Beholder 4: everything the State has admitted so far
Alawar · Announced · Release TBAOne teaser, one store page, zero invented dates. Here is what Alawar has actually confirmed about the next Beholder, and what the series' own rules tell us to expect.
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What Beholder 4 is
Alawar's fourth mainline entry in the dystopian State series, listed on Steam as appid 5522030 with the release date still marked To be announced.
The teaser, decoded
The only official moving image so far is Alawar's own Announcement Teaser, verified via oEmbed on the Alawar channel.
Series recap in 8 minutes
Beholder 2016, Beholder 2 in 2018, Beholder 3 in 2022, and the 2025 spin-off Conductor, so the new entry's continuity makes sense.
Systems that will return
Surveillance, informant reports, moral branching and apartment-bound decision making are the series' fixed spine, not new features.
About Beholder 4
Beholder 4 is the next mainline instalment of Alawar's dystopian adventure series, listed on Steam as appid 5522030 with Alawar credited as both developer and publisher. The store page marks the release date as To be announced, so no launch window exists yet.
The official description frames the game around a totalitarian State where choices matter, with the player living a double life as an official and an underground agent: spying, sabotaging, building relationships and deciding other people's fates. That is the same loop the series has used since 2016.
Everything beyond that, including the protagonist's name, the country analogue, the number of endings and the price, has not been published. This site separates confirmed material from analysis and labels each accordingly.
See the Steam listingDeveloper
Alawar
Publisher
Alawar
Platform
Steam (Windows)
Genre
Adventure / Indie / Simulation
Languages
11 supported
Release
To be announced
Beholder 4 Sections
Eight sections: the undated launch, the Steam listing and its languages, the double-life premise, the unnamed cast, how the series plays, what can honestly be reviewed, the missing price, and where this sits after Conductor.
Beholder 4 Release Date
Alawar has the Steam page live and wishlistable, but the release date still reads To be announced. Here is what is confirmed and how the series has actually spaced its launches.
Beholder 4 Platforms
The store listing is a Steam release on Windows from Alawar, tagged Adventure, Indie and Simulation, with eleven supported languages including both Chinese scripts.
Beholder 4 Story
The official blurb returns to the same totalitarian State and puts you in a double life: an official on the surface, an underground agent underneath.
Beholder 4 Characters
Alawar has not published a cast list for this entry. The blurb names roles rather than people, which is consistent with how the earlier games revealed their families.
Beholder 4 Guide
The game has not shipped, so there is no walkthrough to write yet. What can be established now is how the series works, which is what this section covers.
Beholder 4 Review
There is nothing to review yet, and Alawar has published no gameplay footage beyond the announcement teaser. This section tracks what is actually verifiable.
Beholder 4 Price
No price has been published. Steam has no price_overview for the app yet, so every figure circulating is an estimate borrowed from the older games.
Beholder 4 in the Series
Four releases sit behind this one: Beholder in 2016, Beholder 2 in 2018, Beholder 3 in 2022 and Beholder: Conductor in 2025. The order matters more than the numbers suggest.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to what players ask most about Beholder 4.
Track Beholder 4 without the noise
We re-check the Steam page, the Alawar site and the official channel every day, and only publish what changed.