Alawar marks a decade of dystopian surveillance with a new game, a digital comic, and 90% off the original Beholder
[November 9, 2026] — Alawar today announced Beholder 4, a new installment in its dystopian narrative series, as part of the franchise’s 10th anniversary celebrations. The announcement is accompanied by the release of Beholder: The Landlord’s Handbook, a new digital comic, and a 90% anniversary discount on the original Beholder game.
In Beholder 4, players take on the role of a young and promising Ministry official who is secretly working for the underground resistance. To their superiors, they are diligent, ambitious, and fiercely loyal to the State. Behind closed doors, they steal documents, sabotage operations, and gather intelligence for the resistance
Players will need to balance their career within the Ministry with increasingly dangerous covert assignments. Plant wiretaps, crack safes, build relationships across opposing factions, and destroy incriminating evidence before police raids expose the truth. Every decision carries consequences, and doing the right thing is rarely straightforward.
Beholder 4 is currently in development for PC. Players can wishlist the game now on Steam.
The Landlord’s Handbook Digital Comic Out Now
The anniversary also marks the release of Beholder: The Landlord’s Handbook, a digital comic presented as an illustrated government field manual for apartment managers. Through a series of darkly humorous vignettes, it explores suspicious tenants, surveillance protocols, overheard conversations, and the private lives hidden behind every locked door.
Beholder: The Landlord’s Handbook is a digital comic, not a video game. It is available now on Steam with a 10% launch discount for the first two weeks.
As part of the anniversary celebrations, the original Beholder game is also 90% off on Steam through November 24. Alawar thanks everyone who has lived under the State’s watchful eye over the past decade – and invites players to join the next chapter of Beholder.
About Alawar
Alawar is an independent video game developer and publisher founded in 1999. Specializing in midcore and casual games, the company extends its creative influence across PCs, video game consoles, and mobile devices. Alawar’s key titles include the Beholder series, Do Not Feed the Monkeys, Necrosmith, The Last Gas Station, Wall World series, and an array of other releases.
