Gears 5

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• Xbox Series X and Series S

Genres

• post-apocalyptic video game

• third-person shooter

• shooter game^*

Play modes

• co-op mode

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  8^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Series

• Gears of War

Engines

• Unreal Engine 4

Localized titles

• Gears 5

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• Adventure^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Multi-player^*
• PvP^*
• Online PvP^*
• Shared/Split Screen PvP^*
• Co-op^*
• Online Co-op^*
• Shared/Split Screen Co-op^*
• Shared/Split Screen^*
• Cross-Platform Multiplayer^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Captions available^*
• In-App Purchases^*
• Partial Controller Support^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Includes level editor^*
• Family Sharing^*
• Local co-op^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Italian^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• German^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Spanish - Spain^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Arabic^*
• Japanese^*
• Korean^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Polish^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Russian^*
• Simplified Chinese^*
• Spanish - Latin America^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Traditional Chinese^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Turkish^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• French^*
• Italian^*
• German^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Korean^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*
• Spanish - Latin America^*
• Traditional Chinese^*
• Turkish^*

Community tags · historical

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  273^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  226^*

• Third-Person Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  142^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  140^*

• Co-op^*

  Votes · historical

  132^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  107^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  103^*

• Gore^*

  Votes · historical

  103^*

• Violent^*

  Votes · historical

  86^*

• Female Protagonist^*

  Votes · historical

  79^*

• Split Screen^*

  Votes · historical

  78^*

• Co-op Campaign^*

  Votes · historical

  66^*

• Local Co-Op^*

  Votes · historical

  65^*

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  61^*

• Third Person^*

  Votes · historical

  58^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  58^*

• Hero Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  58^*

• Sci-fi^*

  Votes · historical

  56^*

• Mature^*

  Votes · historical

  43^*

• Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  34^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, Windows 10 64-bit^*

  Processor alternatives

  AMD FX-6000 series | Intel i3 Skylake^*

  Memory

  8 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  AMD Radeon R9 280 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (Windows 10) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Windows 7)^*

  Graphics API

  Version 12^*

  Network

  Broadband Internet connection^*

  Storage

  80 GB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  DirectX compatible^*

  Conditions

  Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Graphics alternatives

  AMD Radeon RX 570 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Windows 10) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660ti (Windows 7)^*

  Processor alternatives

  AMD Ryzen 3 | Intel i5 Skylake^*

  Memory

  8 GB^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  8 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Silver^*

  Reports

  75^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Partial^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

Developers

• The Coalition

Publishers

• Xbox Game Studios

• 2019-09-10

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2019-09-09 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2019-09-09^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Sep 9, 2019^*

Detailed specifications