One-off purchase
Marathon cost to play
How many people play Marathon on Steam, what it costs on Steam UK, and its PEGI 16 rating.
Marathon gameplay, images and trailer
© Bungie, Marathon trailer “Launch Gameplay Trailer - EN” on Steam · Steam store page
The short version
- From £34.99: Cheapest standard price: Marathon (Steam UK, standard price)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 5,651 Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- PEGI 16: Age rating
- Released
- 5 March 2026
- Developer
- Bungie
- Platforms
- PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- Genre
- Shooter
- Modes
- Multiplayer
On this page
- Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- 5,651
- steamcharts.com Checked 23 Oct 2026
What Marathon costs to play
| Item | Price | Per |
|---|---|---|
| Marathon (Steam UK, standard price) | £34.99 | game |
| Marathon Deluxe Edition (Steam UK, standard price) | £49.99 | game |
Source for every row: store.steampowered.com · checked 23 Oct 2026
How Marathon is rated
GamesChart Score
77.6, #1,403 of 3,236 rated games
#19 of 2026 · #313 of the 2020s · #340 in Shooter · #881 on Xbox
Critics
Players
Built from 46,970 ratings across 4 of 5 sources (no Wikidata rating). Critics and players count 50/50. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #1,402
The Medium2021 · Bloober Team77.6 - #1,403
Marathon2026 · Bungie77.6 - #1,404
Dark Cloud 22002 · SCE Japan Studio77.6
Marathon questions
Is Marathon free to play?
No. Marathon costs £34.99 on Steam UK at standard price (checked 3 November 2026). Steam lists it as a paid game, not free to play.
How much does Marathon cost in the UK?
Marathon (Steam UK, standard price): £34.99. Marathon Deluxe Edition (Steam UK, standard price): £49.99. Prices checked 23 October 2026.
What age rating is Marathon?
Marathon is rated PEGI 16.
How many people play Marathon?
Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts): 5,651, checked 23 October 2026.
Who makes Marathon?
Marathon is developed by Bungie.
Marathon is a first-person extraction shooter from Bungie, the studio behind Halo and Destiny. Players pick a Runner and drop onto the lost colony of Tau Ceti IV, alone or with a crew, to scavenge loot and fight their way to extraction against rival players and enemy forces. It came out on 5 March 2026 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and it is sold at a one-off price.
Players
Marathon player count: the 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 5,651 concurrent players on 23 October 2026, with an average of about 2,314 over the same 30 days. About 2,050 were playing when we checked. The all-time peak on Steam is 77,358.
The monthly averages show the post-launch decline: about 4,749 in July 2026, 2,827 in August and 1,923 in September, then up about 20% in the last 30 days. Steam Charts only counts the Steam version; PlayStation and Xbox players aren't included.
What it costs
On Steam UK, Marathon costs £34.99 and the Deluxe Edition £49.99 at standard price. PEGI's label carries the in-game purchases notice; we haven't recorded in-game item prices for this page.
Age rating
Marathon is rated PEGI 16 on pegi.info because it "features graphic violence to fantasy characters and strong violence towards human characters". The label also carries the in-game purchases notice. Steam's store data lists USK 16 and ESRB T.
How we checked
We read the Steam UK listing, Steam Charts and pegi.info on 23 October 2026.
Card art and page images: screenshots from Bungie's Marathon Steam store page. © Bungie. All trademarks belong to their owners. GamesChart is not endorsed by or affiliated with Bungie.
Official links: marathonthegame.com · Steam
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Sources
- Card art and page images – Marathon Steam store screenshots (Bungie), published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam UK – Marathon, published by store.steampowered.com
- PEGI rating – Marathon, published by pegi.info
- Steam Charts – Marathon, published by steamcharts.com
- Marathon official site (Bungie), published by marathonthegame.com
- Marathon – Steam store data (Valve): UK price and multiplayer categories, read 3 Nov 2026, published by store.steampowered.com
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