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Gears 5

The Coalition · Xbox Game Studios · 2019-09-09

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Gears of War · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 09, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 10, 2019 (Xbox One), Nov 10, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S)

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.

1,024
playing now
71%
positive of 25k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
48
twitch viewers (latest)
88/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (280 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 5.3h · completionist 18h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

1,024 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Gears 5 is a 2019 third-person shooter video game developed by The Coalition and published by Xbox Game Studios for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It is the fifth main installment of the Gears of War series and the sequel to Gears of War 4. Gears 5 follows the story of Kait Diaz, who is on a journey to find out the origin of the Locust Horde, the main antagonistic faction of the Gears of War series.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,024 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 747 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~93/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,720 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 628k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 25,108 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2026-07-30) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 20 of 33 observed days · $25.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.0k2.0k20192026Week of 2019-09-01: 2,010 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1,710 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 275 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,361 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 445 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 987 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 328 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 586 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 162 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.2k2572026-08-06 21:00 — 1,376 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,344 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 915 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,557 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,653 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,190 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,919 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,848 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,225 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 2,155 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,243 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 894 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 1,680 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 1,326 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 939 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,526 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 1,105 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 806 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,423 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,192 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 419 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 859 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 1,279 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 491 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 614 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1,050 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 257 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 516 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,024 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$0.002019-08-202026-08-272019-08-20 — best price $59.992019-12-19 — best price $29.992020-01-28 — best price $59.992020-04-21 — best price $59.992020-07-15 — best price $39.992020-10-14 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $9.992021-01-04 — best price $15.992021-04-01 — best price $15.992021-05-24 — best price $39.992021-07-22 — best price $15.992021-10-25 — best price $15.992022-01-05 — best price $39.992022-02-08 — best price $39.992022-06-23 — best price $13.192022-08-02 — best price $13.192023-01-03 — best price $39.992023-03-21 — best price $13.192023-05-09 — best price $13.192023-06-20 — best price $39.992023-09-19 — best price $39.992023-11-16 — best price $11.992023-12-21 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $9.992024-04-25 — best price $13.592024-06-04 — best price $7.492024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-10-18 — best price $7.492024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-02-10 — best price $7.492025-04-24 — best price $9.892025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-12-04 — best price $29.992026-02-12 — best price $14.992026-04-16 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-08-07 — best price $4.492026-08-12 — best price $4.492026-08-27 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4.5k2622026-05-29 — 267 pageviews2026-06-01 — 325 pageviews2026-06-04 — 422 pageviews2026-06-07 — 4,026 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,654 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,420 pageviews2026-06-16 — 1,177 pageviews2026-06-19 — 895 pageviews2026-06-22 — 872 pageviews2026-06-25 — 680 pageviews2026-06-28 — 581 pageviews2026-07-01 — 577 pageviews2026-07-04 — 477 pageviews2026-07-07 — 421 pageviews2026-07-10 — 329 pageviews2026-07-13 — 331 pageviews2026-07-16 — 285 pageviews2026-07-19 — 374 pageviews2026-07-22 — 309 pageviews2026-07-25 — 262 pageviews2026-07-28 — 347 pageviews2026-07-31 — 756 pageviews2026-08-03 — 607 pageviews2026-08-06 — 557 pageviews2026-08-09 — 673 pageviews2026-08-12 — 514 pageviews2026-08-15 — 492 pageviews2026-08-18 — 442 pageviews2026-08-21 — 370 pageviews2026-08-24 — 347 pageviews2026-08-26 — 689 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

486262026-08-27 15:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 55 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 205 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 170 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 114 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 211 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 114 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 103 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 55 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 83 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 193 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 245 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 142 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 199 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 247 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 234 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 148 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 72 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 56 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 79 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 90 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 135 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 143 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 112 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 133 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 154 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 208 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 84 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 79 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 48 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
69.9%
earned "My Body is Ready"
11.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform Multiplayer3 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)145,5490%181
Steam (Steam)16,4100%181

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

GoreCo-opActionShooterViolentAdventureOpen WorldLocal Co-OpMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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