Rank 01Why this
Shares multiple endings with Beholder.
- $2.69 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Verified
- 2018
Games like Beholder
- 23 games
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Players who liked Beholder also play
The closest matches to Beholder: Beholder 2, Beholder: Conductor, Papers, Please, Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You, and Do Not Feed the Monkeys. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Also Political and Dystopian, like Beholder.
- $4.19 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Verified
- 2025
Rank 03Why this
Shares time pressure and resource management with Beholder.
- $9.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
- Deck Verified
- 2013
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Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Why this: Shares evidence gathering with Beholder.
Rank 05 
Do Not Feed the Monkeys
Why this: Shares resource management with Beholder.
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Not For Broadcast
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Beholder.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Beholder
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Shares multiple endings and resource management with Beholder.
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Shares time pressure and multiple endings with Beholder.
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)
- Price: $13.99checked Nov 5
- Steam Deck: Deck Verified
- 82% of 3,028 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure
- Metacritic 75
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Dark humor undercuts the bleakness
- Dystopian bureaucracy feels oppressively real
- Moral choices have irreversible consequences
- Atmospheric
- Bleak
- Dark
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Beholder 2
Why this: Shares multiple endings with Beholder.
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Why this: Also Political and Dystopian, like Beholder.
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Why this: Shares time pressure and resource management with Beholder.
About Beholder
The closest matches to Beholder: Beholder 2, Beholder: Conductor, Papers, Please, Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You, and Do Not Feed the Monkeys. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Beholder is your kind of game, the closest matches are Beholder 2, Beholder: Conductor and Papers, Please — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, bleak and dark, and single out its blackmail simulator and consequence driven choices. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Beholder is a 2016 strategy, indie, and adventure game set in a 1984-inspired dystopia where players assume the role of a state-installed landlord tasked with spying on tenants, gathering evidence, and reporting potential dissidents. The game blends blackmail simulation, consequence-driven choices, resource management, and multiple endings into a challenging experience. Players describe the atmosphere as bleak, dark, and grim, with dark humor undercutting the oppressive setting. Reviewers highlight that the dystopian bureaucracy feels oppressively real, moral choices have irreversible consequences, and the writing and characters feel authentically Russian. Currently priced at $13.99 USD and verified on Steam Deck, it holds an 82% positive rating from over 3,000 Steam reviews.
About 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?
Is Beholder worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 82% of 3,028 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 90% positive across 96 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
- Price: $13.99 (checked Nov 8).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 9 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 8 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Verified.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Dark humor undercuts the bleakness
- Dystopian bureaucracy feels oppressively real
- Moral choices have irreversible consequences
- Writing and characters feel authentically russian
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“this game is so stressful. you earn minimum wage, and every 2 minutes, your family needs something that literally costs like 20000$. if you don't accept it, they die and you have to pay funeral expenses. they always have a timer of like 15…”
People who play it also play: Beholder 2, Beholder: Conductor, Papers, Please
Mobile version
Beholder is also on Google Play and App Store. What the store pages declare:
- No ads declared on Google Play (checked 2026-11-04, source)
- Google Play: In-app purchases ($2.49 per item) (checked 2026-11-04, source)
- App Store in-app purchases: (checked 2026-11-04, source)
- App Store privacy label: no "Data Used to Track You" (checked 2026-11-04, source)
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Frequently asked about Beholder
Can I run it?
Is Beholder verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Beholder is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Beholder cost?
Beholder is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Beholder?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Beholder are Beholder 2, Beholder: Conductor, Papers, Please.
Who developed Beholder?
Beholder was developed by Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games) and published by Alawar.