Gunman Contracts - Stand Alone

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Mostly Positive · 78%Mostly Positive · 78%2026

$24.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

Early access John Wick-style shooter for VR and flatscreen with great gunplay and visuals, but poorly optimized, with finicky holsters and grabbing, dumb AI and only 3 missions. Skip it if your PC is weak.

Great for

VR fans of the Alyx Gunman Contracts mod who want John Wick-style gun-fu and can tolerate early access jank

Main risk

Poor optimization and finicky holster, grab and reload controls, with only 3 missions for $25

What players love

Satisfying, punchy gunplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“The gunplay is incredibly satisfying. The pistols pack and punch and the shotguns are real room clearers.”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗

“Absolutely a fan of the gun feel, which is pretty rare for a VR game.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗

“The gunplay is the best in VR right now, visuals are good, the guns are a dream.”
Steam review · translated · 3 h played ↗

Great graphics and atmosphere

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“EXTREMELY good looking game, some of the cleanest visuals i've seen next to HL: Alyx.”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗

“The games graphics and presentation are absolutely gorgeous”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗

John Wick fantasy true to the mod

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“one of the most john wick feeling games you can find”
Steam review · 17.3 h played ↗

“loved the mod, love the game, closest thing we got to a john wick vr game”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗

Replayable challenges and weapon customization

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews

“My favorite thing to play is probably the challenge modes and the kill house where you can customize the number of enemies”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗

“Try survival mode for intense infinite action once you've beaten the contracts.”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗

Custom music and phone

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“The smartphone is a genius move. The way it allows you to play music while gunning down the baddies is legendary.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗

Responsive dev and quick patches

Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews

“there have already been 3 or 4 huge fix updates! Love to see it!”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗

What players complain about

Poor optimization and stuttering

Mentioned in ~3 in 5 negative reviews

“This is one of the worst running games I have ever played, full stop.”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗

“I actually busted out laughing when the game couldn't even reach 120fps in the completely blank main menu.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗

“I can't say anything about optimization except swear words; on a system above recommended, the FPS is terrible even on low.”
Steam review · translated · 1.1 h played ↗

Finicky holsters, grabbing and reloading

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“holstering system floats a little away from your hips and has seemingly no magnetism so you just drop your ♥♥♥♥ on the floor constantly”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗

“Every interaction is a hassle. picking up items is a chore, grabbing a magazine from you chest never works the first time.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗

“Pulling magazines from behind your back, are you kidding me?”
Steam review · translated · 1.8 h played ↗

Bugs, crashes and softlocks

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“Infinite loading screen. Can't go any further.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

“Mission 3 teleports me somewhere with a black screen at a random moment and I can't progress.”
Steam review · translated · 2.6 h played ↗

Dumb AI and enemies spawning from nowhere

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“They just run up to you with their guns drawn, never take any kind of cover.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗

“The main minus is the stupid enemy respawn. Stealth is effectively impossible here.”
Steam review · translated · 1.7 h played ↗

Floaty, laggy hands and weapon smoothing

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“In VR the hands are lagging behind the controller, enough to make aiming a frustrating, no fun experience.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗

“The character's hands float separately from controllers. Too much inertia and it can't be turned off.”
Steam review · translated · 1 h played ↗

Too little content for the price

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews

“25 euros for 4 locations? Seriously?”
Steam review · translated · 9.3 h played ↗

“I've already completed every mission and I'm less than 2 hours in”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSWindows 10 (64bit)

ProcessorNon-VR: Intel Core i5-7500 or better

Memory12 GB RAM

GraphicsNon-VR: GTX 1070 or better

Storage20 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 10 (64bit)

ProcessorVR: Intel Core i7-12700 or better

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsVR: RTX 3060 or better

Storage20 GB available space

OSWindows 10 (64bit)

ProcessorNon-VR: Intel Core i5-7500 or better

Memory12 GB RAM

GraphicsNon-VR: GTX 1070 or better

Storage20 GB available space

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