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1/22/2026 4:11:16 PM
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Linux/SteamOS support for marathon
Yes, I am aware destiny 2 currently does not support Linux devices, but can we have a change of heart for the new game marathon.
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It's 2026 and Bungie needs to get with the times. Frankly I'm impressed there is so much resistance here, considering the likely 0-effort needed to allow Linux users to play.
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I'm all for it. It's been confirmed many times that the only thing keeping Destiny 2 from running on Linux through Wine is the anti-cheat. Valve said in 2021 in a Steamworks post that Proton support for BattlEye has reached the point where the only thing the developers need to do is reach out and ask BattlEye to enable the anti-cheat on Proton. Personally I use Crossover on macOS for my locally installed games, which is based on Wine, the same thing Proton uses. Hell, I'd even be happy to be able to play Marathon through GeForce NOW or Boosteroid. If the cheater problem is that bad, disable crossplay between Wine and Windows+consoles.
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May i just add that Destiny 2 had a full Linux port when Stadia was around, Bungie is extremely lazy when it comes to sending a single email to Epic to support EAC
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#NoTuxNoBux Ball's in your court Bungie. Arc Raiders supports Linux. Warframe and The Division support Linux. Makes it very easy to forget about Bungie's games if I have to.
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Please add Linux/Steam Deck support! I will buy and support the game instantly. I was extremely frustrated having to dual boot on my Steam Deck to get Destiny 2 running. I put so much effort to get everything running just for a bad Windows 11 update to randomly fry my expensive 2 TB SSD. I had to purchase another one. Never again will I consider installing Window on my Steam Deck. So for now, my wallet is off-limits Bungie
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Really excited for this game but not playing on Linux is a huge bummer after just coming off of Arc Raiders. Please consider supporting unofficially via proton the same way they do as It is so amazing when games do this.
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Just stopping in to say that I am very interested in playing Marathon and was just about to pre-order, but won't be since Linux isn't supported. I have a dual boot, but only for emergencies and won't be spending my money on a chance that Marathon won't flop if it isn't launching on Linux; not after seeing the direction that Bungie has been headed. I've played Bungie games since the original Halo, but won't be spending a dime again unless they prove themselves.
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Nah, first we have to argue about which distro of Linux should be supported
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Edited by yomegonightcore: 1/22/2026 5:14:50 PMSeconding this. I basically boycott any bungie product that isn't called halo because of the horrible things they've said about Linux and Linux users, but that would change in a heartbeat if they actually did literally anything to support Linux in any capacity. It's their loss really, Linux is the future for gaming as has been proven now for like years. Linux only gets better and better, the marketshare only gets bigger and bigger (inb4 winblows glazers cite muh sMaLl UsErBaSe) and winblows only continues to get shittier and shittier. Its growth is inevitable. I've used cachy and endeavouros and nothing but for more than a year at this point and I'm never looking back, has been an amazing and mostly tweak and bug free experience so far. I've even put my tech illiterate friends and family on various distributions and they've had no complaints either. Time for them to get with the times I think along with every other AAA developer insisting we use a shitty AI slop spyware OS.
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3 Repliesdo it bungie, don't be drungos.
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Edited by Slythe: 1/22/2026 5:55:13 PMUpvoting as a veteran Destiny player that moved to CachyOS late last year. I will be installing a second drive with windows only for Marathon, which I wish I didn’t have to do. I have several friends who’ve also moved to Linux, and they were excited for Marathon. When I told them Marathon would not support Linux (unlike ARC) they all said “fine, I’ll skip it.” I am just one person with my own friend group, but locking out Linux users is introducing an artificial barrier for likely a few thousand players. Maybe that’s a drop in the bucket for Bungie, but Marathon is a chance to reintroduce Bungie’s style of shooter to a new generation. A single new player today can become a passionate player in a year that brings in more players, Windows and Linux alike. Why lock people out when other companies have shown Linux can be supported and it doesn’t have to mean the game becomes cheater central?
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Especially since they're using BattleEye which has native Linux support [b]and[/b] a WINE/Proton shim for full compatability. Failure to do so results in a negative review and a refund. https://itsfoss.gitlab.io/post/battleeye--easy-anti-cheat-official-support-added-for-steam-play-proton-on-linux/
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Bungie will never do it thinking it will bring in cheaters. The irony is that their anticheat is quite literally dogshit and they had already used a linux based version of their game (destiny 2 on stadia) that they even touted as the version of the game that the internal developers used to test the game (but i assume mostly because of the easiness of cloud gaming vs because it was on linux). Marathon is already very likely going to fail and I for one will not be supporting not because i need it to be on linux (i have both a win 11 machine and my own steam machine) but because they refuse to follow where the industry is going (aka the rise of linux in portable handhelds and the future steam machine) and instead of finding a way to innovate thier anticheat, they make outdated comments about linux and think their current structure on windows actually works
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only a large enough protest will ever result in change
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Please do it bungie. I’m interested in the game, but switching back to windows will never be an option for me. A lot of people on linux now and it’s only going to keep increasing with Steam Machines and a future Steam Deck 2.
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I created an account here just to comment. I'm really interested in playing Marathon, but I don't dual boot. Really hoping this comes to Linux, especially with the Steam Machine releasing soon.
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2 RepliesPeople will argue that Linux marketshare isn't significant enough to warrant support... But 3.5% of steam's marketshare is ~5 million users. Keep in mind this is before Steam Machine releases, Steam Frame releases and a SteamOS desktop release. That number could easily double in the next 3-5 years. Would 10 million still be too insignificant to justify supporting? Lmao
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2 RepliesLook at Apex Legends, they tried, had high levels of cheaters using linux os, to the point the pulled support. I run Linux on several machines in a home lab, it is great for things. From a dev perspective, gaming isnt one of them. The freedoms and openess that makes it appealing to end users is the very thing that makes it incredibly difficult to develop an effective anticheat for.
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1 ReplyMeh...Bungies game. Their choice. You linux player do you.
