Beholder: Complete Edition

The main figure is Carl: a government-installed landlord in a totalitarian police state. The state appoints Carl to spy on the tenants and gather as much information as possible about them over time. The player can bug apartments while tenants are not in them, search their belongings for whatever can threaten the authority of the state, and profile them. The state requires the player to report anyone capable of violating the law or plotting subversive activities.

The game offers the player the choice of either following the commands of the government or siding with the people who suffer from the oppressive directives.

Beholder was developed by the Russian team at Warm Lamp Games, located in Barnaul. The team was created based on the Barnaul division of Alawar Stargaze. The Work on the project began in October 2015. The prototype of Beholder contained elements of the economic game, which were expressed in the fact that the residents of the house paid rent to the main character for housing, and the player had to improve his living conditions, Later the creators decided to remove them.

On April 26, 2016, the game appeared on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform, where the developers requested $25,000 to fund the game's creation. During the development, this amount was never needed, and the decision was made to close the funding before the deadline. The game was also introduced on Steam Greenlight and, on May 9, reached 10th place among the projects submitted for approval by the community. During game creation, developers focused on games like Papers, Please and This War of Mine, as well as the works of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley.

Beholder received positive reviews from most critics for the PC and iOS versions.

While praising the controls, Eurogamer's Mateusz Zdanowicz said, "Gameplay will prove uncomplicated for everyone who has ever dealt with classic adventure games." He called the game "an interesting and quite unusual title, although in terms of mechanics it offers nothing extraordinary." He then said "An interesting plot setting combined with the need to make difficult decisions determine the strength of this independent production."