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Beholder

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App ID 475550
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Alawar
Franchise Beholder
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 37889068
Last Record Update 9 August 2026 – 15:41:49 UTC ()
Release Date 9 November 2016 – 16:55:08 UTC ()
😎 89.79%
31k reviews
59
In-Game
+3
🧞 Choices Matter ⛓ Dystopian 🏛️ Political Sim 💡 Strategy 🌫 Atmospheric

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?

Additional Information

Developer Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)
metacritic_name Beholder
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metacritic_score 75
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DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Alawar
Store Release Date 9 November 2016 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/alawar
https://www.facebook.com/BeholderGame/
https://www.reddit.com/r/beholder/
https://x.com/Beholder_Game
https://www.youtube.com/@alawar/
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 9 November 2016 – 16:55:08 UTC ()
Original Release Date 9 November 2016 – 08:00:00 UTC () (1478678400)
Store Asset Modification Time 6 July 2026 – 07:11:07 UTC () (1783321867)
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Detected Technologies Unity Engine, Mono SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
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  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
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  •  
  • category: Verified
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  • test_timestamp: 15 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
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Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 17 May 2016 – 06:31:10 UTC (), in changelist #1963165
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

14 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dutch Yes Yes Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🧞 Choices Matter ⛓ Dystopian 🏛️ Political Sim 💡 Strategy 🌫 Atmospheric 👤 Singleplayer 😨 Dark 📚 Story Rich 🖥️ Simulation 🔚 Multiple Endings 🔎 Point & Click 🌱 Indie 🗿 Dark Humor 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🧊 3D 🗺️ Adventure 🖼️ 2D 🎲 RPG 👊 Violent 🥷 Stealth

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Native Steam Controller Partial Controller Support DualShock Controllers (USB Only) DualShock Controllers DualSense Controllers (USB Only) DualSense Controllers

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Steam charts

  • 59 players right now
  • 182 24-hour peak
  • 7,817 all-time peak 11 November 2021
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  • 31 24-hour peak
  • 25,391 all-time peak
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  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 89.79% SteamDB Rating
  • 28,598 91.6% positive reviews
  • 2,611 8.4% negative reviews

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How many players are playing Beholder right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 59 players live playing Beholder on Steam.

Beholder had an all-time peak of 7817 concurrent players on 11 November 2021.

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