--- title: Marathon Won't Be a Concord-Level Disaster, Steam... description: Bungie's Marathon extraction shooter has reached Steam's Top 10 best-selling games following pre-order availability, suggesting it won't face the catastrophic... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/marathon-won-t-be-a-concord-level-disaster-steam-numbers-suggest-uittlasd9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Marathon Won't Be a Concord-Level Disaster, Steam Numbers Suggest | daily.dev og:description: Bungie's Marathon extraction shooter has reached Steam's Top 10 best-selling games following pre-order availability, suggesting it won't face the catastrophic... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/marathon-won-t-be-a-concord-level-disaster-steam-numbers-suggest-uittlasd9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/uiTTLasd9.png og:image:alt: Marathon Won't Be a Concord-Level Disaster, Steam Numbers Suggest og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Marathon Won't Be a Concord-Level Disaster, Steam Numbers Suggest **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 3 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Bungie's Marathon extraction shooter has reached Steam's Top 10 best-selling games following pre-order availability, suggesting it won't face the catastrophic failure of Concord, which sold only 25,000 copies and shut down weeks after launch. However, landing in top sellers doesn't guarantee success, as Dragon Age: The Veilguard also performed well initially but missed sales expectations by over 50% and led to BioWare layoffs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@akkitto** · 0 upvotes > I played in the playtest. I love the aesthetics of it 100%. It just looks and feels right. > > I heard about the "controversies", yet they did not impact my fun playing it, at all. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Marathon Server Slam Shows Promise for Bungie's Extraction Shooter](https://daily.dev/posts/marathon-server-slam-shows-promise-for-bungie-s-extraction-shooter-rpa0dd130) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Steam's Latest Breakout Success Sold 250K Copies on Launch Day](https://daily.dev/posts/steam-s-latest-breakout-success-sold-250k-copies-on-launch-day-tedojpwc0) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming), [#steam](https://daily.dev/tags/steam) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/marathon-won-t-be-a-concord-level-disaster-steam-numbers-suggest-uittlasd9) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Marathon Won't Be a Concord-Level Disaster, Steam Numbers Suggest","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/marathon-won-t-be-a-concord-level-disaster-steam-numbers-suggest-uittlasd9","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/marathon-won-t-be-a-concord-level-disaster-steam-numbers-suggest-uittlasd9"},"datePublished":"2026-01-20T05:24:05.758Z","dateModified":"2026-01-20T05:24:23.373Z","description":"Bungie's Marathon extraction shooter has reached Steam's Top 10 best-selling games following pre-order availability, suggesting it won't face the catastrophic...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/dc75736e50b219135d2ef8c996082527?_a=AQAEulh","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/dc75736e50b219135d2ef8c996082527?_a=AQAEulh","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"80 LEVEL","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"80 LEVEL","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/78eebcd76c154e6bbfd565fed7dc4093","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/80lv"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/marathon-won-t-be-a-concord-level-disaster-steam-numbers-suggest-uittlasd9","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"gaming,steam","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"80 LEVEL","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/80lv"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Marathon Won't Be a Concord-Level Disaster, Steam Numbers Suggest"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/marathon-won-t-be-a-concord-level-disaster-steam-numbers-suggest-uittlasd9","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"I played in the playtest. 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