Beholder 3
Release date: Mar 3, 2022
Developers: Paintbucket Games
Publishers: Alawar
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Turkish

Welcome to The Greatest Union! A totalitarian state that controls everything and everyone through oppressive laws, total surveillance, and intimidation. You are Frank Schwarz, a husband, and father who lost his cushy office job at the Ministry after someone set him up. The only way to avoid jail time was to make a deal with a high-ranking security officer. Now a government spy working undercover as a landlord, you must break into tenants' apartments, search them for contraband and eliminate anyone your boss wants out of the picture. At the same time, you’ll have to spy and scheme against co-workers and superiors in the Ministry to work your way back up the ladder. Different factions are secretly vying for power over the Ministry and the country – play them against each other to your advantage. Can you get your old life back, or even something better? Will you fight for change and truth or uphold the status quo? Who are you willing to sacrifice to get what you want? Features: Work two jobs: in an apartment block and in the Ministry. Different political factions are fighting for power. Pick your side wisely. Complete quests from the Ministry: promote the ideology of the totalitarian state, manipulate flags, and spread whatever propaganda you’re told to. Install surveillance cameras and search apartments and offices. Maintain your cover by doing everyday chores like paying bills, fixing up apartments, and keeping your tenants happy. 

Press reviews: “Beholder 3 is at its best when it is operating on this tight-rope choice and consequence mechanic, which it manages to retain for a good amount of its runtime.” GamingBolt “Beholder 3 is a dark game, there is no way around that. It follows that same pattern from the rest of the series, and maybe even goes a little farther down that dark road.” Game Industry “Beholder 3 really portrays the setting of a totalitarian police state or an authoritarian regime well where the people that stand out are being oppressed or even arrested for the simplest of things and where anyone can be your enemy and I truly believe that this is a gem among gems, just like the previous games in the franchise.” Indiecator 

Notes: This game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work.