After launching on the PlayStation 5 last summer, Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is receiving a novel adaptation. Like the novelization for the original Death Stranding, the Death Stranding 2: On The Beach story is getting two prose volumes, and you can preorder your copy of the first 336-page paperback book at Amazon and Barnes and Noble for $19 (or for $11 as an eBook) before it releases later this year on October 13.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – The Official Novelization (Paperback)
$19 | Releases October 20, 2026
Like the first novelization, On the Beach is penned by Hitori Nojima and translated by Carley Radford. And also like the previous, this is a retelling of the events of the game, picking up where Sam Porter Bridges left off after restoring America and vanishing from the public eye. Now joined by Fragile and other allies, Sam’s new mission is take rescue humanity from extinction, and will travel from Mexico to Australia to do so.
The Death Stranding 2: On the Beach novelization is being advertised as Volume 1, so it’s safe to say that we’ll get at least another volume to follow the trend of the first game’s novelization, which was divided into two volumes as well. At 332 pages, On the Beach is already significantly longer than the first adaptation’s first volume so it’ll be interesting to see how far into the game’s story this book goes. Luckily, at that page count, it shouldn’t take up much space on your bookshelf, and it’ll fit nicely next to your physical copies of the games if you prefer to display that way. The cover uses the game’s iconic theatrical poster art, which features a collage of Death Stranding 2’s cast, and is reminiscent of work by Drew Struzan vibe, who famously did the poster art for the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones films.
While we don’t know when the next book in the Death Stranding 2: On The Beach novelization is launching, you can fill the wait by catching up on the 600-page, two-volume novelization of the first game, which is currently available in physical and audiobook editions via Amazon. Of course, if you’re looking to play the game itself, you can also grab Death Stranding 2 on PS5 for $59 (was $70) via Amazon.
