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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
69
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
controller_support partial
metacritic_score 75
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community_visible_stats Yes
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
  • Steam Deck:
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  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • steam_machine_compatibility: 3
  • test_timestamp: 15 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 6369741
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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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timestamp6 July 2026 – 07:11:26 UTC

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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
475551 Windows BeholderWin Press 1.31 GiB 351.13 MiB
475553 macOS BeholderMac Press 1.36 GiB 363.39 MiB
475552 Windows BeholderWin Release 1.57 GiB 533.24 MiB
475554 macOS BeholderMac Release 1.61 GiB 539.65 MiB
475555 Linux BeholderLinux Release 1.59 GiB 534.17 MiB
616951 Windows DLC 616950BlissfulSleepWin 1.98 GiB 962.57 MiB
616952 macOS DLC 616950BlissfulSleepMac 423.20 MiB 428.97 MiB
616953 Linux DLC 616950BlissfulSleepLinux 424.55 MiB 430.34 MiB
616954 Windows DLC 616950BlissfulSleepWin DLC Press 402.94 MiB 408.43 MiB
616955 macOS DLC 616950BlissfulSleepMac DLC Press 404.35 MiB 409.86 MiB

Total size on disk is 11.02 GiB and total download size is 4.85 GiB.

Total size on disk is 2.88 GiB and total download size is 884.37 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

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public 16676366 9 December 2024 – 04:24:57 UTC 9 December 2024 – 04:24:57 UTC

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