Crit Verdict
Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
It's free to play.
90%
Very Positive
1k player reviews
Buy it if you like
- Story and characters: 125 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Performance: 61 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Difficulty: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 1k player reviews · updated 4 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
56% of themes are praise33% are divided11% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Its greatest strength is its atmosphere and story, most of which you can completely miss if you don't go hunting for hidden terminals, and even then you have to connect a lot of dots yourself.
125 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
Classic Marathon overall, however, is a fun game to play, yet sometimes repetitive and it does get boring and tedious if being played for a long time, but is a good FPS game to play in short bursts!
61 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
As for the gameplay, it's actually really fun for the most part.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack is moody and ominous, perfectly complementing the dark corridors and sterile alien architecture.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
Multiplayer is fun for those of us who played it back in the 90s but may not be palatable to people who have only played newer games.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters125 reviews
Performance61 reviews
Gameplay53 reviews
Audio16 reviews
Multiplayer8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat47 reviews
85%
Graphics31 reviews
94%
Interface19 reviews
95%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty26 reviews
92%
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
12
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yetWe’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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