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Gears of War: Reloaded

The Coalition · Xbox Game Studios · 2025-08-26

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Franchise: Gears of War · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 26, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 26, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Aug 26, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience the origins of one of gaming’s most acclaimed franchises like never before, faithfully remastered and optimized for PC.

62%
positive of 4.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
24
Nexus mods (4.1k downloads)
4.30★
PlayStation Store rating (13,002 ratings)
7h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 9h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is a 2015 third-person shooter video game. It is a remastered edition of the 2006 video game Gears of War, the first installment of the Gears of War series, originally developed by Epic Games. Developed by The Coalition and published by Xbox Game Studios, Ultimate Edition is based on the original game's source code; The Coalition's goal for the project was to accurately preserve the original gameplay experience while updating its visual presentation for a contemporary console generation.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 671 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~84/week).
  • · Review velocity up 119% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,894 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 86k–194k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,312 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-08-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 20 of 33 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
81081020252026Week of 2025-08-26: 810 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 756 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 135 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 146 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 75 negativeWeek of 2026-08-25: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-09-08: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-09-08: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-09-15: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-09-15: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-09-22: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$9.992025-06-082026-09-012025-06-08 — best price $39.992025-10-08 — best price $29.992025-10-22 — best price $39.992025-10-23 — best price $39.992025-11-19 — best price $25.992025-11-21 — best price $25.992025-12-02 — best price $39.992025-12-04 — best price $39.992025-12-17 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $19.992026-01-08 — best price $39.992026-01-12 — best price $39.992026-02-12 — best price $19.992026-02-26 — best price $39.992026-03-19 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $39.992026-04-01 — best price $19.992026-04-16 — best price $19.992026-04-30 — best price $19.992026-05-09 — best price $39.992026-05-30 — best price $19.992026-06-06 — best price $39.992026-06-25 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-08-13 — best price $9.992026-08-14 — best price $9.992026-08-15 — best price $9.992026-08-16 — best price $9.992026-08-17 — best price $9.992026-08-18 — best price $9.992026-08-19 — best price $9.992026-08-20 — best price $9.992026-08-23 — best price $39.992026-08-25 — best price $9.992026-09-01 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

943972026-07-19 — 222 pageviews2026-07-22 — 165 pageviews2026-07-25 — 159 pageviews2026-07-28 — 166 pageviews2026-07-31 — 278 pageviews2026-08-03 — 223 pageviews2026-08-06 — 252 pageviews2026-08-09 — 269 pageviews2026-08-12 — 173 pageviews2026-08-15 — 255 pageviews2026-08-18 — 238 pageviews2026-08-21 — 177 pageviews2026-08-24 — 179 pageviews2026-08-27 — 215 pageviews2026-08-30 — 175 pageviews2026-09-02 — 136 pageviews2026-09-05 — 141 pageviews2026-09-08 — 123 pageviews2026-09-11 — 112 pageviews2026-09-14 — 164 pageviews2026-09-17 — 149 pageviews2026-09-20 — 122 pageviews2026-09-23 — 163 pageviews2026-09-26 — 164 pageviews2026-09-29 — 167 pageviews2026-10-02 — 796 pageviews2026-10-05 — 679 pageviews2026-10-08 — 836 pageviews2026-10-11 — 676 pageviews2026-10-14 — 395 pageviews2026-10-15 — 400 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
81.9%
earned "Prison Breakout"
26.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions available

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)38,7991%56
PS5 (PlayStation)17,5254%57
Steam (Steam)3,0492%56

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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