Every Sniper Ghost Warrior game, ranked
All 3 Sniper Ghost Warrior games we hold, spanning 2017 to 2021: 3 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 47,751 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 (GamingPickz Score 7.2), the highest-rated entry we can score.
- For canon order: begin with Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 (2017) and follow the release-order timeline below.
- For the money: Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts gives the most score per dollar right now.
The Sniper Ghost Warrior games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 3 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
3 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 3 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
3 best Sniper Ghost Warrior games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
7.2GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceSniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 at a glance Released 2021 Studio CI Games Player sentiment 84% positive of 14,887 Critics No aggregate Price $3.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 20 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 84% shrinks to 84.0 on 14,887 reviews, giving 7.2. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
6.6GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceSniper Ghost Warrior Contracts at a glance Released 2019 Studio CI Games Player sentiment 73% positive of 13,229 Critics 71/100 Price $2.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 20 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 73% shrinks to 73.3 on 13,229 reviews, then blends with the 71 critic aggregate, giving 6.6.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 at a glance Released 2017 Studio CI Games Player sentiment 67% positive of 19,635 Critics No aggregate Price $19.99 Steam Deck unsupported Install size 50 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 67% shrinks to 67.3 on 19,635 reviews, giving 6.1. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- Valve rates it Unsupported on the Steam Deck.
Best and worst entry
The best-received Sniper Ghost Warrior game we can score is Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 at 7.2. The lowest is Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 at 6.1, a 1.1-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
How the series scored over time
GamingPickz Score against release year, 2017 to 2021. The later entries score higher than the earlier ones: the series has been trending up.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts at $2.99. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the Sniper Ghost Warrior entries on Steam:
- Verified: Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts, Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
- Unsupported: Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
Platforms across the series
Where the 3 Sniper Ghost Warrior games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 3 of 3 |
The Sniper Ghost Warrior series, game by game
Every Sniper Ghost Warrior game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2017
Go behind enemy lines with the ultimate modern military shooter. Play as an American sniper dropped in Georgia, near Russian border. Choose your own path to accomplish your missions across an unforgiving open world. (Steam)
Plot
The player takes the role of U. S. Marine Captain Jonathan "Jon" North, who, along with his brother Robert, is sent to the Russian-Ukrainian border to destroy an abandoned stockpile of Soviet-era bio-weapons before they can be stolen by terrorists. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic . JeuxActu wrote that good open world had not been accomplished due to budget. "Pockets of civilian life do their best to present the illusion of a living, breathing society, but their nonplussed reactions to a burly marine barging into their houses aren't exactly believable," wrote Richard Wakeling of GameSpot . (Wikipedia)
- 2019
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. (Steam)
Plot
Siberia has claimed its independence after a war with Russia and Mongolia . 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 . In the face of corruption and abuse of power of the new government, an armed opposition is established, called the Siberian Wolves. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic . David Jagneaux of IGN rated the game 7. 3/10, praising the game's atmosphere and the number of gadgets available to use, but felt the size of the maps hindered the player. (Wikipedia)
- 2021
SGW Contracts 2 is a modern warfare shooter set in the Middle East. Play as Raven, Contract Sniper Assassin, as you take out a series of targets across a dramatic single-player campaign. With extreme-range shots exceeding 1000m, gear up for the most challenging entry to the series yet. (Steam)
Plot
In late 2019, sniper mercenary 'Raven' is hired to destabilise the regime of Bibi Rashida, dictator of the fictional Middle Eastern country of Kuamar (coterminous with southern Iran). Guided by an anonymous handler ('Control'), Raven is first deployed to Zindah Province, eliminating Rashida's quartermaster and arms dealer Antwan Zarza, sniper trainer and former SAS Captain Ronald Payne and the Russian GRU telecommunications expert Colonel Fyodor Novikov.… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception According to review aggregator Metacritic , Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 received "mixed or average reviews" for the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox Series X/S versions, while the PlayStation 5 version received "generally favorable" reviews. GameStar s Sascha Penzhorn scored the game 75 out of 100, writing the game is for those who "enjoy planning perfect long-distance shots", but criticizing the story and the inclusion of microtransactions in a… (Wikipedia)
Sniper Ghost Warrior, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
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Common questions
How many Sniper Ghost Warrior games are there?
We hold 3 Sniper Ghost Warrior games in the catalogue, released between 2017 and 2021. 3 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which Sniper Ghost Warrior game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 rates highest at 7.2. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the Sniper Ghost Warrior games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2017 to 2021. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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