Beholder

Beholder

Warm Lamp Games · 2016

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The WhatsNext verdict

For Players drawn to tense moral choices, surveillance, and stories shaped by their decisions: As an apartment manager under a totalitarian regime, you spy on tenants and decide whether to report, protect, or exploit them. Tradeoff: The pressure comes from ethical dilemmas and managing information, not action-heavy gameplay.

What it does best

  • role-playing (rpg)

  • simulator

  • strategy

  • stealth

The setup

What you are walking into

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.

Where it lives

LinuxAndroidPC (Microsoft Windows)iOSMac

Genre

Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorStrategyAdventureIndie

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