The Tartarus Key - PC (Steam)

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About

The last thing Alex Young remembers is being at home alone in her apartment… so why has she suddenly woken up in this strange mansion? All the doors are locked by bizarre puzzles and traps, there are cameras following her every move, and she keeps thinking she sees… things… out of the corner of her eye. If she wants to escape alive, along with the other captives she discovers, she’ll need to use her wits in this adventure thriller. Inspired by the look and feel of classic horror games...

Country Compatibility:	See the list
Installation:	How to activate your game
Developer:	Vertical Reach,
Publisher:	Armor Games Studios,
Release date:	30 May 2023
Genre:	Adventure,
Recent Steam reviews:	No user reviews
All Steam reviews:	Very positive (214)

User tags*: adventure psychological horror exploration choices matter multiple endings horror escape room puzzle first-person story rich psychological mystery thriller female protagonist atmospheric detective 3d stylized lovecraftian ...

Visuals

Game features

Single-player

Steam Achievements

Steam Trading Cards

Steam Cloud

Family Sharing

Xbox Controller Support

DualShock Controller Support

DualSense Controller Support

Description

The last thing Alex Young remembers is being at home alone in her apartment… so why has she suddenly woken up in this strange mansion? All the doors are locked by bizarre puzzles and traps, there are cameras following her every move, and she keeps thinking she sees… things… out of the corner of her eye. If she wants to escape alive, along with the other captives she discovers, she’ll need to use her wits in this adventure thriller.

Inspired by the look and feel of classic horror games, The Tartarus Key serves up a mystery filled with twists and turns, and more than a few deadly surprises. Rely on brains over brawn to help Alex survive, but beware - not everyone might make it out alive.

Features:

Escape a deadly mansion filled with dangerous traps, and rescue Alex’s fellow captives… or fail, and leave them to a grisly fate
Uncover three different endings, and dig to the heart of the mansion and the strange secrets it and your captors hold
Solve puzzles and challenges reminiscent of escape-the-room games in a variety of unsettling and bizarre scenarios
A tense, atmospheric adventure that relies on puzzles and plot instead of combat or chase sequences

The Team:

Leonor Parra: Founder of Vertical Reach and the artist making The Tartarus Key as atmospheric and unsettling as possible. Hates jump scares and vowed to make a game that's downright spooky without them!

Kevin Colegate: The programmer in charge of making a game that plays as smoothly as you remember the classics being! A lover of retro games, he hopes The Tartarus Key surprises people with its blend of authentic vibes and puzzles.

Josie Brechner: Josie Brechner (she/they) is a composer, sound designer, and musician from Brooklyn, NY. She's made emotionally-driven sound worlds for games like EXTREME MEATPUNKS FOREVER, Blossom Tales 1 & 2, Mixolumia, Best Friend Forever, Freshly Frosted, and now The Tartarus Key. She has toured the US and performed electronic music internationally under the name Visager. Music from Josie’s three open-source Songs from an Unmade World albums has been used in hundreds of projects around the world.

Configurations

minimum*

OS *: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core i3-3240 (2 * 3400), or AMD A8-3850 (4 * 2900), or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GT 640 (2048 VRAM) or Radeon R7 250 (2048 VRAM)
Storage: 1 GB available space

recommended*

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i7-950 (4 * 3000), or AMD FX-4300 (4 * 3800), or equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 745 (4096 VRAM) or Radeon HD 7770 (1024 VRAM)
Storage: 1 GB available space