![Alex, protagonist of The Tartarus Key, wakes up in the creepy mansion](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-tartarus-key-demo-1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Vertical Reach
![Alex, protagonist of The Tartarus Key, wakes up in the creepy mansion](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-tartarus-key-demo-1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![A woman lies in a dirty medical room, on an examination bed, in puzzle thriller The Tartarus Key. She is labelled as 'poisoned woman'](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-tartarus-key-review-3.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
Come join our RPS Game Club liveblog for The Tartarus Key next Monday!
Hang out to chat spooky puzzles on Monday 3rd
![Alex, protagonist of The Tartarus Key, wakes up in the creepy mansion](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-tartarus-key-demo-1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Feature
The Tartarus Key's theming rules because it's tropey, not scary
I'm starting the 'horror doesn't have to be scary' discourse early
![Player character Alex Young jerks awake to find herself locked in a weird horror puzzle mansion in The Tartarus Key](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-tartarus-key-review-4.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
News
The RPS Game Club pick for June is The Tartarus Key!
You have mere minutes to escape from this locked room to play it
![Player character Alex Young jerks awake to find herself locked in a weird horror puzzle mansion in The Tartarus Key](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-tartarus-key-review-4.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Review
The Tartarus Key review: an absolutely nails thriller-puzzler that's worth the effort
Getting totally locked
![Alex, protagonist of The Tartarus Key, wakes up in the creepy mansion](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/the-tartarus-key-demo-1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Feature
The Tartarus Key looks like a fabulous PS1 version of Saw
Does not appear to feature Cary Elwes though