{"id":362892,"date":"2026-03-06T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=412573"},"modified":"2026-03-11T06:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:25:17","slug":"this-is-the-game-that-no-one-expected-anything-from-but-its-blowing-up-on-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/this-is-the-game-that-no-one-expected-anything-from-but-its-blowing-up-on-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the game that no one expected anything from, but it&#039;s blowing up on Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/marathon-is-a-complete-success-and-manages-to-rise-to-the-top-5-of-the-best-selling-games-on-steam\" title=\"The launch of Marathon, Bungie's new game\">The launch of Marathon, Bungie&#8217;s new game<\/a>, has been a rollercoaster of expectations and rejections. Initially, the game faced a delay that raised doubts about its reception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-first-details-of-marathon-the-new-game-from-bungie-are-known-price-release\">the recent free trial offer attracted a large number of players<\/a>, resulting in a successful launch in terms of engagement and user satisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Run a Marathon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to data from Steam, <strong>Marathon reached an impressive peak of 86,718 simultaneous users on its launch day, a figure that supports the generated interest.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reviews have been predominantly positive, with 85% favorable ratings, increasing to 90% among those who spent more than an hour playing the game. These statistics suggest that, although the title cannot be considered the biggest success in the industry,<a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/bungies-new-game-has-everything-to-be-a-helldivers-2-but-it-could-end-up-being-a-new-concord\" title=\" it has managed to dispel initial negative expectations.\"> it has managed to dispel initial negative expectations.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marathon | Official Announce Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ckI_m8bbXfw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In commercial terms, Marathon has outperformed Resident Evil: Requiem, positioning itself as the second best-selling game on Steam, just behind Slay The Spire 2. Although the figures on PlayStation and Xbox Series may differ, it is expected to continue rising on those platforms. <strong>This positive response leaves Bungie in a better position than many anticipated.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the game has been designed as a continuous service, which means that its long-term success will depend on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/bungie-announces-a-new-beta-for-marathon-although-analysts-are-not-very-sure-about-the-games-future\">Bungie&#8217;s ability to maintain public interest<\/a>. <strong>The recent decline of titles like Highguard demonstrates that sustaining player attention is a significant challenge.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address this, Bungie plans to release additional content to revitalize the Marathon experience, ensuring that players have reasons to return in the short, medium, and long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With ongoing development, <strong>it is expected that Bungie will implement a series of updates to keep the game fresh and appealing<\/strong> to its player base, which is crucial in a competitive market where other titles in the genre are on the rise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The launch of Marathon, the new game from Bungie, has been a rollercoaster of expectations and rejections. Initially, the game suffered a delay that raised doubts about its reception. However, the recent free trial offer attracted a large number of players, resulting in a successful launch in terms of engagement and user satisfaction. Give yourself a marathon of Marathon. According to data from Steam, Marathon reached an impressive peak of 86,718 simultaneous users on its launch day, a figure that supports the generated interest. Reviews have been predominantly positive, with 85% [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1009,"featured_media":362893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[7060,23072,23073,23074,1056],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-362892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-marathon","tag-marathon-gratis","tag-marathon-prueba-gratis","tag-marathon-steam","tag-steam","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362892"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362927,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362892\/revisions\/362927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362892"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=362892"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=362892"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=362892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}