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Contract cover art

Contract

S Houben · 2016-01-05

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 05, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Contract is a side-scrolling shooter in which you must shoot, hack and massacre your way past armed guards, security systems and other challenges in order to reach your targets. You play as a man, blackmailed into the art of assassination by the kidnappers of his brother.

51%
positive of 57 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (24 reviews).
  • · Top 48% of 44,583 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 57 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.01 at Steam (2018-10-30) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420162025Week of 2016-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieActionShooter

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.