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Beholder 3

Paintbucket Games · Alawar · 2022-03-03

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AdventureIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 03, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 15, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 15, 2022 (Xbox One), Dec 15, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Dec 15, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Jan 26, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

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.

Beholder 3 is an Adventure, Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $17.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (65% of 2862 reviews).

3
playing now
65%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
2.56★
PlayStation Store rating (100 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Beholder 3 trailer thumbnail

Beholder 3 - Official Trailer

≈627,727 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 202 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (621 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 57k–129k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,862 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.69-85%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.35 at GamersGate (2025-09-15) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 155 of 195 observed days · $1.34 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
43143120222026Week of 2022-03-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3232026-09-15 14:00 — 13 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 25 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 24 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 25 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 24 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 14 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 32 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 16 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 22 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 20 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 22 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 16 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1449Mar 2022Aug 2026Mar 2022 — avg 144 · peak 1,020May 2022 — avg 15 · peak 48Jul 2022 — avg 18 · peak 43Sep 2022 — avg 10 · peak 33Nov 2022 — avg 12 · peak 47Jan 2023 — avg 13 · peak 42Mar 2023 — avg 12 · peak 35May 2023 — avg 18 · peak 161Jul 2023 — avg 24 · peak 73Sep 2023 — avg 10 · peak 34Nov 2023 — avg 17 · peak 49Jan 2024 — avg 13 · peak 37Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 38May 2024 — avg 11 · peak 37Jul 2024 — avg 13 · peak 39Sep 2024 — avg 12 · peak 32Nov 2024 — avg 29 · peak 102Jan 2025 — avg 16 · peak 44Mar 2025 — avg 18 · peak 44May 2025 — avg 29 · peak 93Jul 2025 — avg 17 · peak 47Sep 2025 — avg 15 · peak 41Nov 2025 — avg 19 · peak 56Jan 2026 — avg 13 · peak 34Mar 2026 — avg 13 · peak 33May 2026 — avg 11 · peak 26Jul 2026 — avg 18 · peak 46Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 54
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$17.99$1.352022-02-242026-10-152022-02-24 — best price $14.992022-04-07 — best price $10.492022-05-24 — best price $14.992022-07-11 — best price $8.992022-08-23 — best price $8.992022-10-27 — best price $6.642022-12-04 — best price $11.892023-01-17 — best price $16.172023-03-03 — best price $6.002023-04-21 — best price $14.992023-05-29 — best price $13.022023-07-14 — best price $5.992023-08-25 — best price $5.992023-10-20 — best price $6.742023-12-15 — best price $6.752024-02-08 — best price $6.292024-04-19 — best price $3.332024-06-07 — best price $13.382024-08-01 — best price $13.222024-09-18 — best price $17.992024-11-05 — best price $17.992024-12-13 — best price $6.122025-02-10 — best price $4.492025-03-27 — best price $4.492025-05-15 — best price $3.592025-07-01 — best price $4.492025-08-14 — best price $3.592025-09-29 — best price $2.692025-11-17 — best price $2.692026-01-10 — best price $17.992026-02-25 — best price $17.992026-04-13 — best price $2.152026-05-28 — best price $17.992026-07-16 — best price $2.692026-08-13 — best price $2.702026-09-05 — best price $2.692026-09-25 — best price $2.692026-10-15 — best price $2.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
86.6%
earned "A new Carl, a new Janitor!"
29%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3738%37
PS5 (PlayStation)12319%32
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)445%24
PS4 (PlayStation)3126%32
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DDarkLGBTQ+StrategyIsometricPoliticalDark HumorDystopian ManagementSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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