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The Tartarus Key

Vertical Reach · Armor Games Studios · 2023-05-31

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 31, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), May 31, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 31, 2023 (PlayStation 4), May 31, 2023 (Xbox One)

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.

1
playing now
93%
positive of 303 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

The Tartarus Key is an adventure video game developed by Vertical Reach and published by Armor Games Studios in 2023. It features escape the room gameplay.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 49% of 11,326 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.1k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 303 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99-60%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.99 at GOG (2026-06-17) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 34 of 63 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$7.992023-05-312026-08-302023-05-31 — best price $19.992023-11-17 — best price $13.992023-12-13 — best price $13.992024-01-06 — best price $19.992024-03-01 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-10 — best price $13.992024-07-16 — best price $13.992024-08-09 — best price $11.992024-09-17 — best price $11.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992024-12-12 — best price $10.992025-01-11 — best price $19.992025-02-09 — best price $19.992025-03-06 — best price $10.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-28 — best price $19.992025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-07-25 — best price $10.002025-08-18 — best price $10.002025-09-11 — best price $19.992025-10-07 — best price $9.992025-11-04 — best price $19.992025-12-06 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-04 — best price $19.992026-03-05 — best price $8.992026-04-01 — best price $19.992026-05-21 — best price $19.992026-06-17 — best price $7.992026-07-23 — best price $7.992026-08-14 — best price $8.002026-08-29 — best price $7.992026-08-30 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2712026-05-30 — 9 pageviews2026-06-02 — 6 pageviews2026-06-05 — 6 pageviews2026-06-08 — 3 pageviews2026-06-11 — 4 pageviews2026-06-14 — 4 pageviews2026-06-17 — 7 pageviews2026-06-20 — 5 pageviews2026-06-23 — 5 pageviews2026-06-26 — 3 pageviews2026-06-29 — 8 pageviews2026-07-02 — 4 pageviews2026-07-05 — 7 pageviews2026-07-08 — 1 pageviews2026-07-11 — 6 pageviews2026-07-14 — 2 pageviews2026-07-17 — 6 pageviews2026-07-20 — 3 pageviews2026-07-23 — 3 pageviews2026-07-26 — 8 pageviews2026-07-29 — 3 pageviews2026-08-01 — 5 pageviews2026-08-04 — 5 pageviews2026-08-07 — 8 pageviews2026-08-10 — 5 pageviews2026-08-13 — 2 pageviews2026-08-16 — 5 pageviews2026-08-19 — 7 pageviews2026-08-22 — 3 pageviews2026-08-25 — 7 pageviews2026-08-27 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

HorrorPuzzleMysteryThrillerAdventureStory RichEscape RoomExplorationFirst-PersonSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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