Will Death Stranding 2 run on the Steam Machine? (anticipated FPS)
Will Death Stranding 2 run on the Steam Machine? Anticipated PC-port verdict: a comfortable 1080p High near 60 with FSR, based on Decima's track record.
Will Death Stranding 2: On the Beach run on the Steam Machine? There's no PC port yet, so this is an anticipated verdict — but it's a confident one. If the PC port matches the Decima engine's track record, expect a comfortable 1080p High experience near 60 FPS with FSR on the Steam Machine. This looks like one of the easier AAA wins for the hardware, not a struggle.
These are pre-release estimates. Death Stranding 2 is currently a PS5 title with a PC port anticipated but not announced, so there are no PC requirements and no measured numbers. Everything here is reasoned from hardware and engine pedigree. See our methodology for how we estimate.
Why this is an estimate (and a confident-ish one)
Two things let us project with more confidence than usual.
First, the specs. The Steam Machine pairs a semi-custom AMD RDNA 3 GPU in the class of a Radeon RX 7600 / RTX 4060 with a 6-core/12-thread Zen 4 CPU and 16 GB of DDR5. Rasterization performance sits roughly at PS5 class — great for 1080p native, comfortable at 1440p with FSR, but not a native-4K machine. The one real ceiling is 8 GB of GDDR6 VRAM.
Second, the engine. Death Stranding 2 runs on Guerrilla's Decima engine — the same tech behind Horizon and the original Death Stranding. Decima PC ports are some of the best-optimised in the business: scalable settings, excellent image quality per frame, and surprisingly low hardware demands. The original Death Stranding PC port runs well on genuinely low-end hardware and is rated Playable on the Steam Deck. That history is why we anticipate a strong result here rather than treating this as a generic, unpredictable AAA.
Anticipated Low / Medium / High
All figures are 1080p, anticipated, and assume the PC port lands in line with Decima's history.
| Setting tier | Anticipated verdict | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Low | 🟢 ~80 FPS (anticipated) | 1080p native, plenty of headroom; FSR not needed |
| Medium | 🟢 ~68 FPS (anticipated) | 1080p native, smooth and well above 60 |
| High | 🟢/🟡 ~58 FPS (anticipated) | 1080p; enable FSR Quality for a locked 60 |
The pattern is encouraging: even High should land near 60 natively, and a single notch of FSR Quality should comfortably lock it. Decima's scaling means dropping from High to Medium costs little image quality while buying a solid margin.
The Decima engine advantage
Decima punches well above its weight on modest hardware for a few reasons. Its renderer is built to extract a lot of visual fidelity per frame — careful lighting, strong texture work, and clean temporal handling — without leaning on brute-force GPU cost. That means the Steam Machine's RX 7600-class GPU should produce a sharp, console-quality image at 1080p without heroics.
FSR fits this perfectly. Because Decima already delivers a clean base image, FSR Quality upscaling tends to hold up well, giving you that extra headroom to lock 60 at High with minimal artefacts.
The one thing to watch is the 8 GB VRAM ceiling. At 1080p it's manageable, but at the very top texture preset on a graphically denser sequel you may need to drop textures one notch to stay clear of the buffer. That's a small concession — and exactly the kind of scaling Decima handles gracefully.
Should you buy a Steam Machine for Death Stranding 2?
Honestly? If the PC port lands, Death Stranding 2 looks like it'll be one of the better-running showcase AAAs on the Steam Machine — a confident 1080p High experience near 60 with FSR, not a compromise. Few big-budget games suit this hardware as well as a Decima title.
The caveat is timing and platform. The game exists on PS5 today, where it's a native, optimised experience — so if you want to play it now, compare the Machine vs a PS5. The Steam Machine's appeal is the broader Steam library and living-room flexibility, with this game as a strong future addition once the port arrives. We'll publish measured FPS the moment the PC port launches and we can benchmark it. For more verdicts, browse our games hub.
FAQ
Will Death Stranding 2 run on the Steam Machine?
Anticipated yes — and well. There's no PC port yet, so this is an estimate, but given the Decima engine's outstanding optimisation history we anticipate a comfortable 1080p High experience near 60 FPS with FSR on the Steam Machine.
What FPS will Death Stranding 2 get on the Steam Machine?
At 1080p we anticipate roughly 80 FPS on Low, 68 on Medium, and around 58 on High — with FSR Quality bringing High to a locked 60. These are pre-release estimates, not measured results.
When will you have real Death Stranding 2 benchmarks?
As soon as the PC port is released and we can run it on the hardware. No PC version has been announced yet, so until then every number here is anticipated. We'll update this guide with measured FPS at launch.