Gears of War: Reloaded
The original Gears of War returns, faithfully remastered and natively optimized for more platforms than ever before as Gears of War: Reloaded. Experience the origins of one of gaming’s most acclaimed…
Gears of War: Reloaded is a shooter developed by The Coalition, released 26 August 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Gears of War: Reloaded is
Gears of War: Reloaded is a shooter game developed by The Coalition and released in 2025. It was published by Xbox Game Studios. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The original Gears of War returns, faithfully remastered and natively optimized for more platforms than ever before as Gears of War: Reloaded. Experience the origins of one of gaming’s most acclaimed franchises like never before. Featuring 4K resolution, up to 120 FPS support, and the ultimate multiplayer experience with cross-progression and cross-play, across all platforms, this is the definitive way to experience the game that started it all.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 56 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Gears of War series
Gears of War: Reloaded is the 11th of 12 entries we hold in the Gears of War series. It arrived 5 years after Gears Tactics. The next entry was Gears of War: E-Day in 2026. Its critic score of 88 is 5 points above the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is Gears of War 3 at 97.
How it was received
Gears of War: Reloaded holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 10 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD Ryzen 3 (Four-Core) or Intel i5 Skylake, 8 GB RAM and AMD Radeon RX 480 / RX 5300 or Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 / 1050 Ti or Intel(R) Arc(TM) A380. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 70GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Gears of War: Reloaded launched on 26 August 2025, within three weeks of Hollow Knight: Silksong, Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Hell is Us. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hollow Knight: Silksong, Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Hell is Us.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Gears of War: Reloaded yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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