Konami. Death Stranding presents a doomed world where the dead haunt the living, rain advances time, and people use babies in jars to see floating dead people. You can grab the original Death Stranding on PS4 (with PS5 backwards compatibility) for just $10 until April 1, 2024.

The expanded Director’s Cut version is also available as a paid upgrade. In our review of the original 2019 version, we said:

Death Stranding pulls from a variety of sources. The resurrections and multiplayer aspects of Dark Souls, the wandering of Proteus and No Man’s Sky, the clumsy body movements of QWOP, the skeletal remains of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and more surprisingly Metal Gear Survive. These pieces come together into a unique package with a simple loop: you start here, now please go there. Pick a mission, grab your gear, figure out how to get there, climb over whatever mountain is in your way without losing all your cargo. Fall, get up, keep going. Rinse and repeat, with added layers of intrigue and combat challenges as the story progresses.