Gears 5
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ActionAdventureThird-Person ShooterMultiplayerCo-opShooterSingleplayer

84 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 288

Peak in the last 7 days: 359

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Game description

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.

Basic info

DeveloperThe Coalition
PublisherXbox Game Studios
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateSep 9, 2019
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 7 SP1 64-bit, Windows 10 64-bit
ProcessorAMD FX-6000 series | Intel i3 Skylake
Memory8 GB
GraphicsAMD Radeon R9 280 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (Windows 10) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Window…
Storage80 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 433 reviews from the past 1 year

69.5/ 100
Bottom 30%

Steam rating: Mostly Positive (71%)

Metacritic: 82 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 25, 2026)

Shooting with friends carries this cover based shooter, which scores 69.5, while the campaign story wins fewer fans.

👍 Strengths

74 reviews find it fun, with some pointing to its action and others to Horde mode challenges. 71 praise the visuals, calling it a great looking entry with varied locations and polished effects, and Visuals & Sound ranks 465th of 1249. 60 enjoy playing together with friends, and some single out split screen co-op and Horde mode. Multiplayer ranks 352nd of 642, and Gameplay ranks 854th of 1396.

👎 Where it falls short

Story & World ranks 1024th of 1096. 60 reviews dislike the story, citing slow pacing in the middle, unlikeable characters and an unsatisfying ending. 46 report bugs and crashes, such as save problems, crashes in ranked matches and login issues that blocked play. 27 find the campaign repetitive, describing the same few enemy types and linear corridors that lose their novelty. Content Volume ranks 931st of 1351, and Tech & Support ranks 618th of 1399.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“very fun game despite technical issues” · 74 reviews
“most technically accomplished game in franchise, plays faster and cleaner” · 71 reviews
“split-screen co-op was fun shooting enemies as a real team with wife” · 60 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 50% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel +1.48 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Positive “keyboard and mouse controls are great and solid” · 46 reviews
Negative “invisible walls and constant feeling of playing a broken game from 2000s” · 25 reviews

Progression 5% · Difficulty 11% · Onboarding 4% · Freedom 18% · Strategy 7%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 54% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

World +1.39 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “amazing world and top-tier Gears atmosphere” · 1 review
Negative “lost intensity and strong identity since Gears 4, dislikes Swarm design” · 1 review

Story 49% · Characters 20%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 28% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Variety -1.66 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition
Negative “repetitive gameplay, same enemies and attacks” · 27 reviews
Positive “diverse situations, mechanics and varied gameplay” · 2 reviews

Volume 13% · Replayability 2%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 34% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.65 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “most technically accomplished game in franchise, plays faster and cleaner” · 71 reviews
Negative “bland cinematics, storage-wasting free roam environments” · 1 review

Audio 10%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 41% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +1.95 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “split-screen co-op was fun shooting enemies as a real team with wife” · 60 reviews
Negative “third player is effectively a garbage collector, not true co-op” · 11 reviews

Community 6% · Servers & Connection 5%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 19% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.17 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “forced to use only gnasher shotgun, everything else punished” · 11 reviews

Anti-cheat 1% · Pricing 9% · Matchmaking 4%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 36% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.48 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “incredibly buggy for a big budget production” · 46 reviews
Positive “no issues encountered, fully well-made game” · 4 reviews

Performance 17% · Developer support 8%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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