Death Stranding 2’s addictive gameplay loop proves Kojima right—again—so where are all the Strand-type games?

Hideo Kojima famously said that his 2019 Death Stranding game would be the first of many "Strand-type games" and spawn their own genre. Fast-forward six years, and Death Stranding 2 is now out and is the only other such game to have launched in all that time. It begs the question: why?

Both games are addictive enough to warrant interest