Bungie announced this week that its new extraction shooter Marathon will release on March 5, and also revealed some other important pre-release information--including a set of updated system requirements.
While Bungie released PC specs for Marathon ahead of the game's first closed alpha last year, it only gave the minimum system requirements. Those haven't changed ahead of Marathon's full release, but we now also have a set of recommended specs to size up against.
While the current set of specs doesn't specify a target frame rate or resolution, it shouldn't be hard for most decent rigs to get a good experience out of Marathon. With reasonable minimum specs, even those with older or less powerful PCs should be able to manage the game on lower settings, too. The specs currently don't say how much system storage will be required to install Marathon, another detail which will likely come closer to release.
Marathon's development so far hasn't been smooth sailing--originally planned to release on September 23, 2025, the launch was delayed due to poor player feedback from the alpha playtest. Marathon was also embroiled in a scandal around stolen art, which was later resolved, and recently the game's art director left just months before launch. The game will also launch into direct competition with extraction shooter Arc Raiders, which has been hugely popular since it launched last October.
As one of the projects in Sony's questionably ambitious push into live service, Marathon has drawn comparisons to Concord, the live-service title that notoriously shut down within two weeks of launch. Marathon is looking a little more promising than Concord at this stage--in its first day of presales, Marathon has made an appearance in Steam's top 10 best sellers list, while Concord never even cracked the top 100.
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While Bungie released PC specs for Marathon ahead of the game's first closed alpha last year, it only gave the minimum system requirements. Those haven't changed ahead of Marathon's full release, but we now also have a set of recommended specs to size up against.
Marathon PC Specs
Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-6600 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (4 GB) / Intel Arc A580 (8 GB, with ReBAR on)
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-10400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3500
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2060 (6 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (8 GB) / Intel Arc A770 (16 GB, with ReBAR on)
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
While the current set of specs doesn't specify a target frame rate or resolution, it shouldn't be hard for most decent rigs to get a good experience out of Marathon. With reasonable minimum specs, even those with older or less powerful PCs should be able to manage the game on lower settings, too. The specs currently don't say how much system storage will be required to install Marathon, another detail which will likely come closer to release.
Marathon's development so far hasn't been smooth sailing--originally planned to release on September 23, 2025, the launch was delayed due to poor player feedback from the alpha playtest. Marathon was also embroiled in a scandal around stolen art, which was later resolved, and recently the game's art director left just months before launch. The game will also launch into direct competition with extraction shooter Arc Raiders, which has been hugely popular since it launched last October.
As one of the projects in Sony's questionably ambitious push into live service, Marathon has drawn comparisons to Concord, the live-service title that notoriously shut down within two weeks of launch. Marathon is looking a little more promising than Concord at this stage--in its first day of presales, Marathon has made an appearance in Steam's top 10 best sellers list, while Concord never even cracked the top 100.
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