[3] 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.

[6] 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.

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).

[2] It focuses on several smaller sandboxes instead of an open world map,[7] after the CEO of CI Games Marek Tymiński admitted "big mistake" in chasing AAA with Sniper Ghost Warrior 3.

[10] Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 22 November 2019,[11] when the game was only single-player mode available.

[23] Jeux Video praises "very gripping" atmosphere, making the player "often have the impression of believing to be in a good old spy movie", while noting that "this feeling is broken by artificial intelligence that would have deserved better treatment".

[19] 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.