Gears of War: E-Day
Gears of War: E-Day screenshot 1Gears of War: E-Day screenshot 2
ActionAdventureFemale ProtagonistGoreThird-Person ShooterShooterMultiplayer

1,657 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 6,685

Peak in the last 7 days: 8,711

Gears of War: E-Day Steam store

Game description

Experience Emergence Day – the brutal origin story of one of gaming’s most acclaimed third-person shooter franchises.

Basic info

DeveloperThe Coalition
PublisherXbox Game Studios
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateOct 6, 2026
Price

Prices by IsThereAnyDeal

Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 64-bit 22H 19045.7291
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 2600X / Intel i7‑6850K / i5‑10400
Memory12 GB
GraphicsHardware Ray Tracing capable GPU is required. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 / NVIDIA GeForce RT…
Storage115 GB
steamyze

Review Analysis Score

Based on 401 reviews from the past 1 year

73.7/ 100
Bottom 30%

Steam rating: Mostly Positive (72%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 12, 2026)

Great graphics and gore win praise for Gears of War: E-Day, but crashes and a shifted story hold it at 73.7 from 12,231 Steam reviews.

👍 Strengths

Gameplay ranks 303rd of 1396. 70 reviews praise the graphics and gore, 52 find the new combat feel refreshing, and 42 describe satisfying combat and a fun campaign. Visuals & Sound ranks 391st of 1249 and appears in 48% of analyzed reviews. Players also enjoy multiplayer with good guns and maps, and some feel the story recovers an emotional depth missing for years.

👎 Where it falls short

Tech & Support ranks 1125th of 1399. 85 reviews report frequent crashes, the most upvoted also seeing enemies shoot through buildings, and 48 report memory leaks and stutter. Story & World ranks 974th of 1096: 56 dislike where the story goes, the most upvoted saying it moves away from Marcus and Dom, and others feel a new character overshadows the main cast. Some also find the gunplay floaty next to earlier games.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“crashes every 10 minutes, enemies shoot through buildings” · 85 reviews
“Graphics great, Gore great” · 70 reviews
“new gameplay is refreshing” · 52 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 48% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel +2.64 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Positive “new gameplay is refreshing” · 52 reviews
Negative “gameplay floaty, lacks weight compared to previous titles” · 14 reviews

Progression 4% · Difficulty 7% · Onboarding 4% · Freedom 10% · Strategy 11%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 60% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

World +2.64 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “atmosphere is fantastic, city progressively collapsing into destruction” · 11 reviews
Negative “forced identity content and narrative decisions excessively present, affecting immersion” · 4 reviews

Story 52% · Characters 40%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 23% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Variety -2.12 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition
Negative “missing legacy features and content variety compared to previous games” · 8 reviews

Volume 18% · Replayability 2%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 48% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +4.08 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “Graphics great, Gore great” · 70 reviews

Audio 13%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 30% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +2.36 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “multiplayer is fun with good guns and maps” · 25 reviews
Negative “team AI is incompetent, sits in cover far behind player” · 5 reviews

Community 2% · Servers & Connection 6%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 14% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.18 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “Gnasher shotgun is overpowered while Lancer rifle is useless” · 7 reviews

Anti-cheat 1% · Pricing 13% · Matchmaking 4%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 46% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.65 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “crashes every 10 minutes, enemies shoot through buildings” · 85 reviews

Performance 27% · Developer support 17%

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

Was this analysis useful? Sign in with Steam to vote

🎲 What kind of gamer are you? Find your title in 3 minutes.