Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts

It received fairly positive reviews from critics, with some reviewers calling it an improvement over its predecessors. A sequel titled Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 was released in 2021.

• Title — Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts • Developer — CI Games • Publisher — CI Games • Director — Martin Mark • Producer — Karol Banaśkiewicz • Designer — * Daniel Sławiński • Jakub Przeździecki • Hubert Gubrynowicz • Programmer — * Nobert Siebor • Jarosłow Zakrzewski • Artist — Jerzy Rogalski • Writer — * Magdalena Podczasi • Piotr Pacynko • Maria Piątkowska • Justin Villers • Jon Sloan • Composer — Mikolai Stroinski • Series — Sniper: Ghost Warrior • Engine — CryEngine • Platforms — * Microsoft Windows • PlayStation 4 • Xbox One • Released — 22 November 2019 • Genre — Tactical shooter, stealth • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer

• Illustration — A screenshot showing the game at dawn Unlike its predecessor Sniper Ghost Warrior 3, Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts uses mission-based gameplay, instead of focusing on open world format. The game offers five sizable maps, allowing players to complete a total of 25 missions with open-ended contracts. The game features a skill tree, redesigned from Sniper Ghost Warrior 3, that contains four tiers, which can be unlocked tier-by-tier by spending money. It features new "contract tokens", that come from main objectives, "challenge tokens" that can be acquired by accomplishing extra challenges, and "intel tokens" are collectables or bounties, with all of them being a must in getting access to higher tier skills and great damage weapons and loadouts.

Siberia has claimed its independence after a war with Russia and Mongolia. Nergui Kurchatov, Siberia's prime minister, is skeptical of the people's hope for a fair distribution of wealth, and soon becomes an autocratic ruler. In the face of corruption and abuse of power of the new government, an armed opposition is established, called the Siberian Wolves. A sniper mercenary, codenamed "Seeker", is sent on a series of dangerous missions by a mysterious sponsor codenamed "Handler", who is contracted to progressively eliminate members of Siberia's elite: General Dimitri Ivanovski; the CEO of an oil company, Igor Sekhov, and his wife Olga Kurchatova (sister of Nergui Kurchatov). Also included are a duo of crime lords: Sasha Petroshenko of the Yakutz clan, and Agvan Dorgev of West Siberian Syndicate; as well as a scientist seeking to genetically modify the Siberian people, Anatashia Elikanova, and her father, Zelik Elikanov, and finally Nergui Kurchatov himself as the last contract.

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts is developed by CI Games, which is the developer of the Sniper: Ghost Warrior series. It focuses on several smaller sandboxes instead of an open world map, after the CEO of CI Games Marek Tymiński admitted "big mistake" in chasing AAA with Sniper Ghost Warrior 3. The game was announced in August 2018, and received its first gameplay during E3 2019. Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts uses the CryEngine video game engine by Crytek, which is the same engine of Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 and Sniper Ghost Warrior 3.

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 22 November 2019, when the game was only single-player mode available. A multiplayer mode was later added into the game in March 2020.

The PlayStation 4 version of Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts was the thirteenth bestselling retail game during its first week of release in Japan, with 4,608 physical copies being sold. The game has sold 250,000 copies as of January 2020, with CI Games expected to see the sale number climb up to 600,000–700,000.