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Gears Tactics
Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.
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
54 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I completed the game in 29 hours on insane. This is definately one of my favourite tactical shooters. The gameplay is solid and the production values are solid. Highly recommended”
“Great modern tactics game, good entry into the series. Wished there were a few more optional side missions to compelte before the story moves forward but in general worth your time if you are a fan of turn-based tactics…”
“Very challenging, but really decent strategy game with great satisfaction as you increase your characters levels.”
8 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“It's an average tactical game. Not bad, but not to good either. Just about average. At times that's what you want, at other times it's not. It falls short of XCOM 1 or 2 in terms of depth and gameplay, but IT IS…”
“I completed the game in 29 hours on insane. This is definately one of my favourite tactical shooters. The gameplay is solid and the production values are solid. Highly recommended”
“There's a lot to like about this game, and a few things I didn't, but overall I really enjoyed it. Firstly, it's very true to the feel of the Gears games. I remember playing the first Gears of War game on Xbox when it…”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“It's an average tactical game. Not bad, but not to good either. Just about average. At times that's what you want, at other times it's not. It falls short of XCOM 1 or 2 in terms of depth and gameplay, but IT IS…”
“Great game, very fun tactical game. I enjoy the gameplay, the story is good, I wish they would make another”
“Good looking, nice story and somewhat annoying boss fights. Skills can get very important, so choose not only the right squad but also the correct equipment. Oh, and close the burrows before they open…”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Runs Great. Especially on the Steam Deck. I enjoy playing this game wherever I go and I'm so happy.”
“Works well on Steam Deck, just some of the text is pretty small. I am usually anti these types of games, I just don't care for them but also have no experience in them, but finally picked this up because it's Gears of…”
“There's a lot to like about this game, and a few things I didn't, but overall I really enjoyed it. Firstly, it's very true to the feel of the Gears games. I remember playing the first Gears of War game on Xbox when it…”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“An XCOM-like for the Gears of War world where the main mechanical differences are an entertaining Action-Point management system and Gears style executions. Equipment management also replaces base management and allows…”
“The slide-to-cover implementation really does a great job of recontextualizing tactical movement while honoring the cover-shooter roots of Gears of War. As may be expected, the gruff-and-tough military characters aren't…”
26 of the 102 reviews raise this · 16 of them still recommend the game.
“It's an average tactical game. Not bad, but not to good either. Just about average. At times that's what you want, at other times it's not. It falls short of XCOM 1 or 2 in terms of depth and gameplay, but IT IS…”
14 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“single player game that requires a microsoft sign in so they can data mine you more **** You MicroSh*t”
13 of the 102 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Great modern tactics game, good entry into the series. Wished there were a few more optional side missions to compelte before the story moves forward but in general worth your time if you are a fan of turn-based tactics…”
10 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Yeah.. I would say this game was fun! It is a bit different from lets say, X-com, Phantom Doctrine or Phoenix point, since you have no overland map layer. You just go from mission to mission, and in between manage your…”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 74.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
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— a player, Steam review · 46 hrs played“it's 7/10 game bad things: - ms account is required - very limited amount of unique missions - the item system is boring, the endless stream of things which are mostly +5% to some stat - the skill tree is boring, would be better if the game has a reduced set with skills which…”
— a player, Steam review · 50 hrs played“(Mixed.) The only Gears of War game I've ever played. Overall it's competent, but this is my second time trying to complete the game and once again the campaign is dragging its feet before it even reaches the halfway point. On the second highest difficulty, the game's still too…”
— a player, Steam review · 36 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
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-04). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Update - 23rd March 2021
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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 | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based · Gore · Tactical · Violent · Singleplayer · RPG · Character Customization · Isometric · Multiplayer · Sci-fi (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 61 |
| Official site | https://www.gearstactics.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel i3 Skylake | AMD FX-6000 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 260X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 45 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible