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Beholder

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3.9/5

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3.9

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Beholder
Description
Welcome to a grim dystopian future. A totalitarian State controls every aspect of private and public life. Laws are oppressive. Surveillance is total. Privacy is dead. But FREEDOM lives... You are the State-installed manager of an apartment building. Your daily routine involves making the building...
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3.9/5

( 27 Reviews )

3.9

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Product details
2016, Warm Lamp Games, ...
System requirements
Windows 7 / 8 / 10, Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2180 2.00GHz, 2 GB RAM, GeForce 600M / ATI Radeon HD 545...
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Beholder - Blissful Sleep
Time to beat
6 hMain
10.5 h Main + Sides
21.5 h Completionist
8.5 h All Styles
Description
Welcome to a grim dystopian future.

A totalitarian State controls every aspect of private and public life.

Laws are oppressive. Surveillance is total. Privacy is dead.

But FREEDOM lives...

You are the State-installed manager of an apartment building. Your daily routine involves making the building a sweet spot for tenants, who will come and go. However, that is simply a facade that hides your real mission...

SPYING on your Renters!

Your primary task is to covertly watch your tenants and eavesdrop on their conversations. You must BUG their apartments while they're away, SEARCH their belongings for whatever can threaten the authority of the State, and PROFILE them for your superiors. You must also REPORT anyone capable of violating the laws or plotting subversive activities against the State to the authorities.

You MUST! But will you?

You are a cog in a totalitarian machine! But you can still choose to cling to your humanity and empathize with others.

Will you report the suspicious activities of a father and orphan his children? Or will you withhold the details about his illegal activities and give him a chance to make things right? You may also choose to blackmail him to acquire the money your family desperately needs.

What about the others?

As you play the game, you'll interact with many characters and complete dozens of quests. You'll also make decisions that will affect the way the story unfolds. This will lead to one of several game endings - the ending you have earned!

Just Remember: Your choices have consequences! And you will have to deal with them!



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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
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Time to beat
6 hMain
10.5 h Main + Sides
21.5 h Completionist
8.5 h All Styles
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Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.10+)
Release date:
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631 MB

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Posted on: July 12, 2022

8bitDev

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Games: Reviews: 23

Landlord from hell done right.

Compared to some other games which in this genre are minimal this one ads quite a lot. Story is progressive and plays out based on your decision during the game, multiple endings are available and on top of that different achievements can be obtained. Game itself has many fun elements such as spying, interacting with tenants in form of their items, discussion dialogues and choices that you would be putting upon them. If you didn't like Neighbor series of games I would still give this a try since it ads few extra dimensions that completely twist this genre around.


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Posted on: November 3, 2021

yushimitzu

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Games: 142 Reviews: 23

Decent

It´s kinda short, but worth while


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Posted on: November 24, 2024

WriterBobL

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Games: 403 Reviews: 7

A glimpse into an Orwellian society

In some ways I am finding this game disturbing. It is easy to envision how such an oppressive, totalitarian society could develop and how the members of that society are pitted against each other. It starts off easy enough, report bad people to the police, send innocuous reports profiling your tenants. This, however the proverbial slippery slope. How far will you got to preserve the peace? What is the price for betraying the neighbors you serve? As far as the mechanics of the game; there's a shallow learning curve to understanding the controls. All interactions and navigation are mouse driven. The stylized, simplistic graphics emphasize the bleak world in which you are playing. The audio is akin to the mumbling gibberish used in The Sims, although it does get repetitive after a while. The background music fits well. The plot itself is straightforward, with clearly defined tasks to be completed in order to progress through the narrative. If you are someone who likes being nosey and prying into your neighbors' lives, this game might be right up your alley - provided you can also stomach destroying their lives. I've found it captivating, and keep expecting the other shoe to drop in this surveillance state.


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Posted on: August 13, 2025

Cookiiiiies

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Games: 28 Reviews: 1

Good puzzle!

I like how there's many endings and not just one choice for everything. That said, it's also really hard to keep you and your family safe. I like the challenge but it is definitely not a cozy game lol.


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