Adventure
The Tartarus Key
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 77% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 315
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 5h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 77% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
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Based on all 317 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 284 reviews: 6.4h for positive, 3.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (77.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (16)
- House Guest Escape the office 100%
- Doing My Best! Save Torres 92%
- History Lesson Save Charles 69%
- Chatty Trigger many optional conversations 64%
- The Music Was Nice… Save William 63%
- Elementary Save Ruth 62%
- Co-op Save Kai 61%
- Until The Bitter End Save The World 52%
- Horrible Science Fail to Save Ruth 45%
- A Stiff Drink Fail to Save William 44%
- Doing What He Loved Fail to Save Charles 44%
- Electric Solitaire Fail to Save Kai 40%
- A Group Effort Save Everyone 38%
- Cartographer Complete the map 26%
- Sole Survivor Save Yourself 23%
- Doing My Best? Hurt Torres 22%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-22.