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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts

CI Games · 2019-11-22

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Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Nov 22, 2019 (Xbox One), Nov 22, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 22, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Become the ultimate assassin in the most realistic modern warfare sniping game available. Engage in an immersive single-player campaign across large, open-ended maps. Tactical thinking, stealth approach and precision in execution of long shots required.

153
playing now
73%
positive of 13k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (34 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

153 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts is a tactical shooter stealth video game developed and published by CI Games. It is the fifth entry of the Sniper: Ghost Warrior series and the sequel to Sniper Ghost Warrior 3. The game was released worldwide on 22 November 2019 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 153 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 517 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~65/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 330k–793k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,217 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$2.95-93%
Epic Games Store$2.99-90%
GOG$2.99-90%
Humble Store$2.99-90%
Steam$2.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-90%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Fanatical (2026-07-19) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 193 of 206 observed days · $0.96 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
67767720192026Week of 2019-11-01: 677 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

214672026-08-06 22:00 — 103 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 105 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 169 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 101 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 116 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 196 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 123 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 121 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 209 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 113 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 102 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 174 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 88 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 94 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 168 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 94 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 73 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 186 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 123 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 84 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 147 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 108 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 85 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 152 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 152 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 91 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 117 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 214 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 153 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$1.972019-10-292026-08-302019-10-29 — best price $26.992020-01-23 — best price $23.992020-04-08 — best price $23.992020-07-09 — best price $22.042020-08-25 — best price $20.092020-10-13 — best price $29.992020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-01-23 — best price $25.192021-03-23 — best price $29.992021-05-09 — best price $29.992021-07-01 — best price $8.992021-09-06 — best price $9.892021-11-17 — best price $23.692022-01-06 — best price $22.042022-03-10 — best price $29.992022-05-16 — best price $29.992022-07-12 — best price $7.722022-09-12 — best price $29.992022-11-14 — best price $7.722023-01-07 — best price $23.692023-03-27 — best price $29.992023-05-30 — best price $23.692023-07-30 — best price $4.752023-11-16 — best price $22.042024-02-11 — best price $22.492024-04-22 — best price $5.852024-07-04 — best price $29.992024-09-21 — best price $6.002024-11-23 — best price $5.772025-01-05 — best price $22.042025-03-31 — best price $6.002025-06-18 — best price $4.792025-09-08 — best price $3.002025-11-14 — best price $4.002026-01-05 — best price $22.492026-03-04 — best price $29.092026-04-22 — best price $29.992026-06-11 — best price $2.992026-08-07 — best price $1.992026-08-30 — best price $2.95
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

92312026-05-30 — 66 pageviews2026-06-02 — 74 pageviews2026-06-05 — 67 pageviews2026-06-08 — 44 pageviews2026-06-11 — 60 pageviews2026-06-14 — 56 pageviews2026-06-17 — 43 pageviews2026-06-20 — 54 pageviews2026-06-23 — 51 pageviews2026-06-26 — 79 pageviews2026-06-29 — 52 pageviews2026-07-02 — 50 pageviews2026-07-05 — 71 pageviews2026-07-08 — 64 pageviews2026-07-11 — 74 pageviews2026-07-14 — 81 pageviews2026-07-17 — 66 pageviews2026-07-20 — 63 pageviews2026-07-23 — 62 pageviews2026-07-26 — 63 pageviews2026-07-29 — 36 pageviews2026-08-01 — 53 pageviews2026-08-04 — 42 pageviews2026-08-07 — 70 pageviews2026-08-10 — 63 pageviews2026-08-13 — 47 pageviews2026-08-16 — 65 pageviews2026-08-19 — 48 pageviews2026-08-22 — 47 pageviews2026-08-25 — 51 pageviews2026-08-27 — 59 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
75.8%
earned "Private Contractor"
6.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing10 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Czech, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,4375%40
PS4 (PlayStation)7,75217%41
Xbox One (Xbox)3,6977%40
PS4 (PlayStation)25231%41

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FPSGoreActionSniperShooterStealthViolentAssassinMilitaryRealistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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