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Gears 5
From one of gaming’s most acclaimed sagas, Gears is bigger than ever. With all-out war descending, Kait Diaz breaks away to uncover her connection to the enemy and discovers the true danger to Sera – herself.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
26 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“*Note that this is all going to just be a review of the campaign, I do not play Gears for the multiplayer It feels weird saying I don't like this because most of my criticisms revolve around this game trying to do…”
“I got this game on sale. Overall, I would say I thoroughly enjoyed it. I played on intermediate and that was difficult to me, but in a good way. The monsters are all very killable. You need to scavenge for upgrades,…”
“Very good game, and its fun in split screen”
22 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“*Note that this is all going to just be a review of the campaign, I do not play Gears for the multiplayer It feels weird saying I don't like this because most of my criticisms revolve around this game trying to do…”
“I got this game on sale. Overall, I would say I thoroughly enjoyed it. I played on intermediate and that was difficult to me, but in a good way. The monsters are all very killable. You need to scavenge for upgrades,…”
“Gears 5 surprised me in the best way. The campaign looks incredible, the combat feels weighty and satisfying, and the characters actually have some great emotional moments. I wasn’t expecting to enjoy the open‑area…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Gears 5 surprised me in the best way. The campaign looks incredible, the combat feels weighty and satisfying, and the characters actually have some great emotional moments. I wasn’t expecting to enjoy the open‑area…”
“My favourite Gears game! Kait Diaz FTW! *****”
“This is my favorite game ever. best series. I cried. over 4000 hours logged. Play it so there is grubs to kill plz. kk gg ez”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I got this game on sale. Overall, I would say I thoroughly enjoyed it. I played on intermediate and that was difficult to me, but in a good way. The monsters are all very killable. You need to scavenge for upgrades,…”
“Gears 5 surprised me in the best way. The campaign looks incredible, the combat feels weighty and satisfying, and the characters actually have some great emotional moments. I wasn’t expecting to enjoy the open‑area…”
“GoW is an awesome game, geat graphics, awesome story and characters, controls make sense. great all around.”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I got this game on sale. Overall, I would say I thoroughly enjoyed it. I played on intermediate and that was difficult to me, but in a good way. The monsters are all very killable. You need to scavenge for upgrades,…”
“best gears campaign lowkey. i recommend insane or harder tho and its easily worth the $”
“its very friendly to new players!”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“This and Gears of War 4 explains why they're going back to the OG characters in the upcoming Gears of War E-Day.”
“It just feels like a filler game story is kind of boring and feels the same as 4, empty, and the gay propaganda is just gay af, the enemies get stuck on Act 3 side mission Artillery Battery, so you can not complete it.”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Garbage multiplayer, even worse campaign. Filled with bugs and awful gameplay. Probably the worst Gears entry.”
“I'm really liking it.. but.. For_F_Sakes... why should anyone have the generators that energize the turrets OUTSIDE the facility they are defending with turrets? well... duh!”
“Didn't like the controls. Game felt generic. Life is too short for games like this.”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Garbage multiplayer, even worse campaign. Filled with bugs and awful gameplay. Probably the worst Gears entry.”
“I’m playing this on the steam deck and it plays very well on medium graphics. There are very rarely lag spikes though. The only problem I have is sometimes the menu can be very annoying. I don’t know if it’s just me but…”
“Pretty good. Got on sale $15. Problem with installation, Ultra HD texture pack DLC had to be disabled and then when gears does get downloaded onto my 225GB SSD it takes up !^)GB of space NOT 80GB”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Garbage multiplayer, even worse campaign. Filled with bugs and awful gameplay. Probably the worst Gears entry.”
“The latest Gears game but some how the multiplayer game play is not only 20 years old but somehow feels worse now than it did 20 years ago. Unless this game get a hard reboot its as good as dead. A small group of hard…”
“multiplayer is straight up bustted cannot invite friends at all”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“crazy i forgot my xbox and became locked out for 24h imagine buying a game on steam. then are un able to play due to forgeting info . then is met with lol sry cant play unless you sign in........... but why........…”
“Two reasons : - Requires Microsoft account - Easy Anti cheat I didn't play the game, and I won't, 112G to the trash.”
“i love this game but am having problems with my sighn in for the game”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 70.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“I originally played Gears 5 back when it came out on Xbox One. However, because of the awful campaign and playing through the game with the annoying main lead Kait Diaz and her stupid sidekick Del. I just couldn't bring myself to finish the game and completely forgot about it.…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Hadn't touched the Gears of War series since Gears of War 3. After playing Gears of War Reloaded (and having a blast), I remembered how awesome Gears is and decided to see what I'd missed. Coming from Reloaded, Gears 5 is a bit of a culture shock, and, combined with my awareness…”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played“Requires logging into a Microsoft account to even get to the menu. I understand why they'd require this for multiplayer, but let us at least get to the main menu without logging in :-/”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Action · Adventure · Third-Person Shooter · Multiplayer · Co-op · Singleplayer · Shooter · Gore · Violent · Female Protagonist · Split Screen · Co-op Campaign (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Arabic, Japanese, Korean * , Polish, Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America * , Traditional Chinese * , Turkish * |
| Achievements | 181 |
| Official site | https://gears5.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, Windows 10 64-bit Processor: AMD FX-6000 series | Intel i3 Skylake Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 280 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (Windows 10) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Windows 7) DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 80 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible