Games like Beholder 2
If Beholder 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Beholder, Mayor Quake and Beholder 3 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dark humor lands perfectly, moral dilemmas feel consequential and atmospheric. 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.
Get personalized picks →Beholder 2 is a dark narrative adventure that blends strategy, simulation, and puzzle mechanics. Players take on the role of an intern at a totalitarian Ministry, navigating faction politics and working to climb the career ladder through dossier collection and careful time management. The game presents moral decision-making as a core mechanic, with multiple endings that reviewers highlight as encouraging replaying. Players describe the experience as atmospheric and tense, with a bleak tone that underpins its political themes. Originally released in 2018, the game costs $17.99 USD and has been verified to run on Steam Deck. It holds an 82% positive rating from over 1000 Steam reviews.
About Beholder 2: 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!
Players who liked Beholder 2 also play
Steam players who put hours into Beholder 2 also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Beholder
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Beholder 2.
Top pick for Beholder 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 2.
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?
Mayor Quake
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Beholder 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 2.
You're the new mayor of a dystopian city on the brink of a devastating earthquake. Review building records, make urban transformation decisions, and maintain public support despite political pressure. Manage the economy and make critical choices. Can you prepare your city before disaster strikes?
Beholder 3
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Beholder 2.
Third-strongest match for Beholder 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 2.
When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs. No tenant, employee or superior is safe from your spying.
Organs Please
WHY THIS
Shares moral decision making and a dark mood with Beholder 2.
Ranked #4 for Beholder 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 2.
A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.
No Place for the Dissident
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Beholder 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 2.
In No Place for the Dissident you'll have to spread a new ideology to dominate the world. Whatever means are necessary. Adopt new politics from the ideology tree, manage each country, and compete with other players. Watch closely the consequences of your acts when the game is over.
Headliner: NoviNews
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Beholder 2.
Ranked #6 for Beholder 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 2.
Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.
Electioneering
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Beholder 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 2.
You are at the nexus of the events of 2020; you will hire agents, run political ads, research topics, use hacking, and more in this turn-based political strategy game. In Electioneering, your goal is to ensure your candidate becomes the next President of the United States.
Electoral Empire: Vote to Rule, Lie to Shine
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Beholder 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 2.
President or Patriarch? In this deep simulation, national survival and family interests clash. Twist laws and deploy kin to seize control. Will you sacrifice the republic for your dynasty, or betray your blood for the state? Power isn't about saving the world; it's about deciding who owns it.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Beholder 2 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Beholder 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Beholder 2.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Beholder 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 2.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Beholder 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Beholder 2.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Beholder 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Beholder 2.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Beholder 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 2.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Beholder 2.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Beholder 2.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Beholder 2.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Beholder 2.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 2.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Beholder 2.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 2.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Frequently asked about Beholder 2
- Is Beholder 2 verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Beholder 2 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 2 cost?
- Beholder 2 is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Beholder 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Beholder 2 are Beholder, Mayor Quake, Beholder 3.
- Who developed Beholder 2?
- Beholder 2 was developed by Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games) and published by Alawar.
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