Gear Up vs Heroes & Generals
Gear Up is an FPS open-world game from Doctor Entertainment AB (2015) while Heroes & Generals is an FPS mmorpg game from TLM Partners (2016).
What each one is
Steam files Gear Up under FPS and Open-World. In contrast, it files Heroes & Generals under FPS and Mmorpg.
Feel the adrenaline as you control your unique tank in multiplayer arcade action! Build your ultimate war machine from over a million different combinations. Now, will you go for the rumbling caterpillar tracks or the crawling spider legs?
Shoot, blow sh!t up, fly or bark orders in the ultimate Free-to-Play, large scale, multiplayer, shooter experience. Thousands of players in multiple battles fighting one massive war of nations. The first to capture 15 cities takes the glory.
At a glance
| Gear Up | Heroes & Generals | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 6.5/10 | 6.6/10 |
| Steam rating | Mostly Positive (75%, 8,339) | Mixed (68%, 141,628) |
| Critic aggregate | No aggregate | No aggregate |
| Price | Free | Not listed |
| Install size | — | 3 GB |
| Steam Deck | playable | unsupported |
| Released | 2015 | 2016 |
| Developer | Doctor Entertainment AB | TLM Partners |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Gear Up vs Heroes & Generals, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Gear UpFPS open-world gameHeroes & GeneralsFPS mmorpg gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Gear UpFree to Play, Robots, ActionHeroes & GeneralsFree to Play, World War II, FPSThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Gear UpScore 6.5 · 75% on SteamHeroes & Generals ✓Score 6.6 · 68% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Gear Up8,339 reviewsHeroes & Generals141,628 reviews · 3 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Gear UpFreeHeroes & GeneralsNot listedRead live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Gear Up ✓PlayableHeroes & GeneralsUnsupportedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 1 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueGear Up and Heroes & Generals on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
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- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- Better on a Steam Deck: Gear Up (playable)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Heroes & Generals (141,628 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
Free to PlayMultiplayerActionShooterWarMassively MultiplayerIndieOpen World
Where they differ
RobotsBuildingTanksPvPThird PersonSandbox
World War IIFirst-PersonTacticalCo-opHistoricalAtmospheric
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Gear Up is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Heroes & Generals is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| Gear Up | Heroes & Generals | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | DirectX 10 | ATI HD 4810 / Nvidia 9600GT |
| Minimum CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz | 2GHz CPU w. dual-core |
| Minimum RAM | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Install size | — | 3 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Gear Up · Heroes & Generals.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Gear Up and 0 for Heroes & Generals. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Gear Up and Heroes & Generals in scope?
Gear Up has drawn 8,339 Steam reviews. Heroes & Generals has drawn 141,628 Steam reviews and installs in 3 GB.
Is Gear Up or Heroes & Generals better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Heroes & Generals rates higher (6.6 to 6.5). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Gear Up or Heroes & Generals?
One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.