Bungie’s PvPvE survival extraction shooter Marathon is free to play on Steam until June 9, offering a timed window to try the game that usually costs $39.99. The standard edition is also discounted to $27.99, while the deluxe edition is $41.99.
The offer lands at the exact moment you start wondering if Bungie’s newest sci-fi project is worth the buy.
Right now, Steam is letting players jump into Marathon for free until June 9. The game usually costs $39.99. so the timing is less “sample” and more “go see if it hooks you before the bill shows up.” For anyone who decides to commit immediately. the standard edition is discounted to $27.99. and the deluxe edition is $41.99.
Marathon is Bungie’s dark sci-fi extraction shooter from the studio behind Halo and Destiny. It launched earlier this year, and Steam’s free-to-play window gives newcomers a chance to step into its world on PC before deciding whether to spend “real human monies.”
On Steam. Marathon is described as a “PvPvE survival extraction FPS.” Players enter hostile zones. gather loot. and have to survive the relentless enemy threats long enough to exfil safely—because things can go horribly wrong fast. The pressure isn’t just from the environment. When supplies are limited. players can end up in PvP combat. and they’ll have to get ready using the scarce supplies already in hand.
Marathon also supports scavenging alone or with a crew, turning each run into a gamble about whether you’ll find enough to survive—or whether someone else beats you to the exit.
The game is set in Tau Ceti IV, a colony filled with other Runners, hostile security forces, and a range of unhospitable environments. Even the premise comes with a built-in dread: you’re dealing with rage at being killed before you realized you’d been hit.
Players have responded positively since release, praising Marathon’s worldbuilding, gunplay, atmosphere, and sound design. One Steam reviewer with nearly 400 hours called the game’s world “unique” and praised how it expresses itself through “shapes and forms, colors and sounds, feel and impact.”
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Free until June 9?? I’m downloading it just to see if it’s actually good or another Destiny reskin lol.
Not gonna lie I thought Marathon was like, already free or something. $39.99 usually is crazy though. If it’s PvPvE survival extraction whatever, I’ll try it for a few matches and probably refund if I die instantly.
Wait so you can play it free but only on Steam? June 9 like that’s when they shut it off for good? Also Bungie is Halo and Destiny so I assumed it’d be controller-friendly and not sweaty PC vibes. Probably still gonna get wrecked by some dude camping the exit.
I don’t get the whole “extraction” thing… like are you literally taking your loot out of the map? Or is it just PvP but with extra steps. $27.99 standard sounds tempting but Bungie always makes me mad with updates and then suddenly the game feels different. Maybe I’ll check it out though since it says “unique world” or whatever.