Marathon will be released on March 5, 2026. MeinMMO shows you who might be interested in the shooter and who better to stay away from it.
What is Marathon? Marathon is a new extraction shooter developed by Bungie (Destiny 2) that will be released for PS5, Steam, and Xbox Series X|S.
The game follows the genre-typical course of a round:
- You take on a quest, assemble your gear, start a raid, and try to extract successfully at the end.
During the raid, you loot various items, fight NPCs and other players (PvEvP), and ideally complete the accepted mission. You can find loot in various places, including in crates and lockers or in the inventories of your defeated opponents. This can include weapons, resources, and other equipment that enhance your runner.
Runners are cybernetic mercenaries whose consciousness exists in a foreign location. So during a raid, you are not in a human body, but in what’s called a runner shell. These are also the different classes you can play in Marathon. At launch, there are 6 runner shells, each with different abilities, such as invisibility, a healing drone, or a scanner that reveals enemies.
Marathon is best played in a team. A squad consists of up to three players. However, you can also go on a solo hunt for loot.
The Quiz – Could Marathon be for you?
If you are unsure whether Marathon is the right game for you, we have prepared a small quiz with 10 questions for you to help make your decision easier. Depending on how you answer these questions, the quiz will then tell you whether Marathon is worth it for you or not.
This is how the quiz works: You will be asked a total of 10 questions about your shooter preferences, which will determine whether you may enjoy Marathon. For each question, you can select one answer option.
At the end, you will receive one of three results. If you want to be spoiled, you can read the possible results here. However, we recommend doing this no sooner than after the quiz.
These are the three results
- Yes, Marathon might be worth it for you.
- No, you probably won’t like Marathon.
- You might be better off in ARC Raiders
This is how the result is generated: For each answer, there is a specific number of points assigned by us per result. At the end, your points are totaled, and it is checked which of the three results has collected the most points based on your answers.
Which answer gives how many points for which result has been determined by MeinMMO’s shooter expert Dariusz based on his gaming experience during the server slam of Marathon and in other extraction shooters like ARC Raiders.
Who is Marathon worth it for?
Marathon is worthwhile as an extraction shooter with a PvP focus primarily for players who enjoy games like Escape from Tarkov, Hunt: Showdown, and ARC Raiders, and who enjoy intense PvP battles with other players or at least do not shy away from them.
If you are generally not a fan of extraction shooters or easily get upset with other players as soon as they open fire on you, then Marathon is probably not for you. Additionally, you should be open to an unusual and somewhat colorful (albeit not bright) graphic style, as Marathon stands out visually from titles with a more realistic setting like Escape from Tarkov or Gray Zone Warfare.
Moreover, it doesn’t hurt if you like hero shooters or games with different classes since Marathon features runner shells with different abilities. And if none of that matters to you, and you just value strong gunplay and some weeks of intense grind, then you can have a good time with Marathon.
If you want to review the most important information in a detailed overview before purchasing on Steam, Xbox, or PS5 before the release of Marathon, you can do so on MeinMMO: Everything Important About the Release of Marathon: Time, Price, Preload and More
