Is Marathon getting survival horror features?

Marathon’s season 2 is being framed as survival horror

Bungie’s Marathon season 2—subtitled Nightfall—is being presented in the provided coverage as a more overt survival-horror experience.

The new cinematic look emphasizes horror tone and threat instead of pure extraction-shooter momentum. It’s described as making the game feel like it has “turned … upside down,” with a core change tied to that shift, though the stories provided don’t spell out the specific mechanic in detail.

What’s clear from the reporting is the intent:

• Heavier horror identity through presentation and framing
• A shift in how the game “should” be experienced, according to the way the trailers are pitched

Whether Marathon’s horror framing also introduces new survival systems (like altered player survival rules, encounter structures, or progression changes) isn’t specified in the excerpts you provided.