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Vertical Reach · 2023 · 93 % positive of 238

24 games that play like The Tartarus Key and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Don't Be Afraid 2, Mists of Aiden and ENKI.

Player tags

  • Adventure
  • Psychological Horror
  • Exploration
  • Singleplayer
  • Choices Matter
  • Multiple Endings
  • Horror
  • Escape Room

At a glance

What games like The Tartarus Key have in common

  • The tags they share most often with The Tartarus Key: Psychological Horror (20 of 24), Horror (17) and Exploration (13).
  • They came out between 2015 and 2025, 5 of them after The Tartarus Key (2023).
  • Best rated by Steam players: The Room Three (95 % positive of 12,082).

By gameplay

Plays like The Tartarus Key

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Insomnis91 % positive of 259Shared: Psychological Horror · Exploration · Choices Matter
  2. Out of Sight96 % positive of 354Shared: Exploration · Horror · Puzzle
  3. Neverout64 % positive of 227Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · Puzzle
  4. Exiled90 % positive of 229Shared: Psychological Horror · Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
  5. The Room Three95 % positive of 12,082Shared: Psychological Horror · Multiple Endings · Horror
  6. Silver Chains69 % positive of 1,219Shared: Psychological Horror · Exploration · Horror
  7. Homesick78 % positive of 1,393Shared: Psychological Horror · Exploration · Horror
  8. Cat in the Box94 % positive of 1,373Shared: Psychological Horror · Multiple Endings · Horror
  9. Backrooms: Found Footage85 % positive of 188Shared: Psychological Horror · Exploration · Multiple Endings
  10. The 7th Guest VR94 % positive of 480Shared: Horror · Puzzle · First-Person
  11. Amnesia: Rebirth76 % positive of 8,686Shared: Psychological Horror · Exploration · Horror
  12. Viviette88 % positive of 481Shared: Psychological Horror · Multiple Endings · Horror

By look

Looks like The Tartarus Key

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Sanitarium93 % positive of 1,202
  2. Gray Matter88 % positive of 705
  3. The Watchers75 % positive of 486
  4. Root Of Evil: The Tailor84 % positive of 511
  5. The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales92 % positive of 2,154
  6. The Alchemist's House68 % positive of 272
  7. Enola65 % positive of 169
  8. Black Sails - The Ghost Ship67 % positive of 295
  9. Black Mirror I83 % positive of 1,350
  10. Nancy Drew®: Treasure in the Royal Tower84 % positive of 222
  11. Nancy Drew®: The Captive Curse89 % positive of 212
  12. MOTHER87 % positive of 423

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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