· Social Engineering · Retention traps
Doomscroll Marathon: a free game about endless feeds
Race to the exit of an endless feed before your battery, or your hope, hits 0%. Defuse the traps.
What is Doomscroll Marathon?
A race to the exit of an endless feed. Battery and hope drain all the time. Most cards are plain posts (keep moving), but the feed lays traps on the way: autoplay, streak guilt, “one more episode”, “you're all caught up… here's more”. Defuse each one with the move that puts the choice back in your hands.
Doomscroll Marathon is a free satire game about endless feeds. Your battery and your hope drain while you race to the exit.
Plain posts are easy, but the feed lays traps: autoplay, streak guilt, “one more episode”, suggested posts after “you're all caught up”. Pick the defuse that hands you back the choice to stop.
At a glance
- Category
- Social Engineering
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Play time
- 3–5 min
- Price
- Free, in your browser, sign-up optional
How to play
- Run
- Keep moving past plain posts.
- Defuse
- Pick the answer that gives you back control: wrong ones drain your gauges.
- Win
- Reach the last card with battery and hope above 0%.
- Three levels
- Beginner, Intermediate or Expert, picked before you play: the content and the clock change, and each level keeps its own best score.
- Satire
- Satire with a lesson: every name, brand and platform is made up, and every run ends on how to spot the trick.
Scoring
20 per post passed, 150 per trap defused; win by reaching the exit with both gauges above 0%.
Each level keeps its own best score in this browser.
What it trains
- Attention awareness
- Spotting autoplay, streaks and FOMO.
- Quick decisions
- Defusing under time pressure.
Strategy and tips
- Move fast
- The gauges drain all the time, so don't linger on plain posts.
- Take back control
- The right defuse always puts the stop button back in your hands.
- Expert
- 18 cards and a fast drain.
Why play Doomscroll Marathon?
Apps remove natural stopping points on purpose. Naming the traps makes it easier to put those stops back.
Frequently asked questions
Is Doomscroll Marathon free?
Yes. It is free and runs in your browser, with no download. Signing up is optional.
How is it different from Doomscroll Escape?
Here you race two draining gauges and defuse specific retention traps on the way to the exit.
Is the app real?
No. Every name, brand, platform and coin in the game is made up. The tricks, though, are real ones you'll meet online.