Gears 5 (Steam Game) Steam logo

Release DateSep 9, 2019
Price$ 39.99  Top 2%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)71.1% (mostly positive) Bottom 35% / 69.6%  Bottom 35%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)70% / 68.6%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)17.5K  Top 2% / 21.4K  Top 2%
Curators255 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time20.1 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar30 minutes
Followers71.6K  Top 2%
Owners± 842.5K  Top 4%
Copies Sold± 598.8K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 16.8M  Top 2%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Gears 5 steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Gears 5's Steam rating and reviews between September 2019 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 52% (October 2019) and 69.5% (December 2023).

With 21.4K reviews Top 2%, Gears 5 is definitely a major AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts. Most of the peaks took place in December.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Gears 5 and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Gears 5's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (37%), followed by Simplified Chinese (26%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 29 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has been translated in 15 languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Gears 5 percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Gears 5 depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is great, reaching 53 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.7 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (32 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of Gears 5's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Ton of content and fan service
  • Variety of co-op modes and skins
  • Excellent gameplay
  • New Jack upgrade abilities
  • Different filters that make the game look more like Gears of War 1 to 3
  • Two different horde modes
  • Classic skins for Marcus, Baird, and Cole Train
  • Great graphics
  • Decent soundtrack
  • Beautiful scenery
  • Boring second and third acts of the story
  • Lack of interesting things in big sandbox areas
  • No character development
  • Expensive in-game transactions
  • Grinding-oriented progression system
  • Connection issues in multiplayer
  • Open world that doesn't add to the game
  • Characters are unlikable
  • Loss of focus due to open world
  • Nosedives from previous games in the franchise

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's rating of 71.1%  Bottom 35% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Gears 5's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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