Gears of War Timeline
Every Gears of War game in story order – from E-Day and Judgment to Gears 5 – with release years, so you know where E-Day fits.
The Gears of War story spans more than 40 years on the planet Sera. E-Day is the earliest point in that story: the day the Locust erupted from underground. Below, the games are grouped by era in story order, with the release year for each. Use the buttons to filter by type.
Emergence Day era
Story: E-Day onward · 3 gamesGears of War: E-Day
Main series · Released 2026. The Locust's first attack, 14 years before the original game – the earliest point in the story.
Gears of War: Judgment
Spin-off · Released 2013. Baird and Cole's Kilo Squad in the weeks after Emergence Day.
Gears Tactics
Spin-off · Released 2020. A turn-based tactics game set 12 years before Gears of War, starring Gabe Diaz.
Gears of War
Main series · Released 2006. Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad take the fight to the Locust.
Gears of War 2
Main series · Released 2008. The COG takes the war underground.
Gears of War 3
Main series · Released 2011. The end of the Locust War.
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
Remaster · Released 2015. A full remake of the first game.
Gears of War: Reloaded
Remaster · Released 2025. A remaster of the first game for Xbox, PC and PlayStation 5.
Gears of War 4
Main series · Released 2016. Marcus's son JD Fenix faces a new enemy, the Swarm.
Gears 5
Main series · Released 2019. Kait Diaz searches for the truth about her family and the Locust.
Section image: official Gears of War: E-Day trailers (Gears of War / YouTube).
How to play the series
New to Gears?E-Day is set before everything else – you can start right here.
Then the trilogyGears of War: Reloaded is the easiest way to play the original 2006 story today.
Release order works tooPlaying in release order shows how the series grew – just know E-Day and Judgment come first in the story.
Our Gears of War: E-Day articles on this
Reference page written by AI (Claude) and checked against the sources above. Games change with every patch – the patch this page was last checked for is shown at the top.