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Contractors cover art

Contractors

Caveman Studio · 2018-12-14

Steam

ActionCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Dec 14, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 30, 2019 (Oculus Rift), Dec 03, 2020 (Oculus Quest), Dec 03, 2020 (Meta Quest 2)

Contractors is a team-based competitive multiplayer shooter game for virtual reality devices. Experience the next level virtual warfare with hardcore controls, lethal weapons, customizable load-outs, and intense firefights. BECOME AN OPERATOR.

Contractors is an Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 4685 reviews).

11
playing now
83%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 168 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 117k–281k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,685 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.79 at Steam (2020-01-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25825820182026Week of 2018-12-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3672026-09-15 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 23 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 14 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 30 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 18 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 20 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 36 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 21 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 30 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 15 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 28 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 20 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 13 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 21 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
877Dec 2018Aug 2026Dec 2018 — avg 83 · peak 175Mar 2019 — avg 36 · peak 103Jun 2019 — avg 25 · peak 60Sep 2019 — avg 14 · peak 46Dec 2019 — avg 13 · peak 48Mar 2020 — avg 8 · peak 33Jun 2020 — avg 39 · peak 155Sep 2020 — avg 18 · peak 54Dec 2020 — avg 35 · peak 107Mar 2021 — avg 21 · peak 70Jun 2021 — avg 20 · peak 63Sep 2021 — avg 12 · peak 34Dec 2021 — avg 34 · peak 95Mar 2022 — avg 40 · peak 107Jun 2022 — avg 32 · peak 81Sep 2022 — avg 87 · peak 225Dec 2022 — avg 81 · peak 227Mar 2023 — avg 76 · peak 163Jun 2023 — avg 66 · peak 141Sep 2023 — avg 51 · peak 125Dec 2023 — avg 69 · peak 168Mar 2024 — avg 65 · peak 151Jun 2024 — avg 48 · peak 101Sep 2024 — avg 42 · peak 95Dec 2024 — avg 59 · peak 138Mar 2025 — avg 48 · peak 112Jun 2025 — avg 39 · peak 83Sep 2025 — avg 37 · peak 83Dec 2025 — avg 32 · peak 89Mar 2026 — avg 25 · peak 54Jun 2026 — avg 22 · peak 52Aug 2026 — avg 24 · peak 58
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002018-12-152024-03-262018-12-15 — best price $16.992018-12-21 — best price $19.992019-02-04 — best price $16.992019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-05-21 — best price $13.992019-05-29 — best price $19.992019-06-26 — best price $13.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-08-28 — best price $12.992019-09-04 — best price $19.992019-10-28 — best price $12.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992019-11-16 — best price $13.992019-11-23 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $12.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $12.992019-12-20 — best price $0.002020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-01-23 — best price $9.792020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-06-01 — best price $9.992020-06-08 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-07-16 — best price $9.992020-07-27 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-02-11 — best price $11.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-05-26 — best price $19.992021-11-12 — best price $0.002024-03-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRFPSCo-opIndieActionShooterViolentMilitaryModdableSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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