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The Tartarus Key

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

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

The Tartarus Key is an Adventure game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 307 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
93%
positive of 307 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.53★
PlayStation Store rating (68 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 28,833 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.1k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 307 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.60 at GreenManGaming (2026-09-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 53 of 100 observed days · $12.39 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
474720232026Week of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$7.992023-05-312026-10-142023-05-31 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $13.992023-12-21 — best price $13.992024-02-14 — best price $14.992024-03-20 — best price $12.992024-05-10 — best price $13.992024-07-24 — best price $19.992024-08-16 — best price $19.992024-10-08 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $11.992025-01-11 — best price $19.992025-02-11 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $10.992025-04-18 — best price $10.992025-05-24 — best price $19.992025-07-25 — best price $10.002025-08-20 — best price $19.992025-09-27 — best price $19.992025-10-27 — best price $9.992025-12-03 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-16 — best price $9.002026-03-19 — best price $8.992026-05-13 — best price $8.992026-06-15 — best price $19.992026-07-23 — best price $7.992026-08-22 — best price $19.992026-08-31 — best price $7.992026-09-06 — best price $7.992026-09-12 — best price $19.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-09-24 — best price $7.992026-09-30 — best price $7.992026-10-06 — best price $7.992026-10-12 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2712026-05-30 — 9 pageviews2026-06-03 — 4 pageviews2026-06-07 — 4 pageviews2026-06-11 — 4 pageviews2026-06-15 — 27 pageviews2026-06-19 — 4 pageviews2026-06-23 — 5 pageviews2026-06-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-01 — 6 pageviews2026-07-05 — 7 pageviews2026-07-09 — 3 pageviews2026-07-13 — 7 pageviews2026-07-17 — 6 pageviews2026-07-21 — 6 pageviews2026-07-25 — 9 pageviews2026-07-29 — 3 pageviews2026-08-02 — 15 pageviews2026-08-06 — 4 pageviews2026-08-10 — 5 pageviews2026-08-14 — 5 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-22 — 3 pageviews2026-08-26 — 6 pageviews2026-08-30 — 3 pageviews2026-09-03 — 7 pageviews2026-09-07 — 3 pageviews2026-09-11 — 3 pageviews2026-09-15 — 6 pageviews2026-09-19 — 4 pageviews2026-09-23 — 1 pageviews2026-09-27 — 4 pageviews2026-10-01 — 6 pageviews2026-10-05 — 9 pageviews2026-10-09 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
77.1%
earned "House Guest"
34.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-05-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)37123%16
Xbox One (Xbox)5947%16
PS4 (PlayStation)5751%17
PS4 (PlayStation)4955%17
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

HorrorPuzzleMysteryThrillerAdventureStory RichEscape RoomExplorationFirst-PersonSingleplayer

Census log

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

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