Single-player games like Beholder 2
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Beholder 2, 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
Single-player alternative to Beholder 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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?
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Beholder 3
Single-player alternative to Beholder 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Papers, Please
Single-player alternative to Beholder 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 2.
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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Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Single-player alternative to Beholder 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 2.
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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Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Single-player alternative to Beholder 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 2.
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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Do Not Feed the Monkeys
Single-player alternative to Beholder 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Beholder 2.
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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Not For Broadcast
Single-player alternative to Beholder 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 2.
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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Suzerain
Single-player alternative to Beholder 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Beholder 2.
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?