The Best Escape Rooms in Melbourne
Melbourne has a lot of escape rooms. These are ours: 16 rooms across four venues, all designed and built in-house, and among the best-reviewed in the city at 4.9 from more than 2,700 reviews. Below is the best Rush room for every occasion, from first-timers to the hardest thing we have built, so you can match the room to your group before you book.
Rush Escape Game runs 16 escape rooms across four Melbourne venues (South Yarra, Hawthorn, St Kilda and Chadstone), rated 4.9 from more than 2,700 reviews and all designed and built in-house. The hardest are Da Vinci Down Under and Mission:Possible (5 out of 5, Chadstone). The scariest are HackSaw, HackSaw: Remastered, The Conjoining and It's Nightmare, all using set design, darkness and sound with no live actors. Best for first-timers: The Nine-Nine, Cluemanji and Treasure Island. Best for families: Monsterz, Cluemanji and The Nine-Nine.
The best Rush room for every occasion
Best for first-timers and beginners
New to escape rooms? Start with a 3-out-of-5 room that rewards teamwork over trivia. These are welcoming, well signposted and genuinely fun to solve, and none of them will scare anyone.
Rooms: The Nine-Nine Cluemanji Treasure Island Monsterz
How to beat an escape room →Best for a date night
An escape room beats dinner-and-a-movie: an hour of working together, then dinner to talk it over. Pick a fun, atmospheric room, or a scary one if you want the grab-each-other kind of night.
Rooms: Alice in Wonderland Secret Agent Man It's Nightmare
Date ideas in Melbourne →Best for families and kids
All-ages rooms with no scares, built so younger players always have something to do. Under-16s play with a participating adult, and bigger families split across rooms and compete.
Rooms: Monsterz Cluemanji The Nine-Nine Treasure Island Game of the Dragon
Escape rooms for kids & families →Scariest, and best for horror fans
Our terrifying tier uses darkness, sound and set design to unsettle you. There are no live actors and nothing touches you. HackSaw started it all, The Conjoining is our haunted house, and It's Nightmare is pure Stephen King dread.
Rooms: HackSaw HackSaw: Remastered The Conjoining It's Nightmare
Horror & scary escape rooms →Hardest and most difficult
Want a real challenge? Da Vinci Down Under and Mission:Possible are our only 5-out-of-5 rooms, both at Chadstone, dense, layered and built for experienced players. Several 4-out-of-5 rooms push close behind.
Rooms: Da Vinci Down Under Mission:Possible Strangest Thing
How to beat an escape room →Best for large groups and teams
Every room holds up to 6 (Da Vinci Down Under and Mission:Possible hold 4), and bigger groups split across rooms at one venue and race each other. South Yarra fits the largest crews across its six rooms.
Rooms: HackSaw: Chapter 2 Game of the Dragon The Last of Them
Escape rooms for large groups → Team building →All 16 rooms, by venue
Every room is a unique build with its own theme, difficulty and scare level. Under-16s play with a participating adult; every room runs 60 minutes.
South Yarra · six rooms
Hawthorn · three rooms
St Kilda · four rooms
Chadstone · three rooms
Why Rush
We have been building escape rooms in Melbourne since 2014, all in-house, across four venues. That 4.9 rating comes from more than 2,700 real reviews, and it is why groups keep coming back to work through the whole lineup.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best escape room in Melbourne?
- It depends on your group. For a first game, try The Nine-Nine or Cluemanji; for a scare, HackSaw or The Conjoining; for the hardest, Da Vinci Down Under or Mission:Possible. All 16 rooms are rated 4.9 across more than 2,700 reviews.
- How many escape rooms does Rush have?
- 16 rooms across four Melbourne venues: South Yarra (6), St Kilda (4), Hawthorn (3) and Chadstone (3).
- Which is the scariest escape room?
- Our terrifying tier: HackSaw, HackSaw: Remastered, The Conjoining and It's Nightmare. All use set design, darkness and sound, with no live actors and nothing touching you.
- Which escape room is best for kids?
- The not-scary, all-ages rooms: Monsterz, Cluemanji, The Nine-Nine and Treasure Island. Players under 16 are welcome with a participating adult.
- How much is an escape room in Melbourne?
- From $70 per player, with Crew Night (4-6 players, $250-$300) and Cheap Tuesday (from $45 per player). See prices and deals.
- How long does an escape room take?
- Each room runs 60 minutes; allow about 90 minutes on site with the briefing and a photo at the end.