Gears of War: Reloaded, released 3 days ago on August 26, 2025, and in a remarkable achievement, has surpassed 1 million players across Xbox Series S|X, PC, and for the first time, PlayStation 5.
This milestone was announced by The Coalition via the Gears of War account on X, where they stated, "Ending the console war, one grub at a time. Thank you for one million players." The Gears of War remaster has been well-received, earning an average OpenCritic score of 81 out of 100 based on 52 reviews. The game has been highly praised for its revamped visuals, improved performance, and faithful recreation of the original title's gritty and gruesome third-person gameplay.
However, on PC via Steam, the game saw a peak player count of 4,819 on launch day, which has dropped to 1,158, with a 52.80% user score out of 1,345 reviews. This does not account for the broader console launch and Game Pass subscription on both consoles and PC, which played a significantly larger role in driving the player count to 1 million.
August 26 marked a historical moment in gaming history, as Xbox's Gears of War: Reloaded launched on PlayStation, while a Sony-exclusive first-party title, Helldivers 2, launched on the rival Xbox platform for the first time simultaneously. This has fueled speculation that more Gears of War titles will potentially arrive on PlayStation at launch in the future as opposed to them being timed exclusives.
The Gears of War franchise is garnering hype as the upcoming prequel Gears of War: E-Day has been in ongoing development for over five years, and serves as a mainline lead-in to the original Gears trilogy.
Developed by The Coalition and published by Microsoft, this overhauled edition of Gears of War 2006, previously remastered in 2015 as Gears of War Ultimate Edition, ended nearly two decades of Xbox exclusivity, allowing PlayStation gamers to engage in firefights in the gritty world of Sera.
The game also launched as a day-one title on Xbox Game Pass, which also accounts for the player count, as the 1 million milestone indicates both buyers as well as subscribers than just pure sales of the game.
Along with gaming developments, the series is making its way to Hollywood with a feature film adaptation in the works, though fans will have to wait until 2027 for its inevitable release.