How many people are playing Marathon right now?

Marathon has 1,028 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 2,876 and an all-time peak of 77,358 on Mar 2026.

What is the all-time peak player count of Marathon?

77,358 concurrent players on Mar 2026.

Marathon was released on Steam on 5 Mar 2026.

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Marathon Reviews · SteamPeaks

Buckets that broke from the game’s own habit, on unusual volume

Judged against the median week, not the average

When	Kind	Reviews	Positive	Against habit	What followed
Mar 2026	positive surge	20,338 · 35.2×	88.0%	+14 pts	A burst of goodwill, usually a launch or a well-received update

94.3 h

Median before a positive review

26.8 h

Median before a negative review

68%

Bought the game on Steam

9% arrived with a free key

Played mostly on Steam Deck

Hours played	Positive	Negative	Positive share
Under 1 h	1	22	4%
1–5 h	14	42	25%
5–20 h	61	42	59%
20–50 h	59	43	58%
50–100 h	51	23	69%
Over 100 h	169	73	70%

Steam’s own totals per language

Against the lifetime share

Language	Reviews	Positive	Against overall
English	49,006	79.7%	+3.0 pts
Russian	3,983	68.6%	−8.1 pts
Chinese, simplified	2,657	44.2%	−32.5 pts
French	1,467	81.9%	+5.2 pts
German	1,199	79.3%	+2.6 pts
Spanish	1,172	76.3%	−0.4 pts

Counted from the review histogram

Days from the first reviewed week

Milestone	Reached	Days taken
1,000 reviews	Mar 2026	—	Reached in the first month on sale
10,000 reviews	Mar 2026	—	Reached in the first month on sale

Week	Reviews	Positive	Negative	Positive share
3 Sep 2026	31	23	8	74.2%
27 Aug 2026	125	84	41	67.2%
20 Aug 2026	145	87	58	60.0%
13 Aug 2026	170	94	76	55.3%
6 Aug 2026	172	106	66	61.6%
30 Jul 2026	218	152	66	69.7%
23 Jul 2026	266	164	102	61.7%
16 Jul 2026	240	171	69	71.3%
9 Jul 2026	304	223	81	73.4%
2 Jul 2026	340	244	96	71.8%
25 Jun 2026	420	263	157	62.6%
18 Jun 2026	446	320	126	71.7%
11 Jun 2026	698	517	181	74.1%
4 Jun 2026	1,016	806	210	79.3%
28 May 2026	1,008	756	252	75.0%
21 May 2026	1,711	1,133	578	66.2%
14 May 2026	465	385	80	82.8%
7 May 2026	578	497	81	86.0%
30 Apr 2026	609	473	136	77.7%
23 Apr 2026	759	578	181	76.2%
16 Apr 2026	811	651	160	80.3%
9 Apr 2026	1,256	1,023	233	81.4%
2 Apr 2026	1,587	1,295	292	81.6%
26 Mar 2026	2,321	1,915	406	82.5%
19 Mar 2026	3,565	2,819	746	79.1%
12 Mar 2026	6,369	5,483	886	86.1%
5 Mar 2026	20,338	17,907	2,431	88.0%