Destiny 2 troubles and Marathon fallout
Reports show Destiny 2 has lost nearly its entire Steam player base since The Final Shape, and Bungie’s new title Marathon currently sits as the lowest-rated Bungie game on Metacritic — signs of turbulence across the franchise player decline Marathon rating.
SteamDB [reports] steamdb.info Destiny 2 is peaking at roughly 9,000 concurrent players on Steam right now, down from an all-time Steam peak of about 316,335 concurrent players on February 28, 2023. steamdb.info TheGamer [calculated] thegamer.com a 97% drop in Steam CCU since Destiny 2’s expansion The Final Shape, which launched on June 4, 2024, according to Bungie. en.wikipedia.org Forbes [noted] forbes.com a 91% fall in players when measuring from the later expansion The Edge of Fate, which released on July 15, 2025, underscoring how steep the decline has been across multiple post‑Final Shape updates. en.wikipedia.org Marathon currently holds a Metacritic critic score of 72, making it the lowest‑rated Bungie title on that aggregator so far, a position first reported by TheGamer. thegamer.com TheGamer [also recorded] thegamer.com a Metacritic user average of about 6.1 for Marathon with hundreds of mixed reviews (roughly 207 negative vs. 323 positive noted at the time), while other outlets have flagged a wave of 0/10 user submissions consistent with review‑bombing reports. thegamer.com Multiple outlets, including OpenCritic and Forbes, [point out] opencritic.com that Bungie’s resource shift toward launching Marathon and its post‑release season plan coincided with a slowdown in Destiny 2 update cadence and contributed to community frustration after a small March 2026 patch. msn.com
