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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 strategy, turn-based tactics and turn-based game developed by Splash Damage and The Coalition and published by Xbox Game Studios.
Released on April 28th 2020 is available only on Windows in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Spanish - Latin America.

It has received 7,213 reviews of which 5,420 were positive and 1,793 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.89€ on Steam with a 67% discount.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel i3 Skylake | AMD FX-6000
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 260X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 45 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX compatible

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March 2025
"Tactics" is a nicely crafted, "XCOM2 - lite" sort of title. It's more forgiving than some of its other partners in the tactical genre, and the metagame of squad management is less fiddly. (You don't have to deal with injuries or time passing in the same ways as in other games.) Overall, the quality-of-life choices made by the developers tended to align with what I wanted, which I appreciated. There's a large population of "standard-issue, gruff, military types" throughout, but I can't imagine that anyone was expecting otherwise. Even so, there's a decent twist or two in the plot to keep things interesting. The handcrafted, setpiece missions struck me as being really well done, with tactical challenges that ramp up appropriately. The side missions were fine, but the sense of them being semi-procedurally generated filler (well suited to some sort of live-service, play forever game) eventually got the upper hand. I did get jammed up on what I think is the final battle. The encounter wants you to be fast and agile, but I did very well throughout the whole game by being slow and cautious. I suppose I could have done a re-spec on my characters, but I've reached the age where, when I stop having fun, I put down the no-longer-fun thing and walk away without much regret. "Tactics" is a perfectly decent entry into this style of game. I think it's worth checking out.
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Feb. 2025
Ignore the Mostly Positive, this game rocks. The most aggressive tactics game I have ever played. If you like Gears, even if you hate turn based, this is pretty great. It is occasionally a tiny tiny bit buggy but never game breakingly so. This deserves a lot more love. Seriously, I have never played a more accessible tactics game, and one which has this much "it is so over" and "we are so back": in the same turn.
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Nov. 2024
Amongst the tactics game I have played, this one is at the top of the list when it comes to the production value. Sounds, voices, atmosphere, graphics are all slick. You have some simple customization for your weapons and armor and this system will carry you on to the finish line as your search for these parts in every mission. However it is sad for me to say this quality does not apply to the story as we are exposed to a mediocre one throughout the missions so all that remains for us to play the tactics side of game. Unfortunately, Tactics part of the game didn’t captivate me as much as other tactics games I’ve played recently. I found myself alternating between brief play sessions and breaks, unable to fully immerse myself. Still this is one of the playable tactics game, released in the recent years and there are enough pieces here for me to recommend it.
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Sept. 2024
It's like Xcom but somehow lacking something. The maps are very repetitive, you feel like you go to the same gate, open and kill all. Story was OK, good graphics, good cinematics. Progress of your chars is lackluster, many times feels better to just recruit a new guy with +1level than do missions with your old roster. It's still fun to play if you like Xcom type of games. It's a 7/10 but makes no sense to play it after you finish the SP story line (around 27hours).
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June 2024
It's like XCOM except it's good because my stupid shooter-rotted doodoo peanut brain can understand it.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Gears Tactics is currently priced at 9.89€ on Steam.

Gears Tactics is currently available at a 67% discount. You can purchase it for 9.89€ on Steam.

Gears Tactics received 5,420 positive votes out of a total of 7,213 achieving a rating of 7.34.
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Gears Tactics was developed by Splash Damage and The Coalition and published by Xbox Game Studios.

Gears Tactics is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Gears Tactics is not playable on MacOS.

Gears Tactics is not playable on Linux.

Gears Tactics does not currently offer any DLC.

Gears Tactics does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Gears Tactics does not support Steam Remote Play.

Gears Tactics does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Gears Tactics.

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Gears Tactics
7.3
5,420
1,793
Online players
61
Developer
Splash Damage, The Coalition
Publisher
Xbox Game Studios
Release 28 Apr 2020
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