Can I Run Gears of War: E-Day?
Gears of War: E-Day is an action adventure game from The Coalition, released in 2026. Xbox Game Studios published it. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. As a new title, the figures below were written against parts you can still buy. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Steam lists support for 22 languages. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X / Intel i7‑6850K / i5‑10400 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600 / Radeon RX 9060 / Intel A580 |
| RAM | 12 GB |
| Storage | 130 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit 22H 19045.7291 |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 5600 / Intel i5-11600K |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060ti / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT / Radeon RX 9060 XT / Intel B580 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 130 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 11 64bit (25H2) or newer |
| DirectX | 12 |
Verified from Steam · 9 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a horror setting. Play is structured around combat arenas. The view is from a third person view. 8 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Gears of War: E-Day is demanding
Gears of War: E-Day asks a lot of the graphics card. It targets NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060ti / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT / Radeon RX 9060 XT / Intel B580, which our tables put above the RTX 3060, so Gears of War: E-Day tends to define the machine you build rather than fit around one you own. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. Gears of War: E-Day calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. Gears of War: E-Day names Windows 11, so a Windows 10 machine may need attention first. Gears of War: E-Day wants about 130 GB of disk space on an SSD, which is a real consideration on a smaller drive. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Gears of War: E-Day scales hard with the hardware you give it.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Gears of War: E-Day?
Free up space before installing Gears of War: E-Day: it needs roughly 130 GB of SSD storage. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600 / Radeon RX 9060 / Intel A580 and 12 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Gears of War: E-Day needs about 130 GB of SSD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Below the bar | 0.83x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.47x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.21x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Playable |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs well |
Each card is compared against Gears of War: E-Day's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Gears of War: E-Day?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Gears of War: E-Day?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X / Intel i7‑6850K / i5‑10400; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600 / Radeon RX 9060 / Intel A580; 12 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64-bit 22H 19045.7291.
How much storage does Gears of War: E-Day need?
Gears of War: E-Day needs about 130 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Gears of War: E-Day?
The RTX 3060 runs Gears of War: E-Day well, meeting the title's GPU requirement.
What is the bottleneck for Gears of War: E-Day?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Gears of War: E-Day is the GPU.