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Gears Tactics

Splash Damage · Xbox Game Studios · 2020-04-28

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Strategy

Franchise: Gears of War · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 10, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 10, 2020 (Xbox One), Apr 28, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.

Gears Tactics is a 2020 Strategy game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 7764 reviews).

56
playing now
75%
positive of 7.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (63 ratings)
26
Nexus mods (47k downloads)
27h
time to beat (IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

56 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Gears Tactics is a turn-based tactics video game developed by Splash Damage in conjunction with The Coalition and published by Xbox Game Studios. It is a spin-off of the Gears of War franchise and a prequel to the first game. The game was released first for Windows on April 28, 2020 and subsequently for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on November 10, 2020.

Trailer

Gears Tactics trailer thumbnail

Gears Tactics - Official Launch Trailer

≈436,993 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 56 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 248 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~31/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,411 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 155k–349k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,764 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Microsoft Store (2024-05-07) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 14 of 31 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20202026Week of 2020-04-01: 923 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,087 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 324 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

96282026-09-15 13:00 — 54 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 66 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 30 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 61 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 73 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 45 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 43 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 61 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 61 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 63 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 62 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 41 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 32 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 64 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 53 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 36 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 42 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 47 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 30 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 76 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 92 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 42 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 56 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.3k32May 2020Aug 2026May 2020 — avg 1,315 · peak 5,979Jul 2020 — avg 238 · peak 545Sep 2020 — avg 91 · peak 176Nov 2020 — avg 107 · peak 228Jan 2021 — avg 208 · peak 551Mar 2021 — avg 83 · peak 165May 2021 — avg 94 · peak 204Jul 2021 — avg 116 · peak 282Sep 2021 — avg 62 · peak 138Nov 2021 — avg 229 · peak 630Jan 2022 — avg 202 · peak 501Mar 2022 — avg 70 · peak 141May 2022 — avg 88 · peak 171Jul 2022 — avg 96 · peak 231Sep 2022 — avg 130 · peak 292Nov 2022 — avg 61 · peak 132Jan 2023 — avg 129 · peak 253Mar 2023 — avg 74 · peak 174May 2023 — avg 74 · peak 184Jul 2023 — avg 75 · peak 154Sep 2023 — avg 57 · peak 177Nov 2023 — avg 61 · peak 169Jan 2024 — avg 67 · peak 143Mar 2024 — avg 60 · peak 135May 2024 — avg 53 · peak 114Jul 2024 — avg 76 · peak 159Sep 2024 — avg 52 · peak 116Nov 2024 — avg 40 · peak 85Jan 2025 — avg 64 · peak 154Mar 2025 — avg 49 · peak 109May 2025 — avg 58 · peak 137Jul 2025 — avg 38 · peak 72Sep 2025 — avg 40 · peak 80Nov 2025 — avg 40 · peak 81Jan 2026 — avg 56 · peak 128Mar 2026 — avg 32 · peak 68May 2026 — avg 40 · peak 93Jul 2026 — avg 62 · peak 149Aug 2026 — avg 103 · peak 271
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$7.492019-12-132026-10-102019-12-13 — best price $59.992020-06-25 — best price $40.192020-10-20 — best price $51.992021-01-05 — best price $59.992021-02-16 — best price $59.992021-06-10 — best price $23.992021-07-22 — best price $15.992021-10-25 — best price $15.992021-12-23 — best price $9.992022-02-08 — best price $15.992022-06-24 — best price $13.192022-08-09 — best price $39.992022-10-18 — best price $13.192023-01-17 — best price $9.992023-03-28 — best price $39.992023-05-23 — best price $39.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-10-05 — best price $39.992023-11-28 — best price $39.992024-01-04 — best price $39.992024-04-04 — best price $9.992024-05-06 — best price $29.992024-06-18 — best price $29.992024-08-01 — best price $29.992024-12-03 — best price $29.992025-01-03 — best price $29.992025-04-16 — best price $9.892025-05-27 — best price $29.992025-12-02 — best price $29.992026-01-12 — best price $29.992026-04-01 — best price $14.992026-06-06 — best price $29.992026-08-15 — best price $7.492026-09-19 — best price $29.992026-10-10 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

932832026-05-31 — 114 pageviews2026-06-04 — 102 pageviews2026-06-08 — 932 pageviews2026-06-12 — 327 pageviews2026-06-16 — 319 pageviews2026-06-20 — 246 pageviews2026-06-24 — 193 pageviews2026-06-28 — 181 pageviews2026-07-02 — 145 pageviews2026-07-06 — 156 pageviews2026-07-10 — 83 pageviews2026-07-14 — 111 pageviews2026-07-18 — 101 pageviews2026-07-22 — 105 pageviews2026-07-26 — 87 pageviews2026-07-30 — 147 pageviews2026-08-03 — 144 pageviews2026-08-07 — 168 pageviews2026-08-11 — 158 pageviews2026-08-15 — 176 pageviews2026-08-19 — 138 pageviews2026-08-23 — 131 pageviews2026-08-27 — 221 pageviews2026-08-31 — 217 pageviews2026-09-04 — 154 pageviews2026-09-08 — 115 pageviews2026-09-12 — 110 pageviews2026-09-16 — 143 pageviews2026-09-20 — 163 pageviews2026-09-24 — 143 pageviews2026-09-28 — 154 pageviews2026-10-02 — 572 pageviews2026-10-06 — 564 pageviews2026-10-10 — 478 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
89.5%
earned "Oh I'm sorry did I break your concentration?"
11.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,2481%61

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.

Player tags

RPGGoreSci-fiViolentStrategyTacticalIsometricTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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