Framed as memories of earlier jobs, Hitman: Contracts follows Agent 47 through a series of assassinations in a stealth-action game. Each level hands the player a target or two and plenty of freedom in how to reach them: picking up disguises to move through restricted areas, improvising weapons from the surroundings, or taking a more direct route when the situation allows. Locations span the globe, and the people on the hit list are terrorists and crime bosses.
Enemy guards operate in squads rather than alone, which raises the cost of being spotted. The game is single-player and fits fans of open-ended stealth puzzles who want an earlier chapter in the series from Io-Interactive.