
Feel like putting your brain to the test? Melbourne is bursting with challenging and thrilling escape rooms that will keep you on your toes. Enter dreamy new worlds or be terrified by horrific scenarios. Whatever you choose, there are so many creative games out there with varying levels of difficulty. Here are some of the best escape rooms around Melbourne.
1. The Curium Experience
You may have caught a glimpse of The Curium Experience on your socials. And for good reason. This utterly immersive experience is redefining escape rooms in Melbourne, with multiple levels, special effects, interactive tasks and more. You’ll feel like the star in your very own action movie as you move through the space. Your mission? Extract an artefact from Area 51, and don’t get caught. Good luck.
đź“Ť28 Cromwell St, Collingwood VIC 3066
2. Rush Escape Game
Are you ready for a thrilling adrenaline rush? There are currently 13 different escape rooms to choose from, split across three locations, so you’ll never get bored. Will you play a game in their Saw-inspired escape room? Struggle through a post-apocalyptic world in The Last of Them? Escape the monster world in Monsterz Ink? These rooms are all inspired by familiar fictional stories, making a memorable experience for everyone. You have 60 minutes to escape. Rush over here to learn more.
Hawthorn, South Yarra, St Kilda
3. Ukiyo Melbourne
Head to Brunswick and immerse yourself in two of Ukiyo’s narrative-based rooms. In The Crumbling Prince, you’ll leave the real world behind and step into a Japanese-style garden. Solve puzzles and uncover the dark secret of the garden. This experience is perfect for fans of Legend of Zelda or Studio Ghibli, and there’s two episodes for you discover.
Meanwhile, their other experience, Deep Space, will launch you out of this world. After crash landing on another planet, you’ll need to refuel and tread carefully to survive. This thrilling space expedition is also split into two episodes.
Take the first step into Ukiyo’s new world here.
54 Moreland Rd, Brunswick VIC 3056
4. Escape Or Die
Owned by the same team behind Ukiyo, Escape or Die is a cinematic escape room experience. Gather a team of three to six, solve puzzles and find more and more pieces of the unsettling story. You’ll find physical clues as well as audio and video. Things might get a little gory, and the final challenge will test you and your team to the core. Will you escape… or die?
61 Lygon St, Brunswick East VIC 3057
5. Escape Room Melbourne
Visit Australia’s first ever escape room in Flemington or head over to South Melbourne to try three other exciting games. These rooms were created by two designers with PhDs in psychology, so expect to be challenged! Each room takes six to twelve months to design and build, so expect some brilliant puzzles for you and your friends to sink your teeth into. Start your Escape Room adventure here.
9 Lee Street, Flemington, VIC, 3031 or 12-18 Yarra St, South Melbourne, VIC, 3205
6. The Mystery Rooms
The Mystery Rooms in Melbourne have five cool missions for you to try. Feel transported to ancient lands and magical worlds, with rooms set in haunted houses, magical schools, medieval England and more. Stay closer to home and try out their location in Fitzroy, or head out to Geelong and try some of their newer rooms. What mysteries will you uncover?
303 Napier Street, Fitzroy, VIC 3065
7. LOST in Melbourne
Horror fans, this one is for you. Each room is a carefully crafted nightmare, with terrifying special effects and immersive surroundings. End the evil curse of the blood-stained Annabelle doll, feel haunted by the ghost of an actress inside a film studio or survive a zombie apocalypse. Each room has a compelling story and a different level of scariness, so you can choose the room that fits your tastes best. It’s time to face your fears.Â
298 Flinders Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000
8. Trapt Bar & Escape Rooms
Get Trapt on Lonsdale Street and try their different escape rooms. There are currently five different experiences to choose from, and they all take 50 minutes to complete. The rooms range from easy to challenging, and feature rooms set in a gold mine, inside Wonderland and more. When you’ve escaped the game, head over to the bar and reward yourself with a cocktail inspired by the experience. Browse through the rooms here.
377 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000
9. Escape Artistz
Escape Artistz in Hawthorn has three exciting rooms for you to choose from. Keep your wits about you in a terrifying abandoned hospital, escape a perilous dragon’s dungeon or go on an adventure to ancient Egypt. You’ll have 60 minutes to escape each room, and each game can fit up to eight players. Learn more here.
đź“Ť567 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn VIC 3122
10. Escape Hunt
Escape Hunt has imaginative escape rooms all over the world. In Melbourne, there are currently four original games to choose from. Beat the cryptic Zodiac Thief at his own game, rescue the genie and the lamp from a magic vault, track down a spy or work as an undercover detective. The pressure is on and the clock is ticking. Can you solve the puzzles before it’s too late?
Ground Floor, 190 Queen St, Melbourne VIC 3000
11. Adventure Rooms
At Adventure Rooms, you’ll need to think outside the box. Try their original game, The Mad Scientist, which was designed in Switzerland and enjoyed in over 20 locations around the world. Enter the house of a mad man, finish his wild experiments and get inside his crazy head. Or, try one of their other cool escape rooms, which can be found in two locations in Melbourne. Your adventure starts here.Â
Basement/306 Little Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000 and Level 1/168 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000
12. Extreme Escape
Both beginners and experts are welcome at Extreme Escape. Warm up your brain by trying the first Hot Seat escape room in Australia. The Hot Seat is a one person escape room. Solve two puzzles within two minutes for the chance to win a prize.
After that, choose from two other escape rooms with different levels of difficulty. Will you explore a peculiar circus or be spellbound inside a mystical bedroom? Find out more here.Â
36 St Kilda Rd, St Kilda VIC 3182