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Beholder
Beholder	2016
Beholder 2	2018
Beholder 3	2022
Beholder: Conductor	TBA

Beholder 2 is a singleplayer adventure and strategy game in the Beholder series.

General information

Official Discord server for game series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Origin		Included with EA Play Pro. Currently only visible in the EA App's Browse menu.
Steam
Ubisoft Store

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Warm Lamp Games\Beholder 2\GameSettings.ini
macOS (OS X)
Linux

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Warm Lamp Games\Beholder 2\Saves
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		See Multi-monitor. Hor+ scaling. UI spans the screen. Some areas and cutscenes will show out-of-bounds areas.
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Gameplay is 2D with 3D visuals.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Borderless, but fullscreen only. See PCGW's Unity Article to use a standard borderless window or exclusive fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Simple On/Off toggle.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA and SSAA. Separate option for AA on particles.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Multi-monitor

Use Unity Launch Arguments^[2]

Open the game normally and set visual settings as desired.
Use the following launch arguments to set a custom resolution: -screen-width 5760 -screen-height 1080
Replace the values 5760 and 1080 with the desired resolution.

Notes

Changing display settings in-game after the tweak will cause the resolution to return to its default.

Beholder 2 is not designed for multi-monitor resolutions; the menu artwork ends at 21:9 aspect, the UI spans the screen, and some minor visual issues are present at the screen edges.

Input

Keybinding settings.

Xbox One controller bindings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Game can be played entirely using the mouse, if desired.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity		Control scheme does not require this feature.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Language settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		No spoken dialogue.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
German
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz	Intel Core i7-920 2.7 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 630 Nvidia GeForce GT 650M AMD Radeon HD 6570 DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon R9 270 DirectX 11 compatible

A 64-bit system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.10
Processor (CPU)	2nd Generation Intel Core i5 2.6 GHz	7th Generation Intel Core i5 2.3 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 630 AMD Radeon HD 6570 512 MB of VRAM	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 630 Nvidia GeForce GT 650M AMD Radeon HD 6570	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon R9 270

Notes

↑ Unity engine build: 2018.4.4f1^[1]

References

↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-23
↑ Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-07-25
Tested at 5760x1080 Eyefinity resolution.)

[2] Unity engine build: 2018.4.4f1^[1]

[1] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-23

[Multimonitor_test-3] Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-07-25
Tested at 5760x1080 Eyefinity resolution.)

[Note 1]

[2]

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Developers

	Warm Lamp Games
Publishers
	Alawar
Engines
	Unity 2018^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	December 4, 2018
macOS (OS X)	December 4, 2018
Linux	December 4, 2018
Reception
Metacritic	76
OpenCritic	82
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure, Strategy
Series	Beholder