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Gears 5

Third-person shooter with a semi-open campaign and co-op battles

The Coalition · Published by Xbox Game Studios · Released Sep 9, 2019

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Reviews
Mostly Positive
72% of 23K
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
74% of 155 in 30 days
Players
265
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
3 years ago
Jun 21, 2023
Minimum PC
R9 280
8 GB RAM · 80 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 82/100 (critic reviews)

What is Gears 5?

A third-person action shooter set on Sera, with a campaign that alternates linear missions and open areas as you fight enemy forces. Kait Diaz leaves the wider war effort to investigate her connection to the enemy, while Versus provides competitive matches and Horde and Escape provide class-based cooperative play.

For you if...

  • +you like campaigns that mix linear missions and exploration
  • +you want class-based cooperative battles alongside competitive matches
  • +you plan to play locally through split-screen

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer shooters without gore or graphic violence
  • −you want a campaign built only from linear missions
  • −you do not want to sign into an Xbox profile

What players say

72% of 22,505 reviews are positive · 74% of 155 in the last 30 days

Players praise the combat, environment variety, and multiplayer modes, particularly Horde and Escape. Common complaints focus on the campaign's writing and pacing, persistent bugs and crashes, and failures when signing into the required Xbox account.

Players over time

▼ -48% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 667 players on Sep 27, 2026.

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Nov 7, 2026265
Nov 6, 2026191
Nov 5, 2026194
Nov 4, 2026209
Nov 3, 2026230
Nov 2, 2026198
Nov 1, 2026299
Oct 31, 2026247
Oct 30, 2026196
Oct 29, 2026221
Oct 28, 2026255
Oct 27, 2026290
Oct 26, 2026341
Oct 25, 2026384
Oct 24, 2026380
Oct 23, 2026365
Oct 22, 2026350
Oct 21, 2026309
Oct 20, 2026336
Oct 19, 2026393
Oct 18, 2026438
Oct 17, 2026395
Oct 16, 2026418
Oct 15, 20260
Oct 14, 2026364
Oct 13, 2026420
Oct 12, 2026562
Oct 11, 2026502
Oct 10, 2026419
Oct 9, 2026400
Oct 8, 2026367
Oct 7, 2026376
Oct 6, 2026451
Oct 5, 2026506
Oct 4, 2026535
Oct 3, 2026500
Oct 2, 2026419
Oct 1, 2026596
Sep 30, 2026518
Sep 29, 2026594
Sep 28, 2026602
Sep 27, 2026667
Sep 26, 2026617
Sep 25, 2026542
Sep 24, 2026571
Sep 23, 2026157
Sep 23, 2026527
Sep 22, 2026505
Sep 21, 2026432

How many players finish Gears 5?

29% of Steam players have unlocked «Discovered the True Threat to Sera», the achievement for finishing the main story.

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Screenshots and trailer

Gears 5 screenshot 1

Gears 5 system requirements

Minimum: R9 280, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, Windows 10 64-bit
Processor
AMD FX-6000 series | Intel i3 Skylake
Graphics
AMD Radeon R9 280 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (Windows 10) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Windows 7)
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
80 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12

Recommended

OS
Windows 10 64-bit
Processor
AMD Ryzen 3 | Intel i5 Skylake
Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 570 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Windows 10) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660ti (Windows 7)
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
80 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12

Does Gears 5 have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online and split-screen; PvP online and split-screen. It also has a single-player mode. Crossplay with other platforms is declared.

Does Gears 5 run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • Singleplayer gameplay requires active internet connection

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Third-party account
Xbox Live
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
181
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards, In-app purchases
Age rating
17+
Languages
Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese. Text only: Arabic, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish.

Does Gears 5 use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

3 DLC available.

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