Hitman: Contracts

Hitman
Hitman: Codename 47	2000
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin	2002
Hitman: Contracts	2004
Hitman: Blood Money	2006
Hitman: Sniper Challenge	2012
Hitman: Absolution	2012
Hitman GO	2015
Hitman	2016
Hitman 2	2018
Hitman World of Assassination	2021

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Hitman Wiki

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		The version included in the retail 'Hitman Collection' (Eidos, 2009) is entirely DRM-free.
Publisher website
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.

The European release of the Hitman Collection is DRM-free, already patched to the latest version and have the cheats enabled by default.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch v1.74 is the latest retail patch.

Digital distribution versions are v1.75 only in steam and comes with other languages support and widescreen support.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/247430/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/247430/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphics settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Steam version supports widescreen (including 4K Ultra HD) natively, but non-4:3 resolutions are stretched; this fixes the screen-stretching issues for non-4:3 resolutions.

Instructions

Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

Sound settings.

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May require DirectSound3D restoration software to restore proper sound functionality on Windows Vista and later.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Not available on GOG
German				Not available on GOG
Italian				Not available on GOG
Polish				Only available in Polish retail release. Separate fan translation is available here.
Spanish				Not available on GOG
Turkish
Russian				Not available in the Steam version.

Issues fixed

Game crashes, hangs, or lags

Instructions

When using anything that zooms the circle that should be representative of your sight is blacked out

Instructions

Can not finish the second level (Meat King) without crashing (Using a Radeon Graphics Card)

Instructions

Black Screen

Instructions

Instructions

Whenever the player dies, the screen goes all white and stays that way

Instructions

Loud background effects (like wind)

Instructions

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98SE, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or Athlon equivalent	Pentium 4 1.6GHz or Athlon XP equivalent
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/247430/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (247430) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/247430/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (247430) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/247430/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (247430) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Note 1]

Developers

	IO Interactive
Publishers
	Eidos Interactive
Engines
	Glacier
Release dates
Windows	April 20, 2004