Death Stranding is a 2019 action game from Kojima Productions in which players cross a fractured America and share structures, signs and supplies through an asynchronous online system. Other players can leave likes for those contributions, and the game plays this gentle notification chime each time one arrives. Because the like system is central to its theme of connection, the sound quickly became one of its most recognisable audio cues. It now circulates widely on soundboards and in gaming edits as shorthand for appreciation, support and a small moment of kindness between strangers.