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Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
OpenCritic76IGDB80
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.
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Contemplative, dark, tiny and overwhelming.
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GamingTrendSarah MarchantFeb 201790/100Beholder 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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GameGrinMarcello PerriconeDec 20169/10With great cartoon graphics, brilliant game design, and an amazing soundtrack, Beholder is a gem that should be experienced by everyone.
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Life is XboxRafael FariaJan 201890/100Every choice you make has a consequence and every consequence takes you to one of many conclusions. Great stuff!
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GameSpotJames O'ConnorFeb 20175/10Beholder is based on a strong concept, and it has moments that land well, but it’s also held back by repetition and an unexciting script. The unpleasantness doesn’t always feel worth the hassle, and few players will realise the ultimate goal of saving their family and escaping the mundanity of their tenement basement life without kowtowing to the state.
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TwinfiniteJoshua WiseDec 20163/5It may not be beauty that lives in the eye of this one, but Beholder does have some intelligent moral conundrums to levy at you. Unfortunately, the repetition and dull play leave a big hole in the middle where the game’s heart should beat.
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IGDB rating 7.7/10 from 128 ratings.
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