Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts is developed by CI Games, which is the developer of the Sniper: Ghost Warrior series.[1] 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.[8] The game was announced in August 2018, and received its first gameplay during E3 2019.[9]