Games Like Beholder

You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!

Why similar: Political Sim 27.2% ★, Dystopian 20.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Multiple Endings 7.2%, Dark 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It expands Beholder's authoritarian-choice formula from apartment surveillance to a ministry bureaucracy, with the same pressure to trade morality for advancement.

When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs. No tenant, employee or superior is safe from your spying.

Why similar: Political Sim 29.4% ★, Dystopian 19%, Dark Humor 9%, Point & Click 8%, Dark 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It returns to spying on tenants and reporting citizens, making it the closest mechanical and thematic match to the original.

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Dystopian 31.9%, Point & Click 15.9%, Multiple Endings 10%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%, Simulation 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Like Beholder, it turns routine state work into tense moral triage where every rule you enforce can protect your family or ruin someone else's life.

Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.

Why similar: Choices Matter 39.3%, Political Sim 22.8% ★, Simulation 19%, Dystopian 8.6%, Great Soundtrack 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: You surveil private lives for the government, connect evidence, and decide how far you're willing to empower a repressive state.

A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!

Why similar: Political Sim 28% ★, Dystopian 14.9%, Dark Humor 12.5%, Point & Click 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its core loop of secretly watching strangers through cameras and choosing whether to intervene captures Beholder's voyeuristic tension almost perfectly.

A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?

Why similar: Political Sim 30.1% ★, Dystopian 22.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9%, Point & Click 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Managing live TV propaganda delivers the same darkly funny dystopian feeling of surviving inside a system by censoring what people are allowed to know.

Welcome to the Department of Liberty. Ascend the ranks of the NSA-like surveillance agency and decide: will you stand up for privacy, or help create an unstoppable police state? Spy on people’s deepest secrets, pick apart their private lives and decide their fate in this modern surveillance thriller.

Why similar: Political Sim 65.1% ★, Simulation 13.4%, Point & Click 8.3%, Story Rich 5.5%, Indie 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is desk-bound authoritarian snooping at its purest, with lives shaped by how you profile citizens and what you report.

Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.

Why similar: Political Sim 37.1% ★, Dystopian 21.3%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Point & Click 6%, Simulation 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: The sequel doubles down on information control and manipulation, making you an even more active instrument of authoritarian surveillance.

Greetings. Your Mind Scanner request has been approved. Your duty is to diagnose and treat the citizens of The Structure. The patient list is long so don't waste your time. We’ll let you see your daughter soon...

Why similar: Political Sim 32.2% ★, Dystopian 24%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Story Rich 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: You perform state-directed psychiatric evaluations in a retro-future dictatorship, constantly balancing quotas, empathy, and complicity.

A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.

Why similar: Political Sim 31.4% ★, Dystopian 20.8%, Point & Click 10%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its quota-driven dystopian management asks you to process people as resources, echoing Beholder's grim bureaucratic cruelty and multiple-endings structure.

Replica is an interactive novel game played through a cellphone and social media. The insane experience of peeping into someone's private life through a cellphone will transform you into the state's greatest patriot.

Why similar: Dystopian 60.5%, Story Rich 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Indie 8.3%, Adventure 4%

Why You'll Like It: Searching a confiscated phone for evidence delivers the same invasive surveillance and loyalty-versus-conscience conflict.

It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?

Why similar: Dystopian 27.2%, Choices Matter 20%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Story Rich 10.9%, Point & Click 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Interrogating androids for a faceless regime mirrors Beholder's blend of bureaucratic procedure, moral compromise, and branching outcomes.

Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is 'Bouncer'. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay in the UK.

Why similar: Dystopian 44.7%, Simulation 16.6%, Great Soundtrack 15.4%, Multiple Endings 7.6%, Story Rich 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Working as a bouncer in a nationalist police state gives you similar document-checking, rule-enforcing, morally compromised survival decisions.

This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?

Why similar: Choices Matter 25.4%, Strategy 18.5%, Great Soundtrack 16.4%, Story Rich 15.6%, Simulation 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Though it's about a police chief rather than a landlord, it shares the grim management, corruption, and constant compromise between ethics and self-preservation.

Short, thought-provoking adventure where you are a News Editor and decide what stories get published, set in a fictional city where most people are genetically modified. Multiple unique endings let you share your story and see what the Headliner before you did.

Why similar: Political Sim 33.2% ★, Dystopian 19.9%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Dark 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: You shape public opinion by choosing which news reaches people, with small daily decisions snowballing into political consequences.

Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.

Why similar: Political Sim 39% ★, Dystopian 16.3%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Point & Click 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It takes the same propaganda-editing premise and adds a more polished branching narrative about living under a tightly controlled society.

For the People is a mix of a political management sim and a visual novel, putting players in the shoes of an idealistic young state official tasked with shaping the future of a communist factory town. Will the party provide for the people, or are the people just cogs in its machine?..

Why similar: Political Sim 35.3% ★, Dystopian 17.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Point & Click 8.4%, Multiple Endings 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: As a newly appointed public official, you're squeezed between the state, the public, and your own conscience in a very Beholder-like way.

In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!

Why similar: Choices Matter 20.2%, Point & Click 19.1%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Story Rich 11.1%, Simulation 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its desk job of deciding who lives or dies captures the same mundane-workplace setup that hides heavy ethical choices and multiple endings.

The Westport Independent is a censorship simulator taking place in a post-war country, governed by the recently elected Loyalist Party. As the editor of one of the last independent newspapers in the country, your job is to remove and edit the content of your paper, affecting the people’s opinion of both the rebels and the Loyalist...

Why similar: Dystopian 53.8%, Simulation 22.1%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Indie 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Running a newspaper under censorship nails Beholder's theme of deciding whether to comply with or quietly resist a totalitarian regime.

Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.

Why similar: Strategy 25.3%, Story Rich 18.7%, Choices Matter 18%, Great Soundtrack 15.2%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It leans further into tactics, but its authoritarian decay and hard narrative choices still fit Beholder's morally gray tone.

Spy on strangers through security cameras, invade their privacy and discover their secrets in this digital voyeur simulator. Welcome to the future of The Primate Observation Club. Even in 2099 the rule about messing with your unlucky subjects still remains in this sequel: DO NOT feed the monkeys!

Why similar: Dystopian 28.3%, Dark Humor 18.2%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Strategy 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: The sci-fi sequel keeps the voyeurism and intervention decisions that make Beholder fans feel right at home.

As a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal, preside over complicated cases of ordinary citizens, dangerous criminals, and enemies of the revolution in revolutionary Paris. Make judgments, plot political intrigue, and try to not lose your own head!

Why similar: Political Sim 47.1% ★, Choices Matter 14.6%, Point & Click 12.4%, Story Rich 7.6%, Strategy 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Judging citizens during a paranoid revolution offers the same daily loop of state service, family pressure, and life-or-death consequences.

Reveal the true value of the items coming into the shop. Each item has their own history. Dig deep to see what is behind them and become an expert appraiser. Begin a tug of war with customers. With their own expectations and knowledge, they never give up on money.

Why similar: Dystopian 28.7%, Choices Matter 18.6%, Simulation 13.4%, Strategy 11%, Multiple Endings 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Appraising customers and managing suspicion in a surveillance-heavy dystopia recreates Beholder's oppressive atmosphere and social sorting.

You are local mafia kingpin, Jeffrey Koch. Your empire in New Kandinski is in total chaos because an unknown Mastermind has decided to take your place. And they’ve planted a sleeper Mole inside your operation. It’s time to act, but you need to act smart.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22.2%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 10.7%, Story Rich 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Monitoring subordinates, assigning covert work, and surviving within a hostile hierarchy scratches a similar paranoia-and-information-control itch.

Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?

Why similar: Political Sim 43.3% ★, Choices Matter 12.7%, Point & Click 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Story Rich 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shifts to national politics, but few games match Beholder's pressure of navigating ideology, personal values, and authoritarian systems.

Ministry of Broadcast is a narrative-driven single player cinematic platformer mixing Orwell’s 1984 with modern reality TV. A country divided by The Wall; to cross it and reach your family, you must compete on - and win - a reality TV show broadcast by the Regime.

Why similar: Dystopian 32.1%, Dark Humor 16.3%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Indie 10.6%, Adventure 8%

Why You'll Like It: This dystopian satire shares Beholder's oppressive setting and resistance-versus-compliance theme, even if it's more platformer-driven.

Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.

Why similar: Strategy 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Simulation 13.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Dark 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Leading a resistance cell under fascism captures Beholder's atmosphere of fear, surveillance, and costly ethical choices from the other side.

Immigration Enforcement Case #112: You are under arrest. Unless your friends can cross a broken America, retrieve your identifying documents and stay out of trouble... this is the end of the American dream for you.

Why similar: Political Sim 36.2% ★, Dystopian 26.9%, Dark 9.7%, Choices Matter 7.2%, Simulation 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is looser and more road-trip focused than the first game, but its identity checks and anti-authoritarian branching choices still resonate with Beholder.

The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25.5%, Choices Matter 19.6%, Dystopian 14.2%, Story Rich 13.1%, Point & Click 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its intimate cyberpunk narrative about manipulation, control, and ethically loaded choices hits a similar dystopian nerve.

Sim Junta – A game of dirty politics! You are the new dictator of Risuena, a small and poor country of the third world. You have just seized power after a bloody coup and your intentions are to stay in power as long as you can, to rip this country off, transfer the money to your secret Swiss bank account and of course, stay alive and...

Why similar: Political Sim 61% ★, Dystopian 20.4%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 4.2%, Indie 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: If you mainly want the feeling of surviving and scheming inside a decaying authoritarian government, this is a close thematic fit.

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

Why similar: Choices Matter 27.4%, Atmospheric 17.2%, Strategy 16.6%, Simulation 12.7%, Story Rich 11.6%

It's 1955, and for unknown reasons, doppelgangers are more common than usual. Therefore, the Department of Doppelganger Detection (D.D.D.) has taken action. You are the doorman of an apartment complex, and you must decide whether to let in those who claim to be your neighbors.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.9%, Choices Matter 27.3%, Multiple Endings 18.3%, Simulation 10.5%, Adventure 4.3%

Thank You for Your Application is a story-driven interview simulation game. After 15 rounds of interviews, you are reassigned as a junior interviewer, tasked with screening candidates’ resumes according to company requirements and issuing the appropriate thank letters.

Why similar: Dystopian 28.1%, Political Sim 23.8% ★, Point & Click 15.8%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.1%

Humanity is enslaved by an AI… which is awesome, because we’re on the right side of the conflict. Exploit puny humans to extract power and build your own empire!

Why similar: Dark Humor 42.9%, Strategy 17.4%, Simulation 12.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%, Indie 5.6%

It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.2%, Dark Humor 22.3%, Strategy 14.9%, Stealth 9.8%, Violent 8.6%

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

Why similar: Strategy 28.6%, Choices Matter 18.8%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Dark 12.3%, Simulation 10%

A retro, pixel art style adventure in New York, inspired by ’80s cop shows. You are Jack Kelly and you’ve been framed for murder. Now as a regular beat cop you have to find out, who did that. Expect thick crime story, a lot of black humour and all the other things you can find on the streets of Brooklyn.

Why similar: Simulation 17.3%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Point & Click 15.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Indie 8.8%

Become the overseer and shape the fate of those who come knocking at the door. Each decision you make, whether it is to let in a stranger, to use your resources on something, or to risk the safety of the bunker.

Why similar: Dystopian 33.4%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Multiple Endings 13%, Story Rich 9%, Simulation 7.9%

Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.

Why similar: Choices Matter 43.5%, Dark Humor 13.8%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 8%, Great Soundtrack 6.6%

In the world of City Eye, you’ll become an operator of the Central Monitoring System, who will try to prevent the effects of every single transgression in the game. Use city maps to track dangerous areas and don’t let the suspects run away from the Police.

Why similar: Political Sim 41.2% ★, Dystopian 28.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Point & Click 7.6%, Story Rich 4.1%

In 1980, you land a teller job at Kertasia Bank thanks to your distant uncle. But the bank follows bizarre rules set by a foolish government. Face strict policies, tough customers, and moral choices while saving for your mom’s medical bills. Your fate is in your hands.

Why similar: Dystopian 26.8%, Dark Humor 17.1%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Point & Click 11.1%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

Why similar: Choices Matter 30.5%, Story Rich 19.1%, Point & Click 16.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.7%

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Choices Matter 46.1%, Story Rich 18.4%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Strategy 6.2%, Simulation 6.2%

Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?

Why similar: Political Sim 70.8% ★, Strategy 11.5%, Choices Matter 5.7%, Multiple Endings 3.4%, Simulation 3.1%

Become the Dictator of Gradnar! Rule the nation, choose between democracy and tyranny, wage wars with a unique card-based mechanic, and expand your empire. A political dystopia packed with satire and humor!

Why similar: Dystopian 45.3%, Choices Matter 21.3%, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 11.4%, Atmospheric 8.1%

The year is 2036. In this famine-riddled world, food-centric sovereignty has been established. Living alone inside a food-inspection booth, you are striving to find truth and peace beyond the borderline.

Why similar: Political Sim 28.2% ★, Dystopian 25.2%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Point & Click 9.2%

This Is the President is a political thriller. You are the newly elected leader with a shady background. It is up to you to abuse the position of the most powerful man in the world to escape justice for past crimes – even if that pitches the country into utter chaos.

Why similar: Political Sim 46.1% ★, Dystopian 23.2%, Dark Humor 18.5%, Strategy 8.2%, Adventure 2.1%

Hack into crime scenes, look for evidence, analyze data, interrogate criminals, track suspects and deal with the consequences of your decisions. This is a dark and brutal detective story with a Black Mirror-esque atmosphere of digital dominance and the narrative structure of a US crime procedural.

Why similar: Dystopian 28%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Point & Click 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Dark 8.4%

A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.

Why similar: Dystopian 30.4%, Dark Humor 19.5%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Story Rich 8.2%

This is a narrative role-playing game telling the story of a crown prince of the Blessed Arknian Empire. You possess great power, but are also burdened by duty. Can you change the world and stay true to yourself? Every decision comes with a cost.

Why similar: Political Sim 43.3% ★, Choices Matter 17.4%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Point & Click 8%, Story Rich 6.9%

Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.

Why similar: Simulation 40%, Stealth 21.2%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Singleplayer 10.1%, Adventure 5.9%

60 Seconds! is a dark comedy atomic adventure of scavenge and survival. Collect supplies and rescue your family before the nuke hits. Stay alive in your fallout shelter. Make difficult decisions, ration food and hunt mutant cockroaches. And maybe survive. Or not.

Why similar: Dark Humor 30.5%, Point & Click 20.9%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Strategy 11.1%, Story Rich 7.8%

Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.

Why similar: Dystopian 30.7%, Choices Matter 21.2%, Dark 13.3%, Story Rich 13%, Atmospheric 11.4%

Assume control of a Middle Eastern country recovering from a violent revolution. Forge alliances, grow your economy, invade your neighbors, or pacify your population. Rogue State is a geopolitical strategy game that will force you to always stay one step ahead of your rivals to survive.

Why similar: Political Sim 68.2% ★, Strategy 14.2%, Simulation 12.8%, Indie 4.8%

Do you want to be a upright official or corrupt officials？Choose your choice,Reaching the pinnacle of power.

Why similar: Political Sim 37% ★, Dark Humor 26.2%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Simulation 6.8%, Strategy 2.8%

DISTRUST is an isometric survival adventure with procedural generation on an Arctic research station lost in the endless dark of a polar night. A story-rich fiction with multiple endings that suits both singleplayer fans and co-op enthusiasts.

Why similar: Point & Click 42.3%, Atmospheric 22.2%, Strategy 22%, Singleplayer 7.2%, Adventure 6.3%

Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.

Why similar: Dystopian 28%, Great Soundtrack 23.3%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Simulation 9.6%, Story Rich 8.7%

Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.

Why similar: Dark Humor 40%, Story Rich 14.7%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Simulation 12.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%

Game about the difficult work of people that manage emergency lines and services. Answer incoming calls and react properly - give first aid instructions, advise, dispatch correct number of firemen / police / ambulances, or sometimes - just ignore the call. Play on ANY CITY in the world!

Why similar: Simulation 30.3%, Strategy 30%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Indie 5.8%

Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.

Why similar: Dark 20.2%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Great Soundtrack 15.2%, Story Rich 13.7%, Atmospheric 12.3%