Beholder
Released Nov 2016
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?
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Beholder launched on November 9, 2016 and received one paid story DLC — Blissful Sleep — on May 18, 2017, along with an original soundtrack released at launch. Both DLC items are fully released, and no further DLC has been listed for the base game. The developer has made no announcements of additional content for Beholder itself since Blissful Sleep shipped.
The recent news activity on this store page is largely promotional posts for other Alawar titles (Necroking, Technotopia, Karate Survivor) and, most prominently, the April 2025 launch of Beholder: Conductor — a separate spin-off game in the Beholder series. That spin-off's release on Steam on April 23, 2025, and its subsequent console launch on June 11, 2026, confirm that the franchise remains active, but these are standalone products distinct from the original Beholder game.
The original Beholder launched as a complete narrative experience and received its one story expansion in May 2017. With nearly nine years since that final piece of content and no announced plans for further additions, the game is best understood as a finished product.
Evidence
Blissful Sleep DLC released on May 18, 2017 — the last piece of paid content released for the base game.
Beholder: Conductor launched on PS5 and Nintendo Switch. Confirms ongoing franchise activity but is a standalone product unrelated to the original game's content.
Content
2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Alawar
Achievements
60
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
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!
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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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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