Gears Tactics overview

Overview

Gears Tactics comes from Splash Damage, The Coalition and is published by Xbox Game Studios. It arrived on Steam on Apr 28, 2020, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Captions available, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Gears Tactics's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 42 players at 11 September 2026 - 20:55:12 UTC, with a tracked peak near 219. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 75% positive across 7,525 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Gears Tactics is available in 11 languages including:

14 regional rating boards including esrb, dejus, csrr, fpb, and kgrb

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Gears Tactics has sold up to 232,000 units and has 7,338 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $8,300,000. On Twitch, 2 streamers are live with around 2 total watchers.

Gears Tactics overview details

Gears Tactics combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Just Updated Jack joins the fight – Gears of War’s signature companion bot, Jack joins Gabe and the heroes of Gears Tactics as a new playable character. In Gears Tactics, Jack changes the dynamic of the encounters, with 20+ new skills ranging from empowering auras to hijacking and controlling enemy units. New powerful enemies – Deviant enemies are introduced in Gears Tactics, adding a new layer of challenge in the battles, with special abilities that will defy the players’ strategies. New Supreme equipment – The new Supreme equipment rewards players with powerful gear to play through the campaign, defying massive bosses and facing the new Deviant enemies. Enhanced controller support – Optimized experience for Xbox controllers on console and PC. Special Offer Get your free Armored Gabe character skin for Gears 5 multiplayer when you complete or have completed the Gears Tactics tutorial. The character skin drops in Gears 5.* *Character Skin requires Gears 5 game, and its use on console requires Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or Xbox Live Gold (each sold separately). About the Game Complete the Gears Tactics tutorial and get Armored Gabe Character Skin for multiplayer modes in Gears 5. Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game set 12 years before the first Gears of War. Cities on the planet Sera are beginning to fall to the monstrous threat rising from underground – the Locust Horde. With the government in disarray, a squad of survivors emerge as humanity's last hope. Play as Gabe Diaz, recruiting, developing and commanding your squads on a desperate mission to…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Gears Tactics is listed as a game with $29.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Captions available, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 42 players at 11 September 2026 - 20:55:12 UTC, a tracked peak of 219, and 75% positive reviews.

Overview tags

StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedGoreTacticalViolentSingleplayerRPGCharacter CustomizationIsometricMultiplayerSci-fiTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatTactical RPG

Content descriptors

This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: Frequent Violence or Gore, General Mature Content

Highlighted achievements

Support and legal notes

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