Infil into the dark sci-fi world of Tau Ceti IV: A derelict colony rife with rival Runners, hostile UESC security forces, and unpredictable environments. As you scavenge its zones for valuables with a crew or alone, tense moments of exploration break into fast-paced PvP combat where gunplay is responsive, supplies are finite, and preparation is rewarded. Exfil to advance your seasonal power, earn cosmetics for your achievements, and assemble stronger builds with your stolen loot. Then put your ...
Infil into the dark sci-fi world of Tau Ceti IV: A derelict colony rife with rival Runners, hostile UESC security forces, and unpredictable environments. As you scavenge its zones for valuables with a crew or alone, tense moments of exploration break into fast-paced PvP combat where gunplay is responsive, supplies are finite, and preparation is rewarded.
Exfil to advance your seasonal power, earn cosmetics for your achievements, and assemble stronger builds with your stolen loot. Then put your gear back on the line to seek even greater fortunes in your next run.
A GRAVEYARD OF POSSIBILITIES
Trespass across deserted research facilities, rugged landscapes, and security outposts holding the remnants of a vanished expedition, yours to salvage. Tau Ceti threatens death at every turn with unique enemies, dynamic events, and environmental hazards. Each zone escalates in difficulty, preparing you for the UESC Marathon locked in the heavens.
POWERFUL. CONFIGURABLE. EXPENDABLE.
Six equippable Runner shells offer diverse playstyle foundations to build upon, like Destroyer, Recon, and Thief. Scavenge an arsenal of moddable weapons, body implants, and core system upgrades to craft countless builds. Strategize as a crew each run to form comps that maximize your combined strengths, shaping the way you approach fights and objectives.
ENEMIES EVERYWHERE
Face the unknown as a crew of two or three, or alone in solo lobbies. Or sneak into in-progress crew lobbies as Rook, a lone scavenger with no starting gear and nothing to lose. Forge uneasy alliances with rival Runners in prox chat to defeat mutual foes, but remember your new allies might revert to enemies just as quickly. Be merciless in combat: A lone survivor can reboot their crew, even from death.
Later in Season 1, compete in Rated mode to measure your skill and build a name for yourself.
INFLUENCE IS POWER
Liaise with six competing factions, each offering lucrative incentives to advance their foothold on Tau Ceti. Completing faction contracts grows your baseline power via season-long unlocks like Runner shell upgrades, stronger starting loadouts, expanded vault space, and specialized wares on offer for spare loot.
DEFRAGMENT THE TRUTH
No one knows what happened a century ago when the Marathon expedition went dark. As a trespasser into UESC territory, you are uniquely positioned to piece the story together. Unearth the skeletons of Tau Ceti’s past as you run deeper into the colony.
DEATH HANGS ABOVE
Once the way into orbit unlocks, bring your endgame build to Cryo Archive, the first floor of the UESC Marathon. Solve raid-like security measures to unseal frozen vaults and pillage the artifacts within. Every cramped corridor forces you into conflict with fully-geared enemy crews racing for the same prize. Breach the seventh vault to challenge an entity even the UESC fears.
Don't listen to the haters, play the game for yourself and take your own conclusions, or don't and let people enjoy what they like in peace. Marathon is 100% not for everyone, it's a slow paced, brutal extraction shooter, and it takes a few hours to get a good grasp, because the game won't spoonfeed you, nor hold your hand like a toddler.
You will die, A LOT, and that's the point. You have two options of free loadouts to play without any risks and loot items to get yourself back on your feet. But again, if that's not your cup of tea, you are free to go play something else.
Please buy standard edition instead, not deluxe. Marathon Battle Pass is horrible, it doesn't reward you premium currency (LUX) back upon completion, so you cannot buy future passes just by playing but with IRL money every single season. It also has repeated rewards (charms, stickers) & it only has 1 vandal skin. An absolute scum considering the game's $40, battle pass is $15 & they also sell $20 skins in-game store. BTW, "200 Silk" means nothing, you can get that just by leveling up, it's a useless currency, it's NOT the premium currency like I thought, that's called "LUX".
Great game, and a special overall package with the lore and art style. I've never got into extraction shooters before now, and I'm not interested in playing any others, I love Marathon. Got hooked on the game during the "server slam" long weekend before the full release. The first couple of hours I was frustrated, but during the rest of the 8 hours I gave it I was all in. It's been 6 days since the full release and I play every single day.
The review is very subjective!!! I am sure you won't have the same issue as me and you might like the game.
My experience was bad straight off the bat, I can't even connect to the game servers when opening the game.
Judging how I was instantly met with inability to play the game, i assume the game isn't in a better condition.
If not for seemingly everyone glazing how good the gameplay is, the art style is visually tiresome and gets stale to look at rather quick, I was really expecting it to be carried by gunplay.
If it had anything else going for it, I would bother trying to see if I can resolve the issue on my behalf, but if devs are too lazy to make sure the game runs, why should I?
Most certainly a divisive game. Don't believe that this is a friendly extraction shooter. It isn't. It is a very hardcore, fast paced, fast kill shooter. That's what I like about it. I don't like games like Arc Raiders that hide behind a smile.
Marathon(2026) is a unique experience whether you like it or not. From a very distinct visual style to the hardcore FPS mechanics. This is not Arc Raiders level of AI slop, but human passion and soul.
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