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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts

CI Games · 2019-11-22

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Action

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.

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts is a 2019 Action game priced at $2.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 13,291 reviews).

173
playing now
73%
positive of 13k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (34 ratings)
10
Nexus mods (2.7k downloads)
3.90★
PlayStation Store rating (3,988 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

173 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts trailer thumbnail

PS4 - Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts Trailer (2019)

≈385,545 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 173 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 4% of 27,535 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 332k–797k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,291 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$2.35-92%
GOG$2.99-90%
Steam$2.99-90%
WinGameStore$2.99-90%
GamersGate$3.00-90%
GameBillet$4.00-90%
Microsoft Store$5.99-85%

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 215 of 227 observed days · $0.36 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

274782026-09-14 20:00 — 139 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 105 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 201 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 182 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 109 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 164 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 175 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 96 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 122 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 189 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 107 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 111 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 166 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 92 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 113 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 274 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 94 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 98 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 196 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 158 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 105 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 160 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 171 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 173 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
895118Dec 2019Aug 2026Dec 2019 — avg 768 · peak 1,947Mar 2020 — avg 544 · peak 1,092Jun 2020 — avg 390 · peak 1,207Sep 2020 — avg 318 · peak 623Dec 2020 — avg 470 · peak 1,135Mar 2021 — avg 400 · peak 823Jun 2021 — avg 705 · peak 1,618Sep 2021 — avg 319 · peak 765Dec 2021 — avg 331 · peak 613Mar 2022 — avg 288 · peak 564Jun 2022 — avg 218 · peak 419Sep 2022 — avg 175 · peak 331Dec 2022 — avg 286 · peak 602Mar 2023 — avg 215 · peak 417Jun 2023 — avg 181 · peak 373Sep 2023 — avg 183 · peak 445Dec 2023 — avg 229 · peak 498Mar 2024 — avg 171 · peak 328Jun 2024 — avg 164 · peak 373Sep 2024 — avg 148 · peak 274Dec 2024 — avg 176 · peak 349Mar 2025 — avg 155 · peak 340Jun 2025 — avg 197 · peak 447Sep 2025 — avg 146 · peak 439Dec 2025 — avg 178 · peak 364Mar 2026 — avg 140 · peak 350Jun 2026 — avg 130 · peak 270Aug 2026 — avg 136 · peak 393
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$2.352019-10-292026-10-142019-10-29 — best price $26.992020-02-06 — best price $22.882020-04-29 — best price $25.082020-07-31 — best price $29.992020-09-24 — best price $29.992020-11-24 — best price $11.992021-01-23 — best price $25.192021-04-02 — best price $8.502021-05-28 — best price $8.092021-08-05 — best price $8.992021-11-01 — best price $29.992021-12-27 — best price $29.992022-03-10 — best price $29.992022-05-23 — best price $9.892022-08-03 — best price $23.692022-10-08 — best price $26.362022-12-15 — best price $8.992023-03-16 — best price $7.492023-05-30 — best price $23.692023-08-09 — best price $23.692023-12-05 — best price $8.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-06-04 — best price $29.992024-09-14 — best price $29.992024-11-23 — best price $5.772025-01-13 — best price $3.992025-04-26 — best price $29.992025-07-28 — best price $3.002025-10-09 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $2.602026-03-04 — best price $29.092026-04-30 — best price $2.992026-06-26 — best price $2.852026-08-22 — best price $2.962026-09-26 — best price $2.462026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

89362026-05-30 — 66 pageviews2026-06-03 — 63 pageviews2026-06-07 — 63 pageviews2026-06-11 — 60 pageviews2026-06-15 — 57 pageviews2026-06-19 — 47 pageviews2026-06-23 — 51 pageviews2026-06-27 — 89 pageviews2026-07-01 — 69 pageviews2026-07-05 — 71 pageviews2026-07-09 — 69 pageviews2026-07-13 — 73 pageviews2026-07-17 — 66 pageviews2026-07-21 — 58 pageviews2026-07-25 — 51 pageviews2026-07-29 — 36 pageviews2026-08-02 — 43 pageviews2026-08-06 — 57 pageviews2026-08-10 — 63 pageviews2026-08-14 — 52 pageviews2026-08-18 — 47 pageviews2026-08-22 — 47 pageviews2026-08-26 — 69 pageviews2026-08-30 — 84 pageviews2026-09-03 — 70 pageviews2026-09-07 — 60 pageviews2026-09-11 — 66 pageviews2026-09-15 — 52 pageviews2026-09-19 — 60 pageviews2026-09-23 — 52 pageviews2026-09-27 — 58 pageviews2026-10-01 — 52 pageviews2026-10-05 — 48 pageviews2026-10-08 — 50 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

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2019-11-22, latest 2021-12-02 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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