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The Tartarus Key

92% positive of 238 Steam reviews

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Released
2023
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam, GOG, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation, Amazon

Made by Vertical Reach. Published by Armor Games Studios.

About the game

There’s no way out for Alex Young who wakes up to find herself locked in a strange mansion filled with puzzles, traps, and cameras following her every move. Whether she and her companions live or die, and find the truth behind their abduction, is up to you in this first-person mystery thriller.

Tagged by players

  • Escape Room
  • Lovecraftian
  • Psychological Horror
  • Psychological
  • Detective
  • Thriller
  • Multiple Endings
  • Choices Matter
  • Exploration
  • Mystery
  • Horror
  • Female Protagonist

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Good little PS1-style escape room game. Calling it a horror game is a bit wrong. Its a pure puzzle game. Ending cutscene is a bit silent hill.

    5.3 h played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Imagine taking a Resident Evil or Silent Hill, then remove any combat or resource management out until you only have the puzzles left. That is what The Tartarus Key wished to create, and it absolutely succeeds at this. You find yourself locked in a spooky mansion, solving a variety of puzzles and trying to save the lives of other victims. Along the way, you will learn more about the mysteries of the mansion and why…

    5.5 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    played though this puzzle mansion and while the game is fine i do think all the added text slows the pace quite a bit stopped opening the optional dialogue just to get through it when i got the game initially i did expect it to be more of a resident evil style puzzle game (from the 3rd person cutscenes) but it's actually just a fairly simple first person puzzle room style game with chill music the puzzles were…

    3.9 h played when written. 9 found it helpful.

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