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Beholder

Beholder

You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?

Released Nov 9, 2016 Developer Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games) Publisher Alawar Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Dystopian Choices MatterPolitical SimStrategyDark
View on Steam ↗ $1.39 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

91.7%positive27,747 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 104 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 91.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“The mechanics didn’t age well. The despair did. A trial and error experience disguised as a management game, where every choice leads to consequences you won’t like. Dark humor keeps you going — just enough to make the next bad decision. And don’t worry about making mistakes.…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“1984/10 Story, characters, choices are just AMAZING, especially in russian sounds so like.....at home? People talk just like how they would talk in russian, sounds really native, unlike in other games/movies where it sounds like google translate, thats a really fat fat plus that…”

— a player, Steam review · 36 hrs played
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“The character designs and apartment layouts are excellent. The whole game feels like a good book—at certain points in the story, it made me feel a bit guilty.”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:35 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

154playing at last check
15524-hour peak
7,799all-time peak
0 500 1k 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 759 avg · Nov 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

60achievements
4.8%median completion
2.4%rarest: District 9
75.3% of players 63.9% of players 56.1% of players 36.3% of players 35.2% of players 27.8% of players 23.6% of players 18.8% of players 18.1% of players 16.1% of players 14.3% of players 13.9% of players 13.7% of players 12.6% of players 12.4% of players 11.8% of players 8.6% of players 8.0% of players 7.9% of players 7.8% of players 7.7% of players 6.9% of players 6.8% of players 6.7% of players 6.4% of players 5.5% of players 5.4% of players 5.3% of players 5.2% of players 5.0% of players 4.8% of players 4.7% of players 4.6% of players 4.5% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.7% of players 3.7% of players 3.6% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 75.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
75.3%Not a Big Dealer — Report the drug maker
63.9%Family Guy — Get on track with your family
56.1%Pimp My Bride — Find a woman for Shpak
Rarest badges of honor
2.4%District 9 — Hector ended his life in the slums
2.5%111 kilometers — Work in the Archives till the end of your life
2.5%Whiskered idler — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$1.39−90% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$13.99base price
$1.39lowest since tracking began2026-07-20
US1.39 USD−90%
EU1.37 EUR−90%
UK1.17 GBP−90%
Australia2.05 AUD−90%
Canada1.79 CAD−90%
Japan160 JPY−90%
Brazil4.44 BRL−90%
China5.60 CNY−90%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$0.8 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$1.6

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 11, 2026
Beholder: Conductor is out on PS5 & Switch!

PlayStation 5 & Nintendo Switch players are invited to board Determination Bringer! Become a conductor of the train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments,

Apr 23, 2025
Beholder: Conductor Out Now!

The Ministry is pleased to announce Beholder: Conductor is now officially available on Steam! You’ve been appointed the senior conductor of the Determination Bringer, the country’s legendary train — w

Apr 01, 2025
Beholder: Conductor — Release Date Reveal

Beholder: Conductor will be leaving the station and launching April 23rd on Steam. In this spin-off in the Beholder series, you step into the role of a senior conductor on the legendary Determination

Feb 19, 2025
The Beholder: Conductor demo has arrived – report for duty

By order of the Ministry, The Beholder: Conductor demo has been authorized for public access. Your cooperation is mandatory. Citizens, your unwavering compliance during the playtest phase has been not

Dec 16, 2024
All Aboard the Determination Bringer – Beholder: Conductor Playtest is Now Live

Calling all conductors and loyal servants of the Ministry! The Beholder: Conductor playtest has finally launched, and now it’s your turn to take the conductor’s seat. Monitor passengers, report incide

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsDystopian · Choices Matter · Political Sim · Strategy · Dark · Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Simulation · Story Rich · Multiple Endings · Political · Point & Click (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Russian * , French * , German * , Simplified Chinese * , Italian * , Traditional Chinese * , Japanese * , Polish * , Spanish - Spain * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Dutch * , Turkish, Korean * *
Achievements60
Estimated owners1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://alawar.com/games/beholder
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8/10 Processor: Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2180 2.00GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 600M / ATI Radeon HD 5450 (1GB) DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1600 MB available space