Beholder
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2016
Platforms
Genres
- adventure video game
- strategy video game
- adventure game*
- construction and management simulation*
- life simulation game*
Play modes
- single-player video game
Players by platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
Content classifications
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows*
- Classification
- T - Teen*
Series
- Beholder
Localized titles
- Beholder
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- Yes*
Store genres
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- Strategy*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Russian*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- French*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- German*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Italian*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Japanese*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Polish*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Dutch*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Turkish*
- Korean*
- Full audio
- Yes*
Audio languages
- English*
- Russian*
- French*
- German*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Italian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Dutch*
- Korean*
Community tags · historical
- Dystopian *
- Votes · historical
- 569*
- Choices Matter*
- Votes · historical
- 558*
- Political Sim*
- Votes · historical
- 540*
- Strategy*
- Votes · historical
- 528*
- Dark*
- Votes · historical
- 505*
- Atmospheric*
- Votes · historical
- 503*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 502*
- Simulation*
- Votes · historical
- 500*
- Story Rich*
- Votes · historical
- 495*
- Multiple Endings*
- Votes · historical
- 489*
- Political*
- Votes · historical
- 477*
- Point & Click*
- Votes · historical
- 456*
- Dark Humor*
- Votes · historical
- 450*
- Indie*
- Votes · historical
- 446*
- Great Soundtrack*
- Votes · historical
- 442*
- 3D*
- Votes · historical
- 431*
- Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 245*
- 2D*
- Votes · historical
- 213*
- RPG*
- Votes · historical
- 164*
- Violent*
- Votes · historical
- 128*
System requirements
- Linux · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or more*
- Processor alternatives
- 1.7 GHz Dual Core*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- 1 Gb*
- Storage
- 1600 MB available space*
- macOS · Minimum*
- Operating system
- MacOSX 10.10 or higher*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Core i5 – 2.4 GHz*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256 MB*
- Storage
- 1600 MB available space*
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Windows 7/8/10*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2180 2.00GHz*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- GeForce 600M / ATI Radeon HD 5450 (1GB)*
- Graphics API
- Version 9.0c*
- Storage
- 1600 MB available space*
- Windows · Recommended*
- Memory
- 3 GB*
- Graphics alternatives
- GeForce GT 730 (1Gb) / Radeon R7 A10-7700K*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Core i5 – 2.4 GHz*
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27*
- Memory
- 3 GB*
Compatibility and community reports
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 22*
- Community confidence
- good*
- Controller support · 2026-06-27*
- Controller support
- Partial*
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)*
- Warm Lamp Games*
Publishers
- Alawar Entertainment
- Alawar*
Release history
- 2016-11-09
- Date precision
- Exact date
- 2016-11-08 · Microsoft Windows*
- Release date
- 2016-11-08*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- Nov 9, 2016*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 14 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2180 2.00GHz*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- GeForce 600M / ATI Radeon HD 5450 (1GB)*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 2* GB
- Name
- Beholder*
- Windows recommended processor requirement
- Intel Core i5 – 2.4 GHz*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- GeForce GT 730 (1Gb) / Radeon R7 A10-7700K*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- 3* GB
- Release year
- 2,016*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2180 2.00GHz*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Graphics alternatives
- GeForce 600M / ATI Radeon HD 5450 (1GB)*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 2 GB*
- Windows recommended processor requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Core i5 – 2.4 GHz*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Graphics alternatives
- GeForce GT 730 (1Gb) / Radeon R7 A10-7700K*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Memory
- 3 GB*
Specifications 2 · 7 fields
- Developers · Microsoft Windows
- Warm Lamp Games
- Warm Lamp Games*
- ESRB classification · Microsoft Windows
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows
- Classification
- T - Teen*
- Genres · Microsoft Windows
- adventure game
- adventure game*
- construction and management simulation
- construction and management simulation*
- life simulation game
- life simulation game*
- strategy video game
- strategy video game*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows*
- Publishers · Microsoft Windows
- Alawar Entertainment
- Alawar Entertainment*
- Release date · Microsoft Windows
- 2016-11-08 · Microsoft Windows
- Release date
- 2016-11-08*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Specifications 3 · 36 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 60*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 179* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 352* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)*
- DLC count · historical
- 2*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 1000000 - 2000000*
- Audio languages
- English*
- Russian*
- French*
- German*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Italian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Dutch*
- Korean*
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- Strategy*
- Linux support · historical
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- Yes*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 179* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 172* min
- Metacritic score
- 75*
- Name
- Beholder*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 2,303*
- Peak ccu
- 138*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 25,444*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 4.19*
- Publishers
- Alawar*
- Recommendations
- 22,086*
- Store release date · historical
- Nov 9, 2016*
- Store age restriction · historical
- 1*
- Interface languages
- English*
- Russian*
- French*
- German*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Italian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Dutch*
- Turkish*
- Korean*
- Game website · historical
- https://alawar.com/games/beholder*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)
- Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)*
- Audio languages
- English*
- Russian*
- French*
- German*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Italian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Dutch*
- Korean*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Alawar
- Alawar*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Nov 9, 2016*
- Interface languages
- English*
- Russian*
- French*
- German*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Italian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Dutch*
- Turkish*
- Korean*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 4 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 504* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 427* min
- Ccu
- 138*
- Developer
- Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)*
- Historical discount
- 94* %
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- Strategy*
- Historical US original list price
- 1,399* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- Russian*
- French*
- German*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Italian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Dutch*
- Turkish*
- Korean*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 1,005* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 170* min
- Name
- Beholder*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 2,303*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 25,444*
- Historical US price
- 83* US cents
- Publisher
- Alawar*
- Community tags · historical
- Dystopian *
- Choices Matter*
- Political Sim*
- Strategy*
- Dark*
- Atmospheric*
- Singleplayer*
- Simulation*
- Story Rich*
- Multiple Endings*
- Political*
- Point & Click*
- Dark Humor*
- Indie*
- Great Soundtrack*
- 3D*
- Adventure*
- 2D*
- RPG*
- Violent*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Languages
- English*
- Russian*
- French*
- German*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Italian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Dutch*
- Turkish*
- Korean*
- Community tags · historical
- Dystopian
- Dystopian*
- Choices Matter
- Choices Matter*
- Political Sim
- Political Sim*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Dark
- Dark*
- Atmospheric
- Atmospheric*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Simulation
- Simulation*
- Story Rich
- Story Rich*
- Multiple Endings
- Multiple Endings*
- Political
- Political*
- Point & Click
- Point & Click*
- Dark Humor
- Dark Humor*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Great Soundtrack
- Great Soundtrack*
- 3D
- 3D*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- 2D
- 2D*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Violent
- Violent*
- Tags votes
- Dystopian
- Votes · historical
- 569*
- Choices Matter
- Votes · historical
- 558*
- Political Sim
- Votes · historical
- 540*
- Strategy
- Votes · historical
- 528*
- Dark
- Votes · historical
- 505*
- Atmospheric
- Votes · historical
- 503*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 502*
- Simulation
- Votes · historical
- 500*
- Story Rich
- Votes · historical
- 495*
- Multiple Endings
- Votes · historical
- 489*
- Political
- Votes · historical
- 477*
- Point & Click
- Votes · historical
- 456*
- Dark Humor
- Votes · historical
- 450*
- Indie
- Votes · historical
- 446*
- Great Soundtrack
- Votes · historical
- 442*
- 3D
- Votes · historical
- 431*
- Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 245*
- 2D
- Votes · historical
- 213*
- RPG
- Votes · historical
- 164*
- Violent
- Votes · historical
- 128*
Specifications 5 · 30 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)*
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- Strategy*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Linux requirements
- Minimum: OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or more Processor: 1.7 GHz Dual Core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 1 Gb Storage: 1600 MB available space *
- macOS requirements
- Minimum: OS: MacOSX 10.10 or higher Processor: Intel Core i5 – 2.4 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256 MB Storage: 1600 MB available space *
- Metacritic score
- 75*
- Name
- Beholder*
- Windows requirements
- Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8/10 Processor: Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2180 2.00GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 600M / ATI Radeon HD 5450 (1GB) DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1600 MB available space *
- Platforms
- windows*
- mac*
- linux*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 94*
- Historical store price
- $0.83*
- Publishers
- Alawar*
- Recommendations total
- 21,842*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- Nov 9, 2016*
- Store age restriction · historical
- 1*
- Interface languages
- English (full audio), Russian (full audio), French (full audio), German (full audio), Simplified Chinese (full audio), Italian (full audio), Traditional Chinese (full audio), Japanese (full audio), Polish (full audio), Spanish - Spain (full audio), Portuguese - Brazil (full audio), Dutch (full audio), Turkish, Korean (full audio)*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)
- Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Linux requirements
- Linux · Minimum
- Operating system
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or more*
- Processor alternatives
- 1.7 GHz Dual Core*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- 1 Gb*
- Storage
- 1600 MB available space*
- macOS requirements
- macOS · Minimum
- Operating system
- MacOSX 10.10 or higher*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Core i5 – 2.4 GHz*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256 MB*
- Storage
- 1600 MB available space*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- Windows 7/8/10*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2180 2.00GHz*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- GeForce 600M / ATI Radeon HD 5450 (1GB)*
- Graphics API
- Version 9.0c*
- Storage
- 1600 MB available space*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Alawar
- Alawar*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Nov 9, 2016*
- Interface languages
- Turkish*
Specifications 6 · 19 fields
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- partial*
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- verified*
- Store genres
- Adventure|Indie|Strategy*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 561*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- good*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 22*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- platinum*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- 3* GB
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,016*
- Title
- Beholder*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support
- Partial*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 22*
- Community confidence
- good*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27
- Memory
- 3 GB*
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