Death Stranding Director’s Cut HDR settings & calibration guide

How to set up HDR in Death Stranding Director’s Cut, the sliders to use, and known issues.

At a glance

Platforms
PC (Windows), PlayStation 5
Native HDR
Yes
In-game calibration
Yes
HDR quality
Good
HDR sliders
HDR Brightness

How to set up HDR in Death Stranding Director’s Cut

  • Open the game’s own HDR calibration (Settings → Display/Video) — it overrides the system calibration, so set it per the on-screen patterns.
  • Decima-engine HDR is muted by design — don’t crank paper white trying to make the grey landscapes “pop”.
  • Set HDR Brightness to your panel peak and leave the rest; the look is intentionally restrained.
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