The Tartarus Key mansion at night beneath a blood-red moon marked with a sigil

THE TARTARUS KEY

A DARK AWAKENING

Alex Young awakens to find herself trapped in a dark mansion filled with deadly traps, bizarre puzzles, and cameras following her every move. Alex and her fellow captives will have to use their wits to escape... or die trying in this atmospheric horror adventure from development studio Vertical Reach.

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  • The Tartarus Key on Steam
  • The Tartarus Key on GOG
  • The Tartarus Key on itch.io
  • The Tartarus Key on Nintendo Switch
  • The Tartarus Key on PlayStation 4
  • The Tartarus Key on PlayStation 5
  • The Tartarus Key on Xbox

TRAILER

SCREENSHOTS

FEATURES

A portrait-lined corridor lit by a single lamp

Escape a deadly mansion filled with dangerous traps, and rescue Alex’s fellow captives… or fail, and leave them to a grisly fate.

A hidden room stacked with crates behind a broken wall

Uncover different endings, and dig to the heart of the mansion and the strange secrets it and your captors hold.

A red bottle picked up from a side table

Solve puzzles and challenges reminiscent of escape-the-room games in a variety of unsettling and bizarre scenarios.

ABOUT THE TEAM

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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!

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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.

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