Ten years after Beholder first put players behind the surveillance desk, Alawar has officially announced Beholder 4. The next entry in the dystopian narrative series turns the tables: instead of simply watching citizens, players will work inside the Ministry while secretly helping the resistance.

The announcement arrived on 9 November as part of the franchise’s 10th anniversary celebrations, alongside a first teaser trailer. Beholder 4 is currently in development for PC, with Steam wishlisting now available. Alawar has not announced a release date.

Watch the announcement teaser

A double life inside the Ministry

Beholder 4 puts players in the role of a promising Ministry official who appears loyal to the State but is secretly working for the underground resistance. By day, you’ll process files, sign orders and try to climb the career ladder. Away from your desk, you’ll steal classified documents, plant listening devices, crack safes and sabotage operations.

That double life is central to the game’s choices. The Ministry may order you to identify a suspected traitor while the resistance asks you to help that same person escape. Decisions can affect relationships, characters’ fates and the direction of operations, with no simple good-or-bad answer waiting at the end.

There is also a new twist waiting at home. Players will need to hide stolen documents and other incriminating evidence before police searches, deciding what to conceal, destroy or explain away if officers find something.

What platforms and release date?

For now, Alawar has confirmed Beholder 4 for PC, with a Steam page already live. A release date has not been announced, and no console versions have been confirmed.

The anniversary celebrations also include Beholder: The Landlord’s Handbook, a separate digital comic presented as an illustrated government field manual, which is available on Steam. The original Beholder is also receiving a 90% discount on Steam through 24 November.

For now, the teaser offers the first glimpse of a series that is changing the perspective on its familiar surveillance-state setting. This time, the person with something to hide is you.

Source

Alawar official press release via GamesPress · Beholder 4 on Steam