Game

Beholder

2016

Platforms: Nintendo Switch, iOS, Xbox One, PC, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, AndroidGenres: Adventure, RPG, Strategy, Indie

30Score

Very Little Woke

Mostly focused on storytelling.

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Is Beholder Woke? Quick Answer

Beholder scores 30/100 on the IsItWoke scale and falls into Very Little Woke.

Messaging can show up, but it is not the main event in this game.

Dialogue serves the narrative but occasionally leans into moral dilemmas. Characters are distinct and have depth, avoiding the pitfalls of tokenism.

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Signal profile

What is driving this verdict

Messaging

Political messaging: High

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Woke profile

How the score is shaped

Eight stored dimensions, each scored from 0 to 20.

Message

Characters

Story

Legacy

Politics

Lead

Tradition

Norms

Column height is the stored score out of 20

Message-first dialogue
5/20
Tokenistic characters
4/20
Ideology over story
6/20
Legacy rewriting
0/20
Modern politics injection
3/20
Protected protagonist pattern
2/20
Anti-traditional framing
4/20
Cultural normalization framing
5/20

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Why it received this score

Based on: Published title analysisConfidence: MediumLast updated: 2026-09-28

Key reasons

Dialogue serves the narrative but occasionally leans into moral dilemmas.
Characters are distinct and have depth, avoiding the pitfalls of tokenism.
The game prioritizes moral choices, which can overshadow pure entertainment.

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While the setting is dystopian, it does not overtly rewrite historical narratives.
Some elements of modern political themes are present but not overwhelming.

Score signals

Signal	What was measured	Strength	Impact
Ideology over story	How much the overall storytelling prioritizes ideological framing, message delivery, social commentary, or activism-coded narrative choices over pacing, conflict, immersion, and entertainment.	6/20	+4
Message-first dialogue	How much the dialogue, monologues, or character interactions feel driven by overt messaging, moral lecturing, ideological framing, or making a point instead of serving the story naturally.	5/20	+3
Anti-traditional framing	How strongly a title normalizes, glamorizes, or positively frames anti-traditional, anti-religious, anti-family, or civilizationally subversive themes in a way that should count as woke or corrosive for this product's audience.	4/20	+3
Cultural normalization framing	How much the title repeatedly frames a specific social model, identity/sexuality framing, lifestyle, family structure, or set of values as culturally meaningful, normalizing, morally instructive, or aspirational. Increase score when the work itself is explicitly positioned around that cultural proposition - through narrative, marketing, advocacy, or identity-specific educational/sexual content. Mere presence of any demographic or an incidental relationship is not enough.	5/20	+3
Tokenistic characters	How much characters feel inserted or shaped primarily for symbolic representation, political signaling, or demographic checkbox value rather than narrative depth, organic fit, or strong characterization.	4/20	+2

AI cultural analysis

A short read on tone, themes, and messaging — not a plot synopsis.

AI read

Beholder presents a compelling narrative that immerses players in a totalitarian world, where choices matter significantly. The dialogue is generally well-crafted, though it occasionally dips into moral lecturing, particularly when players are faced with ethical dilemmas.

Characters are fleshed out with unique traits and issues, steering clear of tokenism, which enhances the player's emotional engagement with their fates. However, the overarching themes of surveillance and state control do inject a modern political flavor that can feel somewhat heavy-handed at times.