Can I Run Marathon?
Bungie released Marathon in 2026. It is an action game, self published by the studio. It offers competitive multiplayer. A pad covers most of the game, though parts of it still expect a keyboard. It carries 14 achievements. With more than 43 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. This is current generation software, and the requirements read that way. It is localised into 13 languages according to the store listing.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6600 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (4 GB) / Intel Arc A580 (8 GB, with ReBAR on) |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack) |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-10400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3500 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (8 GB) / Intel Arc A770 (16 GB, with ReBAR on) |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack) |
| DirectX | 12 |
Verified from Steam · 9 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a science fiction setting. Play is structured around combat arenas. 9 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. Play is presented from a first person view.
Why Marathon is demanding
The ask Marathon makes is moderate. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 ( lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. DirectX 12 is named, so Marathon expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Marathon names just 6 GB of video memory, so the bottleneck sits in raw GPU throughput rather than VRAM. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Marathon at the floor and Marathon at the recommended tier are not the same experience.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Marathon?
Marathon is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (4 GB) / Intel Arc A580 (8 GB, with ReBAR on), 8 GB RAM, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.21x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.68x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.3x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Marathon's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Marathon?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Marathon?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (4 GB) / Intel Arc A580 (8 GB, with ReBAR on); 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64-bit (latest Service Pack).
Can an RTX 3060 run Marathon?
The RTX 3060 runs Marathon comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Marathon?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Marathon is the GPU.