Beholder Reviews

I saw my family crying. So my wife got a life sentence and my son was shot by the Kee Gee Bee

People take 2 hours to get to the door.

one of those games I played for a short time but missed the refund window won't be playing again and can't recommend it

Beholder Review – A Grim Look at Surveillance and Morality Rating: 6/10 Beholder puts you in the shoes of a government-installed landlord, tasked with spying on tenants, enforcing strict laws, and deciding whether to follow orders or help those suffering under an oppressive regime. The game gives players moral choices, each affecting how the story unfolds. Every character has their own personality, struggles, and secrets, making your decisions feel meaningful—at least at first. A Dark and Unforgiving World The game’s themes of surveillance, blackmail, and personal sacrifice create a unique and tense atmosphere. It’s heartbreaking when you’re forced to betray innocent people just to survive, especially when missions require you to tear families apart. The pressure builds as you struggle to balance following government orders, keeping your family alive, and making difficult choices that shape your fate. Repetitive and Frustrating Gameplay While the early game is engaging, things start to fall apart after a while. You’ll spend a lot of time grinding for money, whether to buy illegal items, pay off debts, or afford medicine for your sick daughter. Most quests only have one "good" solution, which forces you to replay parts of the game multiple times just to get the "right" outcome. The biggest issue is the limited save system—the game only saves at the start of missions. This means you can lose hours of progress if you make a mistake or fail a task. By the time you figure out the best way to play, you’ve already replayed the same sections over and over. I tried the DLC, but after five minutes, I shut it off—it felt like more of the same repetitive mechanics with little to offer. Final Thoughts At its core, Beholder is a short, thought-provoking game about politics, surveillance, and tough moral choices. It’s challenging at first, but once you get rich and no longer worry about money, the tension disappears. A little more randomness in the story could have made it more engaging instead of relying on trial and error. Pros: ✔ Unique and thought-provoking premise ✔ Strong moral choices with real consequences ✔ Dark and tense atmosphere Cons: ✖ Repetitive gameplay and quest structure ✖ Limited save system can be frustrating ✖ Becomes too easy once you have enough money ✖ DLC adds little to the experience Final Score: 6/10

Very fun and varied characters, keeps the moral choices genuinely hard with how limited the resources are. Keeps you emotionally invested despite how silly the overall game is.

I enjoy the main campaign since it portrays an unfair world that makes you pick between ethics and your family, and even then you will often lose at least one member of the family. After a few playthroughs and a you'll know how to avoid almost all pitfalls, but the impact from that first playthrough sticks with you.

its the kind of game where you need to know whats going to happen in the future, to ensure you make the right (un-intuitive) decisions. a pet peeve for me.

I really want to enjoy this game and I've tried, but it's so vague in what it wants you to do that you end up losing and having to restart constantly. If you lose, you lose. That's pretty much it, back to square 1.

A game of morals - do you have them or not? I'm enjoying the different pathways I can follow throughout the game. I am a terrible landlord and keep dying in multiple terrible ways - as do my tenants! No issues so far with glitching but it did take me forever to get the hang of the controls when searching for evidence. It's not immediately obvious what needs to be noted so suggest you read some of the other reviews to give you the gist of it. I don't know if I'll stay alive long enough to finish the game or this review. I feel like I'm being watched. In case of my death can you please remember to....................................

I didn't expect to kill or to be killed in a game like this. I'm merely a landlord. How could I possibly be killing almost every tenants in my building? This game has a dark sense of humor. DLC Blissful Sleep is epic, a must buy. Can someone please lock [spoiler]Khan[/spoiler] up? This person has to be the state most wanted criminal. Blackmailing your tenants is your main source of income. It is an interesting concept but may feel repetitive later in game. This is my only complaint. I wish there were more ways to earn money. Overall, I had a good time playing.