Beholder

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 290 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 199 out of 290
  2. Mixed: 67 out of 290
  3. Negative: 24 out of 290

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  1. apokalipto
    Aug 19, 2023
    9
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  2. yazazuyo
    Aug 10, 2023
    9
    Understanding how to "manage the apartments" was first hard but when you got it it's a very nice :) game.
  3. gameking
    Jul 7, 2023
    8
    I liked this game. I think game-play is very good. Game has many endings but one storyline.
  4. Dimocracy
    Jul 6, 2023
    9
    A good game that is valuable for not idealizing authoritarian regimes (commies, hello)
  5. prosto_kolesnik
    Jul 3, 2023
    8
    Very pretty and powerful idea. In the game you have lots of freedom and only you decide which end will be in this game. You decide on which side you will be! Because circumstances forse to do it. During all time of gaming as ordinary player i didn't see any bugs. But shame it's in the game some missions is very crucial and play very big role and in the same time another missions not veryVery pretty and powerful idea. In the game you have lots of freedom and only you decide which end will be in this game. You decide on which side you will be! Because circumstances forse to do it. During all time of gaming as ordinary player i didn't see any bugs. But shame it's in the game some missions is very crucial and play very big role and in the same time another missions not very important for us (but such mission not many, bacouse for majority of them we will receive achievements ). DLC also good, i recommend its too.… Expand
  6. Suprizer
    Apr 22, 2023
    7
    Literally 1984 the game. I love its premise theme and gameplay but its kinda frustrating at times.
  7. Babutto
    Apr 21, 2023
    7
    I'll recommend this game but guys, seriously, this one-sided view of how things are done in the world of politics starts getting sickening. Because it is quite clear what the references are.

    Pros.: - Empathy. - Multiple story lines. - Multiple decisions. - Easy to die. - Difficulty forces you to evaluate your actions, also, saves are quite comfortably managed. - Aesthetics. -    I'll recommend this game but guys, seriously, this one-sided view of how things are done in the world of politics starts getting sickening. Because it is quite clear what the references are.

    Pros.:
    - Empathy.
    - Multiple story lines.
    - Multiple decisions.
    - Easy to die.
    - Difficulty forces you to evaluate your actions, also, saves are quite comfortably managed.
    - Aesthetics.
    - Replayability!
    - Art game.

    Cons.:
    - Music.
    - Annoying open-steal-earn money mechanic.
    - Overall insistence that SOME (let's not point the fingers - easy to read through names and papers) countries are bad and there are GOOD guys who will fix everything. Papers, please! plays with the topic much better and with more realistic approach.

    Still, recommend to play and will even try sequels. Because the game is super replayable and forces you to make a choice. Which is great.

    P.S.: and for the record. George Orwell worked in BBC. He was writing not about the USSR but about the UK. A hint of reality. A detail current wikipedia generation ignores.    … Expand
  8. Pizi
    Feb 9, 2023
    7
    Game about being a spy for comunist police. Good story with a few endings. Beholder is a good game but sometimes quest are just boring.
  9. Alvelian
    Dec 14, 2022
    9
    Хорошая игра с отличным сюжетом. Каждое ваше действие ДЕЙСТВИТЕЛЬНО влияют на окружающих и на весь сюжет.
    В целом конечно весь геймплей упирается в лутание всех квартир и докладивание либо покрывание ваших квартирантов с последующим шантажом, однако с такой вариативностью этого вполне хватает.
    Определенно игра расчитана на 2-3 прохождения.    Хорошая игра с отличным сюжетом. Каждое ваше действие ДЕЙСТВИТЕЛЬНО влияют на окружающих и на весь сюжет.
    В целом конечно весь геймплей упирается в лутание всех квартир и докладивание либо покрывание ваших квартирантов с последующим шантажом, однако с такой вариативностью этого вполне хватает.
    Определенно игра расчитана на 2-3 прохождения.
  10. Soullex
    Nov 30, 2022
    7
    Bir babanın neler çektiğini gayet iyi anlatan bir oyun.....................
  11. drlowdon
    Oct 24, 2022
    7
    In Beholder players are cast as Carl, the landlord of a small apartment complex in a war-torn region. Carl’s aim is to support his family, but if he’s going to do so he must also spy on his tenants in order to satisfy the government officials that gave him the job.

    Beholder quickly establishes an impressively oppressive atmosphere, and the tension of balancing the needs of your family    In Beholder players are cast as Carl, the landlord of a small apartment complex in a war-torn region. Carl’s aim is to support his family, but if he’s going to do so he must also spy on his tenants in order to satisfy the government officials that gave him the job.

    Beholder quickly establishes an impressively oppressive atmosphere, and the tension of balancing the needs of your family and government overlords really ramps up as you progress. The pacing of the missions handed out is a little uneven however, and the gameplay is too repetitive to encourage playing through from the start multiple times when you inevitably fail your first few attempts.    … Expand
  12. Zodiac_A
    Oct 24, 2022
    6
    On the one hand, this game offers a rather unique setting of spying on the tenants in a kind of USSR country. The gameplay is broken, really. Your main aim is not to solve the quests but do it in a limited time and farm money (incredible amount of money). Though what will be if you fail? I will get a bad ending actually. This game has three endings consisting of three sub categories (nineOn the one hand, this game offers a rather unique setting of spying on the tenants in a kind of USSR country. The gameplay is broken, really. Your main aim is not to solve the quests but do it in a limited time and farm money (incredible amount of money). Though what will be if you fail? I will get a bad ending actually. This game has three endings consisting of three sub categories (nine options summary, 3 per one play). Based on this in order to get a positive ending you will replay missions dozens of times. And here the main problem became withable. All gameplay is a script with repetitive actions. Yep, there are a few options to complete practically each quest. On the other hand, most of them have only one positive option, thus you will replay a quarter or half of the game in order to solve it in the right way. In the end you are repeatedly replaying the same quests for 2-5 times in the same way. In addition the game can be saved only by itself at the start of the missions. As a result a few times you will play for yours without any progress saves. I bought a DLS for this game, but after 5 minutes I switched it off, as it was based on the same boring and repetitive mechanics as the main game.… Expand
  13. Outcast3241
    Aug 26, 2022
    8
    Мне игра очень понравилась. Есть, конечно, огрехи в сюжетном и гемплейном плане, но надеюсь в следующих частях это поправили.
  14. Izoeros
    Jun 10, 2022
    5
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  15. Gornostai
    Jun 1, 2022
    7
    Симулятор СССР. Игра понравилась, но проходить больше двух раз очень скучно. А концовок очень много.
  16. AliceGross
    May 6, 2022
    6
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  17. Wrathzo
    Mar 24, 2022
    7
    Beholder is a Russian adventure video game developed by Warm Lamp Games and published by Alawar Entertainment. The game offers the player the choice of either following the commands of the Government or siding with the people who suffer from the oppressive directives. Each game character has their own personality, circumstances, and issues. Every decision that a player makes affects theBeholder is a Russian adventure video game developed by Warm Lamp Games and published by Alawar Entertainment. The game offers the player the choice of either following the commands of the Government or siding with the people who suffer from the oppressive directives. Each game character has their own personality, circumstances, and issues. Every decision that a player makes affects the way the story unfolds. The game has multiple endings, each of them being a sum of the decisions made by the player.… Expand
  18. JustinForgueims
    Feb 18, 2022
    5
    Simple and short game about politics and moral decisions.
    A little bit challenging at the beginning but boring at the end when you're so rich that don't care about nothing.

    I would have enjoyed it more if it had some randomness instead of predefined stories that you learn from trial and error.
  19. Tomicsavo
    Jan 5, 2022
    7
    A good idea, liked it, and fun. Even in easy mode it's impossible to complete unfortunately.
  20. Rnoviok
    Dec 4, 2021
    10
    Frightening and interesting vision of dystopia very well shown in the game
    DLC that tells the story of the previous owner of the tenement is as great as the main game
  21. AlexeySoltan
    Oct 14, 2021
    10
    its perfect. one who is not agreed is poseur .
  22. Bushido95
    Sep 28, 2021
    7
    Не плохая задумка, приятный дизайн, занимательные механики и реализация не плохая.
  23. L140
    Jun 16, 2021
    8
    хорошая атмосферная игра, но на один раз. К сожалению главным минусом игры является геймплей - он скудный и неинтересный, и если он завораживает в начале, под конец игры ты просто заебываешься писать ебаные характеристики, проверять6 новых жильцов. Но интересные квесты, персонажи и моральные выборы перекрывают отсталость геймплея. Игра на один разхорошая атмосферная игра, но на один раз. К сожалению главным минусом игры является геймплей - он скудный и неинтересный, и если он завораживает в начале, под конец игры ты просто заебываешься писать ебаные характеристики, проверять6 новых жильцов. Но интересные квесты, персонажи и моральные выборы перекрывают отсталость геймплея. Игра на один раз
  24. Vulgrim
    May 26, 2021
    4
    Honestly, the game let me down terribly. Promoted to the mechanics of making difficult decisions in the face of problems related to building management in a totalitarian regime ... And in my opinion, the puzzle game came out - the dilemmas were often limited to two goals A) CORRECT B) INCORRECT choice. I didn't feel at all that these decisions were difficult because they often ended in theHonestly, the game let me down terribly. Promoted to the mechanics of making difficult decisions in the face of problems related to building management in a totalitarian regime ... And in my opinion, the puzzle game came out - the dilemmas were often limited to two goals A) CORRECT B) INCORRECT choice. I didn't feel at all that these decisions were difficult because they often ended in the death of the main character or there was no other way out other than the one specific one planned in advance by the developers. Someone needs X, and the other person can handle it once we get Y, and that just happens to be wonderful in another character's locker.
    The best part of the game was writing reports. Though it hurt how few characters could be encountered on the way.    … Expand
  25. YigidOx2
    Mar 6, 2021
    8
    It is a very nice but challenging game. As if you are not enough to deal with all the political problems in a country where the hierarchy has taken over, you have to solve the problems of the apartment and tenants in the apartment you manage. While dealing with these, you should not disrupt your family at the same time, and you should always earn money at an absurd level. Even though thisIt is a very nice but challenging game. As if you are not enough to deal with all the political problems in a country where the hierarchy has taken over, you have to solve the problems of the apartment and tenants in the apartment you manage. While dealing with these, you should not disrupt your family at the same time, and you should always earn money at an absurd level. Even though this game is difficult, you feel like you are living in the world it reflects, the stories it tells.… Expand
  26. Crimert
    Feb 15, 2021
    7
    I kinda liked this game. I enjoyed the time I spent whıle I am playing Beholder and its DLC. 4hrs on record.
  27. TimurKrut
    Feb 6, 2021
    10
    Великолепная игра от наших земляков! В игре великолепная стилистика и хороший саундтрек! Рекомендую к прохождению
  28. Broyax
    Feb 5, 2021
    0
    Le gros étron du jour est un jeu indé ! quoi de plus naturel en somme pour un indé comme d’habitude à côté de la plaque et à côté de ses pompes ! y compris lorsqu’il prétend nous mettre dans la peau d’un citoyen « modèle » qui espionne ses voisins afin de les dénoncer immédiatement à la mère Patrie pour subversion, déviance ou haute trahison. Ou autres activités politiques. Ou terroristes.Le gros étron du jour est un jeu indé ! quoi de plus naturel en somme pour un indé comme d’habitude à côté de la plaque et à côté de ses pompes ! y compris lorsqu’il prétend nous mettre dans la peau d’un citoyen « modèle » qui espionne ses voisins afin de les dénoncer immédiatement à la mère Patrie pour subversion, déviance ou haute trahison. Ou autres activités politiques. Ou terroristes.

    L’idée semble intéressante mais elle est restée sur le papier seulement ou au mieux comme concept assez vague, très vague… La mise en oeuvre et le développement de cette idée en un « jeu » est un échec total et le résultat d’un bricolage lamentable, rapidement démoulé par une bande de cons qui n’avaient aucune idée de ce qu’ils étaient en train de faire.

    Ainsi, la présentation est exécrable dans sa 2D et demi dégueulasse en 5 couleurs et demi et les contrôles sont pensés en dépit du bon sens le plus élementaire ; tout est à dire vrai dans ce sous-jeu pensé n’importe comment ou pas pensé du tout : c’est le « résultat » des stagiaires qui ont boulotté de la merde sur cet étron indé à la petite semaine !

    C’est en outre très limité, vite répétitif et d’un goût constamment douteux ou carrément mauvais dans tous les compartiments de ce sous-produit qui s’est voulu opportuniste mais qui mériterait un petit stage dans un camp de rééducation par le travail manuel afin -bien entendu- de procéder également à son autocritique. Pour le bien de la Patrie, camarade !    … Expand
  29. m28
    Jan 9, 2021
    7
    Крепкий середнячок, который можно пройти пару раз, но не больше. Очень хорошо, что авторы предусмотрели сложный и нормальный режим, поскольку сложный не оставляет никакого выбора, кроме как быть сволочью. Игра очень радует насыщенностью событий, множеством решения спорных ситуаций с грядущими последствиями, что заставляет игрока действительно думать и не допускать поспешных решений. ОднакоКрепкий середнячок, который можно пройти пару раз, но не больше. Очень хорошо, что авторы предусмотрели сложный и нормальный режим, поскольку сложный не оставляет никакого выбора, кроме как быть сволочью. Игра очень радует насыщенностью событий, множеством решения спорных ситуаций с грядущими последствиями, что заставляет игрока действительно думать и не допускать поспешных решений. Однако непредсказуемость может иногда заставлять начинать игру с самого начала. Наломав дров, не стоит надеяться на счастливый финал. Немножко бьет по атмосфере обилие юмора и стереотипов, а также некоторые очевидно недоделанные вещи. Игру покупать однозначно стоит, особенно ценителям игр старой школы.… Expand
  30. Just_ali
    Dec 21, 2020
    10
    Good game indeed pretty fun for lockdown spent hours on it, maybe I will buy the next title
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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. DarkStation
    Mar 1, 2017
    80
    I enjoyed my time playing Beholder. Everything comes together well, and the initial experience is fun. It is missing that hook to keep me interested in playing for an extended period. That is the only complaint I have about Beholder. It will give you an enjoyable experience, even if it is for a short time. If you’re looking for a game that you can play for a couple days, Beholder fits that bill.
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  2. Games Master UK
    Feb 18, 2017
    74
    An intriguing chance to find out if you're just as bad as Big Brother, but it falls at the final hurdle. [Feb 2017, p.81]
  3. GamingTrend
    Feb 9, 2017
    90
    Beholder is a management sim and a moral quandary all in one. It’s easy to become consumed by the lives of Carl Stein and the apartment dwellers he’s been hired to spy on, with a story full of twists, turns, and terrible fates.
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