Adventure · November 9, 2016

Beholder (2016)

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Welcome to a grim dystopian future. 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!

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Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

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Full audio (12)

  • English
  • Russian
  • French
  • German
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Italian
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Japanese
  • Polish
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Dutch

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume27.7k Steam reviewsTop 9% in Adventure
Positive rating92% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 45%
Metacritic75/100Genre average 77 — top 70% of Adventure titles
Concurrent peak138 playersTop 18% in Adventure by live player count
Engagement hours6 h averageTop 53% for session depth among Adventure

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Dystopian · 569
  • Choices Matter · 558
  • Political Sim · 540
  • Strategy · 528
  • Dark · 505
  • Atmospheric · 503
  • Singleplayer · 502
  • Simulation · 500
  • Story Rich · 495
  • Multiple Endings · 489
  • Political · 477
  • Point & Click · 456
  • Dark Humor · 450
  • Indie · 446
  • Great Soundtrack · 442

Reception Metrics

Steam community

92%Very Positive · 27.7k reviews

25.5k positive · 2.2k negative

Metacritic

75/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.8/10

Curator recommendations

22.1k

Peak concurrent players

138

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

6h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

3h

Current engagement

Achievements

60

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateNov 9, 2016
DeveloperAlawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)
PublisherAlawar
Base price$4.19 -70%
Required age1+
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

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