Beholder
Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games) · 2016 · Dystopian , Choices Matter, Political Sim, Strategy, Atmospheric
Compare prices in Official Stores
Compare prices in Keyshops
Keyshops are third-party marketplaces — keys are resold and can be region-locked or a different edition. Check the listing's region & edition before buying.
Some store links are affiliate links — playze may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. It never changes the price you pay, and the cheapest option is always shown in the Best price box above.
Trailers & screenshots
About Beholder
You're a surveillance manager in a totalitarian state forced to spy on apartment tenants while deciding whether to report them, blackmail them, or protect them—with your choices determining which of multiple endings you'll earn. The game's power lies in its moral complexity, where every decision about your tenants' fates carries real consequences for their families and your own survival.
A totalitarian State controls every aspect of private and public life.
Laws are oppressive. Surveillance is total. Privacy is dead.
You are the State-installed manager of an apartment building. Your daily routine involves making the building a sweet spot for tenants, who will come and go. However, that is simply a facade that hides your real mission...
Your primary task is to covertly watch your tenants and eavesdrop on their conversations. You must BUG their apartments while they're away, SEARCH their belongings for whatever can threaten the authority of the State, and PROFILE them for your superiors. You must also REPORT anyone capable of violating the laws or plotting subversive activities against the State to the authorities.
You are a cog in a totalitarian machine with your own family who also has needs. Do you cling to your humanity and cover up your tenants? Or do you survive by staying loyal to the regime? The choice is yours.
You can report the suspicious activities of a father but orphan his children. Or you can withhold the details about his illegal activities and give him a chance to make things right? Or you can blackmail him to earn something your family.
As you play the game, you'll interact with many characters and complete dozens of quests. You'll also make decisions that will affect the way the story unfolds. This will lead to one of several game endings - the ending you have earned!
DLC & expansions
🎁 Complete the collection
Base game + 1 of 1 DLC at today's best prices.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Very underwhelming. The gameplay is pretty dull and the late game becomes a waiting game, as the tasks are few. Every theme explored is done so in a very superficial way, with little to say and certainly nothing new to add to the conversation: the whole thing can be described as "war and dictatorship bad". The plot is very predictable, the tenants have little to say and are all pretty ♥♥♥♥, so is hard to sympathize with any of them. Hell, even the protagonist's family sucks, to the point where I did not care if any of them lived or died. To top things off, it seems like the devs did not make an ending slide for all the possible outcomes: most of my landlord's family was alive at the end, yet I got the "your family is gone" ending lol I cannot recommend this game, is short, yes, but not fun enough. Go buy Papers, Please or something, at least that one can be funny sometimes.1 found this helpful
He sold his grandmother to the authorities for money and gave his grandfather to be shot, thank you, I liked it 10\10, everything is like in life. Слив бабку владі за гроші а діда віддав на розстріл , дякую мені сподобалось 10\10 все як в житті.
Beholder é um jogo muito interessante, divertido e desafiante. Excelente jogo!
Имбуличка нпошел на 100%
Great game with a good story and choices that actually matter. The music design and artstyle help to contribute to a depressing totalitarian feel.
Directive no. 6058 as of the year 30 Sept. 1984 It is illegal to leave a "Not Recommended" review for this game!
Community reviews
0 reviews
Sign in to write a review.
No reviews yet. Be the first to review this game.
