Personally I know, sure as eggs is eggs, that I would absolutely go to pieces.

It’s the kind of head melting I haven’t had since playingOld Gods Rising.

Rescuing everyone is by no means guaranteed, though.

Player character Alex Young jerks awake to find herself locked in a weird horror puzzle mansion in The Tartarus Key

It really is difficult, though.

Despite that, it’s solvable - you just have to take your time.

There’s a room where you oughta match colours of handwriting with grid coordinates.

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It also runs the gamut of thriller themes, in a subtle but pervasive way that I really liked.

If you’re allergic to puzzle games, though, it’s not a gentle introduction to the genre.

The first part of the hand-notated map in The Tartarus Key

A woman lies in a dirty medical room, on an examination bed, in puzzle thriller The Tartarus Key. She is labelled as ‘poisoned woman’

A cabinet in a puzzle room in The Tartarus Key, showing different weapons behind the glass, with red buttons underneath each