Adventure · March 3, 2022

Beholder 3 (2022)

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Welcome to The Greatest Union! A totalitarian state that controls everything and everyone through oppressive laws, total surveillance, and intimidation. You are Frank Schwarz, a husband, and father who lost his cushy office job at the Ministry after someone set him up. The only way to avoid jail time was to make a deal with a high-ranking security officer. Now a government spy working undercover as a landlord, you must break into tenants' apartments, search them for contraband and eliminate anyone your boss wants out of the picture. At the same time, you’ll have to spy and scheme against co-workers and superiors in the Ministry to work your way back up the ladder. Different factions are secretly vying for power over the Ministry and the country – play them against each other to your advantage. Can you get your old life back, or even something better? Will you fight for change and truth or uphold the status quo? Who are you willing to sacrifice to get what you want? Features: Work two jobs: in an apartment block and in the Ministry. Different political factions are fighting for power. Pick your side wisely. Complete quests from the Ministry: promote the ideology of the totalitarian state, manipulate flags, and spread whatever propaganda you’re told to. Install surveillance cameras and search apartments and offices. Maintain your cover by doing everyday chores like paying bills, fixing up apartments, and keeping your tenants happy.

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Community Tag Signals

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

  • Political Sim · 159
  • Simulation · 157
  • Dystopian · 154
  • Strategy · 152
  • Point & Click · 137
  • Choose Your Own Adventure · 135
  • 2D · 130
  • Atmospheric · 126
  • Dark · 125
  • Isometric · 118
  • Management · 115
  • Political · 113
  • Dark Humor · 104
  • Story Rich · 100
  • LGBTQ+ · 94

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.3k Steam reviewsTop 87% in Adventure
Positive rating66% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 95%
Engagement hours5 h averageTop 61% for session depth among Adventure

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (6)

  • English volume_up
  • German volume_up
  • Russian volume_up
  • Simplified Chinese
  • French
  • Turkish volume_up

Full audio (4)

  • English
  • German
  • Russian
  • Turkish

Press Quotes

“Beholder 3 is at its best when it is operating on this tight-rope choice and consequence mechanic, which it manages to retain for a good amount of its runtime.” GamingBolt “Beholder 3 is a dark game, there is no way around that. It follows that same pattern from the rest of the series, and maybe even goes a little farther down that dark road.” Game Industry “Beholder 3 really portrays the setting of a totalitarian police state or an authoritarian…

Reception Metrics

Steam community

66%Mixed · 2.3k reviews

1.5k positive · 795 negative

Curator recommendations

2.1k

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

5h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

4h

Typical completion time

Achievements

37

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateMar 3, 2022
DeveloperPaintbucket Games
PublisherAlawar
Base price$5.39 -70%
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Content Notes

This game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work.

Editions & Packages

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