Beholder
Beholder
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Beholder: Conductor
Developer Alawar
A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you! From the Steam store page
312 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
82
LovedLoved
194 positive · 43 negative
95% range 76–86%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 194 | 43 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 12 | 1 | 53 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 1 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
779 of 899 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
83% recommend · 201 yes, 42 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 243 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (5,081 of 5,555 positive).
Players praise the game's strong atmosphere, story, and moral choices. [1][2][3] Some find the game short and repetitive, with pacing issues. [4][5][6] Many reviewers highlight the character Michelle as a memorable element. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [15]
It's not a terrible game, but it doesn't pack the punch Beholder 1 and 2 did. Again you play as an official in a dystopian country, and while it's totally fine for a spin-off to have a different loop — it's the human stories and moral choices that simply aren't particularly interesting. Characters rarely have biting twists to them, and while some are memorable, rarely do you see a turn that would stay with you.
- [1]
The biggest fear with games like this is that your choices are just an illusion, but Conductor actually commits to consequences. You're the conductor on a moving train for the State, and every decision you make ripples. It’s stressful, dark, and your choices actually dictate who survives the trip. Easily worth a run or two.
- [2]
A good, fairly short game for two or three evenings. The atmosphere is as dark and absurd as ever: you spy on passengers, search their compartments, file reports, and try not to become a complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in the process. The story starts slowly, but gets genuinely interesting closer to the finale. I especially liked the references to the dystopian works of Orwell, Huxley, and Bradbury: total surveillance, …
- [4]
Pretty fun game, but it starts to feel quite empty toward the end. The first 3 hours are definitely the most eventful and interesting Overall, I enjoyed it and don't regret playing. I did run into two bugs that completely blocked my progress, so I had to reload older saves and replay some parts. The game is fairly easy once you understand how everything works, but it was still an enjoyable experience overall
- [3]
Recommendation: 90% Strong atmosphere, story and gameplay. Easy to recommend
Summarised from 34 of the 309 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
83% of the 243 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Beholder: Conductor. The complaint that keeps coming up: game feels short and empty later. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 312 · most liked firstEye of the Beholder on IBM PS/1 Model 2011. Both game and machine from 1991: a very good vintage year... Photo shot in my studio. Retro setups, CRT scanlines, genuine hardware, floppy disks, ball mouse and wild joystick. That's the Retro Dream experience.
positive · AI labelView post →TLDR: As an expansion this is decent, but I don’t think you should go into it if you haven’t played and enjoyed the games before it. General Thoughts/Overview: Beholder: Conductor (BC) is the latest in the Beholder series, and follows the same general themes. Dystopian surveillance state where we are the authoritarian spy. Gather information and report it up the chain for money and authority (a form of influence currency). Use these to buy resources for quests, or gather information if you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hope people won't be disappointed when they find out the You Have Died dungeon crawler sections* are more Etrian Odyssey (random turn based battles) and less Dungeon Master/Eye of the Beholder * Its a small game that combines light dungeon crawling with light Princess Maker like lifesim elements
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is worth for Michelle, Other than that the game is enjoyable, fun, and interesting, been having fun playing it and showing my friend the game, 10/10, would play again for Michelle, AND the waitress's in the VIP car, holy moly.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺 "From the creators of EYE OF THE BEHOLDER I & II, comes the Legend of Kyrandia." Warm Westwood vibes in and out of the game. Hand of Fate is my favourite of the Kyrandia games, but the first one has a place in my heart, too. 📖: Amiga Action, December 1992.
neutral · AI labelView post →Very good and we. YES WE. are cracking Michelle.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What is "UNC"? I'm old enough to remember Eye of Beholder or Lands of Lore computer games where I was forced to draw maps manually. It wasn't fun even then.
negative · AI labelView post →📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺 I love a good dungeon crawler and it's the Commodore Amiga where my love for them was born. Eye of the Beholder was one of the games that gave me such a fierce fondness for them and so, spotting an ad for it promising an AD&D adventure unlike any other always makes me smile.
positive · AI labelView post →35 years ago, Eye of the Beholder helped continue the evolution of the RPG formula. The 1987 real-time Dungeon Master had been the prior benchmark. This game featured an improved UI, higher degree of NPC interaction, and far better party customization. A real milestone RPG.
neutral · AI labelView post →Painted the Crab Beholder for a client's collection and game last night. Had fun with the different reds, oranges, and purples on it, along with the turquoise for the eyes. The base I went with the colored coral with the skeletons interspersed around.
neutral · AI labelView post →Thanks again to @wizkids.bsky.social for sending the D&D Icons of the Realm: Potato Head Beholder Event Exclusive mini! 👁️🥔 This version will be at the WizKids booth at Origins Game Fair & their online store this weekend only (while supplies last)! If you're attending, pop by and pick up a tater! 💖
neutral · AI labelView post →It's not a terrible game, but it doesn't pack the punch Beholder 1 and 2 did. Again you play as an official in a dystopian country, and while it's totally fine for a spin-off to have a different loop — it's the human stories and moral choices that simply aren't particularly interesting. Characters rarely have biting twists to them, and while some are memorable, rarely do you see a turn that would stay with you.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The biggest fear with games like this is that your choices are just an illusion, but Conductor actually commits to consequences. You're the conductor on a moving train for the State, and every decision you make ripples. It’s stressful, dark, and your choices actually dictate who survives the trip. Easily worth a run or two.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thank you to whomever invented the CR5 Beholder Zombie in D&D 5e. Perfect surprise monster for my game group this evening.
neutral · AI labelView post →Beholder for my game #pixelart #indiedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Spend 10 hours trying to find how to crack Michelle. Couldn't find it. Watch guides. Still couldn't do it. Have no idea what am I doing wrong. But determination wont allow me to stop. Would and will continue to try and find the way. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The good: At the beginning the game presents itself like a sort of Paper Please: passenger gets on the train, you check their ticket and point out irregolarities if any. You can also spy on the passengers and wait for them to move out of their cabin to go through their belonging in search of any clue or evidence to file their profile, send them to jail or blackmail them. The passenger can also give you small quests, usually about bringing them something that you have to either buy from a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For anyone who remembers Eye Of The Beholder 1 & 2 and was disappointed by 3, this was made by the team that made the original two games in the series and is basically a follow-up in a different universe. Game style and "feel" is very similar.
positive · AI labelView post →The new Beholder brought a lot of positive emotions. I played through it in one go and drew my co-author’s and my characters as if they were part of the game series. #beholderconductor #beholder #oc #art
positive · AI labelView post →Hello, people. I'm Wis. A game developer, curently working on "With a HEART and a GUN you [...] ASCENDed [...] to the status of the Beholder. Applaud, Praise [...] SHOOT or DIE." The demo is live on Itch.io, if it piqued your interest: wiswis.itch.io/heartgunshoot #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev
neutral · AI labelView post →There is one missable condition that will dictate whether you get the good ending or not very early into the game. On top of that, nothing indicates the relevance and importance it has to the endings you get. It simply isn't worth the time to redo everything again just for a different ending. It's a shame because the premise was interesting.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Annotations for *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* 1x02: “Beta Test”. The title refers to both Caleb’s adjusting to Starfleet Academy and the arrival of the Betazoids. The episode opens with a caption saying it’s the Fall Semester. The US Naval Academy starts its Fall Semester in the last week of August, so it’s a safe assumption that Starfleet Academy starts its academic year around there or early September, which dates the season as beginning end-August 3191. I’m aware that Memory Alpha says…
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite game by far in UFO 50 ended up being Valbrace so I’d love to play Ultima Underworld and Eye of the Beholder and stuff… thankfully have all of the gold and silver box D&D games on steam already. I’m really itching for that mood!!!
positive · AI labelView post →Spoiler for Eye of the Beholder (1991): "And then at the end, I killed the final boss, and a little dialogue box pops up and says 'Congratulations, you win!' or whatever. Then quits to desktop."
neutral · AI labelView post →or more directly, "why I kind of have Beholder Syndrome when it comes to interacting with the greater gamedev community." and also "why I call myself a Game Artist" instead of a "gamedev"
neutral · AI labelView post →Kimimi has written a banger of an epic-level article and adventure log gushing about Eye of the Beholder and her adventures beneath Waterdeep. It's a special game to me, so it was a lovely read. I'm sure it will be for you too; check it out!
positive · AI labelView post →Came for Michelle, stayed for the gameplay and story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Icewind Dale, Planescape Torment, and Eye of the Beholder are great and all, but the BEST videogame adaptation of D&D ever made wasn't even a roleplaying game:
positive · AI labelView post →I'm going through my steam library trying out each of the games that I haven't touched yet, and I just tried Beholder— briefly. A game where you spy on your neighbors and report them to a police state. I literally feel physically fucking sick right now.
negative · AI labelView post →Annotations for *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* 1x02: “Beta Test”. The title refers to both Caleb’s adjusting to Starfleet Academy and the arrival of the Betazoids. The episode opens with a caption saying it’s the Fall Semester. The US Naval Academy starts its Fall Semester in the last week of August, so it’s a safe assumption that Starfleet Academy starts its academic year around there or early September, which dates the season as beginning end-August 3191. I’m aware that Memory Alpha says…
neutral · AI labelView post →Came for the one cutscene, stayed for the great OST, engaging gameplay, detailed pixel art, and the intriguing story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I downloaded the game soley for the temptress Michelle and I achieved what i came for.......(i went in with no guides and fing missed the achievement 5 times, cause of peter, missed dialogue, her getting shot) BUT I PREVAILED AND YOU CAN TOO !!!! Even with a little temptation...you can achieve great success.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stardew & chill w/ a Beholder in an hour! it's a rainy cold day~ I'm an eepy creature and I need cozy farming game c: Come hang out and meet @zoraskerri.bsky.social ALSO ANNOUCEMENT TODAY C: #vsky #CalamityCrew
neutral · AI labelView post →Another game-night doodle. A friend wants me to draw a "Beholder-claus" for some holiday in his D&D game called "Dinglefurkus". My rabbit bard Viktor loves holiday festivities and was inspired to write a song about it. No one will like it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Eye of the Beholder (2022) A truly impressive unofficial conversion of the classic RPG by Westwood Studios and SSI, and currently rated the best Commodore 64 game ever over at Lemon64. It's really faithful to the original, looks and sounds great, and plays very well too. 1/3
positive · AI labelView post →A good, fairly short game for two or three evenings. The atmosphere is as dark and absurd as ever: you spy on passengers, search their compartments, file reports, and try not to become a complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in the process. The story starts slowly, but gets genuinely interesting closer to the finale. I especially liked the references to the dystopian works of Orwell, Huxley, and Bradbury: total surveillance, denunciations, ridiculous bans, and a government that interferes with every part of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →And some sharks and a beholder WIP. I have no plans to run a beholder any time soon, but the mini was cool so I printed it. I do have plans for the sharks. Tip: never go swimming in a D&D game, real oceans are terrifying enough! #minipainting #ttrpg #d&d #beholder
neutral · AI labelView post →Here quick! some Beholder I painted tonight! It's for an escape game oneshot I'm gonna master! (It's been a few days I should post some art but I'm too busy working and having fun.)
neutral · AI labelView post →I personally don't understand the positive reviews on this game. I found it really boring. I spent a majority of the game standing around waiting for something to happen. And on the rare occasion that I was given a quest it had no real impact on the main plot. The plot itself felt underdeveloped. I really had to force my way through to the end and I was unsurprisingly disappointed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →And available for everyone is this deep analysis of Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon! What it does right! What it does wrong! SO MANY MOUTHS TO FEED! kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/06/17/e...
neutral · AI labelView post →Amazing game, love the story and the atmosphere of the game. Should add an option to move around using WASD though!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really liked the game. Way better than Beholder 2 and 3. The fact that I enjoy trains made me want to play this game. The gameplay is simple to learn but sometimes the choices you make are hard and have an impact on yourself.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beholder: Conductor is a spin-off from the Beholder, tracing the same themes of making decisions in a dictatorship, though with a new setting and characters. Telling a compelling story about moral ambiguity and the nature of survival under crushing authoritarianism should be easy for a series that has so far excelled at doing exactly that. It isn't. Beholder: Conductor is linear, shallow, and worst of all, just dull. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3586844480…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty fun game, but it starts to feel quite empty toward the end. The first 3 hours are definitely the most eventful and interesting Overall, I enjoyed it and don't regret playing. I did run into two bugs that completely blocked my progress, so I had to reload older saves and replay some parts. The game is fairly easy once you understand how everything works, but it was still an enjoyable experience overall
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Incredible gameplay and runs well on pretty much any laptop. Would highly recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommendation: 90% Strong atmosphere, story and gameplay. Easy to recommend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey #vsky, another free game for you via Epic Games. Beholder: store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/beho... Free until November 28, 2024
neutral · AI labelView post →New post: Eye of the Beholder — how Westwood's 1991 dungeon crawler turned AD&D into a real-time nightmare. Playable in your browser. dev.to/retrorom/eye... #retrogaming #rpg #dungeoncrawler #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Eye of the Beholder II has a special place in my heart as my first dungeon crawler, but it's the game I've curdled on the most revisiting it. It was released the same year as the first Eye of the Beholder and you if you play it all the way through, you can really feel the rush to release.
neutral · AI labelView post →Beholder Monsters Top-Down Pixel Art Sprites Add three creepy fantasy enemies to your game: Infernal Eye, Ancient Orb, and Void Stalker. Each monster features walk, run, attack, hurt, death, and idle animations. Download 👉 craftpix.net/product/beho... #craftpix #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #2d
neutral · AI labelView post →How has no one recommended Dungeons and Dragons: Tower of Doom and Shadow Over Mystara? Classic Capcom beat 'em ups with a ridiculous level of D&D added on top. Cast a spell at the Beholder? Bad idea, unless it's looking the other way. Dwarves find extra treasure, there are tons of secrets and hidden items, the cleric can turn undead, it's a ton of fun. Available via emulation or as a 2-pack on Steam. https://store.steampowered.com/app/229480/Dungeons_Dragons_Chronicles_of_Mystara/
neutral · AI labelView post →I've solved the perspective animation (again, thanks to my old files) and now I'm just drawing some forms and I can animate stuff after I work out blocking out whatever sections. Eye of the Beholder #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw this cutie at a local game shop and I had to share xD #twistedsketch #irl #beholder #mrpotatohead #model
neutral · AI labelView post →Graveyard Keeper is so completely banal, so unconcerned with its own subject matter that I cannot but conclude the creator is the kind of guy who'd be really into AI. I did not think I would find a game as morally rejectionable as Beholder until I played Graveyard Keeper.
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the most succesfull game of Beholder series and i really enjoyed it The story and gameplay is similar to the first Beholder game - you are a conductor Winston Smith on a train called Determination Bringer, which duty is to follow orders from above, providing comfort and monitoring people's behavior, sometimes exposing and reporting them for commiting unlawful acts against the state, it's people and The Wise Leader. Just like in Beholder, to settle the passengers in their room(coupe),…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Live with DK64 KEVIN w/Derpy, followed by SNESMania Game 363: Eye of the Beholder! twitch.tv/spikevegeta
neutral · AI labelView post →(the game is dreamforge's Dungeon Hack, 1993, a traditional procgen "roguelike" with the style and interface of the Eye of the Beholder)
neutral · AI labelView post →It's a good game, but I wish I could skip the intro bit when I start a new save.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is overall good, but for a $15 price tag (even though I got it on sale) I would like more then 2-3 hours. Something I would have liked to see is either different stories or add some new randomness factor. Plot is quite nice but again I say I would have liked a little bit more.
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