Destiny 2 fans are not taking Bungie’s latest direction quietly. Following reports that Destiny 2 is heading toward its final live-service update, a portion of the community has shifted its frustration toward Marathon, Bungie’s new extraction shooter on Steam.
Instead of judging Marathon purely as its own game, some angry Destiny 2 players are using Steam reviews as a protest board. Many fans feel Destiny 2 is being pushed aside, and they believe Marathon is one of the biggest reasons why.
Destiny 2 Fans Are Angry About the Game’s Future
Destiny 2 has been the center of Bungie’s identity. Even through rough expansions, content droughts, controversial seasonal models, and major balance complaints, the game kept a loyal player base that stuck with it through almost everything.
According to Bungie, the June update is expected to be Destiny 2’s final live-service update after nearly nine years of support. The news has left many long-time players disappointed, especially since there is still no official Destiny 3 announcement to soften the blow.
This does not feel like a normal end-of-life moment for an old live-service game. It feels like the franchise they helped keep alive is being quietly moved aside while Bungie focuses on something else.
Marathon Became the Obvious Scapegoat
Marathon is Bungie’s new PvPvE extraction shooter, and on paper, it is a completely different project from Destiny 2. The game launched on Steam in March 2026 and is described by Bungie as a survival extraction FPS set on Tau Ceti IV.
However, timing matters. To many Destiny fans, Marathon now represents Bungie’s shift away from the franchise they actually care about. So, in the eyes of frustrated players, Marathon has become the easiest target.
As a result, Marathon’s Steam review section has turned into a strange battleground. Some reviews criticize the game directly, while others are clearly more about Bungie’s handling of Destiny 2 than Marathon itself. Marathon’s Steam reviews took a hit after Destiny 2 fans reacted to news of the MMO/Looter shooter ending updates, with some players using lines like “Destiny died for this” to express their anger.
Marathon is being review-bombed on Steam
The backlash is now visible on Steam, where Marathon has received a wave of negative reviews tied to Bungie’s broader situation. Kotaku also reported that Destiny 2 fans have turned Marathon’s Steam reviews into a “bizarre battleground” after Bungie’s decision to sunset Destiny 2.
Some players are using the review system to send Bungie a message. Others in the Marathon community are pushing back, asking people to leave genuine feedback rather than punishing the game for decisions tied to Destiny 2. A Reddit post in the Marathon community also pointed out that the game was being review bombed by Destiny 2 fans and encouraged players to review the game honestly.
At the time of writing, Marathon’s Steam page still shows a largely positive broader review picture, with Steam listing recent reviews as Mostly Positive and English reviews as Very Positive.
Destiny Fans Feel Left Behind by Bungie
The emotional reaction makes sense when you look at how much Destiny means to its core audience. Destiny 2 was not just another shooter for many players. It was a weekly routine, a social space, a raid night tradition, and a long-running story that players followed for years.
So when Bungie appears to be stepping away from that live-service structure, the community’s frustration is not just about losing content. It is about losing trust.
Many players feel that Destiny 2 supported Bungie through its biggest years, only for the studio to move on when the game became harder to maintain. Marathon, fairly or unfairly, has become the face of that resentment.
Review Bombing Marathon May Not Send the Right Message
The problem with review bombing is that it can blur the real criticism. There are valid conversations to have about Destiny 2’s future, Bungie’s priorities, layoffs, player trust, and whether Marathon was the right bet for the studio. But when negative reviews focus more on anger toward Bungie than Marathon’s actual quality, it becomes harder to separate genuine game criticism from protest.
Some players enjoy its extraction loop, art direction, and Bungie-style gunplay. Others may have fair complaints about its structure, price, content, or live-service direction. But those opinions can get buried when the review section becomes a war between Destiny loyalists and Marathon defenders.
Bungie Is Facing a Bigger Trust Problem
This backlash is not really just about Marathon. It is about Bungie’s relationship with its community.
Destiny 2 players have spent years supporting the studio through expansions, annual passes, seasonal content, Eververse controversies, balance issues, and major narrative arcs. Now, with Marathon being pushed as Bungie’s next big shooter, fans are asking whether the studio still understands what made people loyal to it in the first place.
