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Marathon
A PvP-focused extraction shooter set on the mysterious planet of Tau Ceti IV, Marathon will see players inhabit the bodies of Runners, cybernetic mercenaries who have been designed to survive the planet’s harsh environments, exploring the lost colony that once inhabited Tau Ceti’s surface. Players will engage solo or in crews of three, searching fo...
Details
- Released
- March 5, 2026
- Developer
- Bungie
- Genres
- FPS · Survival · Shooter · Action · Battle Royale
- Publisher
- Sony Interactive Entertainment, Bungie
- Platforms
- PC · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S
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Marathon Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Marathon is a testament to the fact that Bungie still has it. What “it” is, is the studio’s ability to deliver a video game dripping with unique vibes, gunplay that is simply unmatched in the first-person shooter space, systems and mechanics that push a genre forward, and deep, exhilarating, and quite frankly, challenging gameplay. It took Bungie a long time to deliver, a lot of ups and downs and setbacks, but Marathon is the best extraction shooter on the block.
Visually mesmerizing and mechanically flawless, it's impossible to leave Tau Ceti IV without wanting to go back.
After almost a month with Marathon, it feels safe to say that Bungie's new Sci-Fi extraction shooter should be considered a new multiplayer great.
Marathon is a challenging, gorgeous, addictive, and deceptively deep extraction shooter. Bungie has created a gorgeous world with a captivating sci-fi story lurking beneath the surface, and thrown in their signature gunplay to create one of the year's best games. It is for a very niche audience. But for those willing to accept its extreme highs and lows, there is something quite compelling about its gameplay loop.
Bungie successfully makes a grab at the extraction shooter crown with Marathon. Rook is a revelation for solos, and Cryo Archive is the best endgame experience in the genre. It is mean, yet fair, with more than ample flair. The biggest issue is that you’re currently not playing it, hence my matchmaking woes.
The extraction shooter genre is undoubtedly the hardest type of game to distill into review form. One wrong step can invalidate hours of progress and ‘fun’,
It’s been almost a decade since Bungie, the acclaimed studio behind Halo and Destiny, launched its last video game. To say that a lot has changed in that time is a severe understatement, whether we’re talking about the company being acquired by Sony or the rise and fall of myriad multiplayer trends.
Marathon is the first non-Destiny game to release from renowned developers Bungie in over a decade. This PvPvE first-person extraction shooter isn't a completely new IP because the first Marathon released in 1994, however this latest entry isn't a sequel either it's more like a reinvention of the franchise. So,…
Marathon is revival of Bungie’s dormant 30-year-old franchise. With excellent gunplay, stylish graphics and a thrilling gameplay loop Marathon is a welcome return. This despite confusing UI, frustrating runs and questions about its future.
Marathon does indeed feel like a marathon, and it's brutal. Check out the full review covering all aspects of Bungies premiere title.
With spellbinding combat and high-concept maps, Marathon is far more than a cool aesthetic draped over the bones of an extraction shooter. Eurogamer's review.
Thirty two years. That’s how long it’s been since the release of the original Marathon, a series that, after two additional games, went into hibernation while Bungie developed the Halo series. Well, it’s finally time to return to Tau Ceti IV, and it’s no less dangerous than it was last time you were there.