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Contract is a side-scrolling shooter in which you must shoot, hack and massacre your way past armed guards, security systems and other challenges in order to reach your targets. You play as a man, blackmailed into the art of assassination by the kidnappers of his brother.

Reviews: Mixed — 51% — of 57 reviews
Released: 2016-01-05
Developer: S Houben
Genres: Indie
Platforms: Windows

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