- Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
A totalitarian State controls every aspect of private and social life. Laws are oppressive. Surveillance is total. Privacy is dead. You are a State-installed manager of an apartment house. The State requires you to spy on your tenants, and report any illegal or subversive activity. However, you can also choose to keep the information to yourself, or use it to blackmail the residents, resulting in a multitude of choices and endings. Also includes: Blissful Sleep DLC
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Character
Grave, contemplative, bleak and contemporary.
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
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GamePittRob PittJan 20189/10Beholder is a rare breed of game. It's a dark, gritty theme with the odd comical moment and a hint of strategy all crammed together around moral, game-changing options and outcomes. I love it! If you have played Papers, Please and enjoy that style of gameplay, imagine that along with a hotel simulator and a TellTale game and you kind of get Beholder. The game has a lot of replay value, not just for trophies but also to see how people react to different options and how different choices play out.
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PS4Blog.netJan 20188.5/10Beholder: Complete Edition is a game that is worthy of your time and money, and I had an absolute blast playing. There are several endings you can reach and many ways you can handle each situation. The decisions you make will impact the endings, so if you want to see everything you'll need to play nice/be the bad guy and alternate as needed.
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TheXboxHubCarlos SantuanaJan 20184/5 starsBeholder: Complete Edition is a surprisingly challenging experience, but is still a fantastic game.
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Nintendo EnthusiastDavid GiltinanDec 20183/10The visual style is certainly unique enough despite how much it may remind some of Playdead’s Limbo. The gameplay is also inspiring when first experiencing it for its mesh of strategy, management, and stealth. It’s just a shame that it gets bogged down by the economy when trying to complete key objectives. The controls are serviceable also but will take some getting used to at first.
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PlayStation LifeStyleChandler WoodJan 20185.5/10Beholder is an interesting management sim with brilliant morally ambiguous themes taking center stage, however it suffers from imbalanced execution.
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Warm Lamp Games
- Publisher
- Alawar Entertainment, Curve Digital
- Released
- January 16, 2018
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
- Unity
IGDB rating 5.6/10 from 9 ratings.
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