Single-player games like Beholder 3
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Beholder 3, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Beholder 2
Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 3.
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
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Beholder
Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 3.
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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Not For Broadcast
Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 3.
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
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Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 3.
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
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Do Not Feed the Monkeys
Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 3.
A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!
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Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 3.
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.
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Democracy 3
Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 3.
Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders.
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Papers, Please
Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 3.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
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This War of Mine
Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 3.
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
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Through the Darkest of Times
Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 3.
Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.
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The Darkest Files
Single-player alternative to Beholder 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 3.
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?