Perth
- Cannibal Northbridge 33%
- The Possession Northbridge 35%
- Zombie Apocalypse Northbridge 36%
- Buried Alive Northbridge 38%
- Dracula Northbridge 43%
- Asylum Northbridge 47%
- Frankenstein Resurrection Northbridge 48%
- The Haunting Northbridge 51%
The scare chart
Every horror room, compared
One row per room per venue, straight from Escape This’s booking and game records on 25 October 2026.
In short: As of 25 October 2026, 50% of 25,701 recorded horror games at Escape This ended in an escape. Cannibal at Northbridge has the lowest escape rate (33%).
19
horror rooms, all venues
25,701
horror games, all time
50%
escape rate, all time
58%
escape rate this year (11,421 games)
Key numbers as of 25 October 2026
- As of 25 October 2026, Escape This has 19 horror rooms built on 10 themes, and 50% of 25,701 recorded horror games have ended in an escape.
- In Perth, Cannibal has the lowest horror escape rate at 33% over 2,186 games.
- In Sydney, Cannibal has the lowest horror escape rate at 49% over 2,559 games.
- In Melbourne, Zombie Apocalypse has the lowest horror escape rate at 65% over 110 games.
- The fastest horror escape on record is 13:37, in Possession at Melbourne CBD.
- This year so far, 58% of 11,421 horror games have been escaped.
The full table
| Room | Type | Venue | Players | Age | From | Difficulty | Escape rate | This year | Games | Record | Rating | Wheelchair | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asylum | Horror | Northbridge | 2–4 | 18+ | $65 | 8/10 | 47% | 55% | 2,753 | 30:25 | 4.96 (213 five-star) | No | October 2023 |
| Buried Alive | Horror | Northbridge | 2 | 18+ | $65 | 8/10 | 38% | 42% | 1,403 | 30:00 | 4.96 (118 five-star) | No | August 2021 |
| Cannibal | Horror | Northbridge | 2–6 | 18+ | $59 | 8/10 | 33% | 43% | 2,186 | 29:50 | 4.97 (214 five-star) | Yes | May 2020 |
| Dracula | Horror | Northbridge | 4–10 | 15+ | $59 | 7/10 | 43% | 57% | 1,285 | 31:00 | 4.95 (172 five-star) | No | October 2020 |
| Frankenstein Resurrection | Horror | Northbridge | 3–6 | 13+ | $49 | 7/10 | 48% | 53% | 1,321 | 28:00 | 4.98 (82 five-star) | No | March 2025 |
| The Haunting | Horror | Northbridge | 4–12 | 15+ | $59 | 7/10 | 51% | 57% | 1,875 | 24:23 | 4.95 (179 five-star) | No | March 2021 |
| The Possession | Horror | Northbridge | 2–8 | 15+ | $59 | 8/10 | 35% | 49% | 2,210 | 33:08 | 4.95 (172 five-star) | No | November 2021 |
| Zombie Apocalypse | Horror | Northbridge | 2–4 | 15+ | $59 | 7/10 | 36% | 44% | 2,354 | 24:25 | 4.94 (76 five-star) | No | May 2024 |
| Asylum | Horror | Sydney CBD | 2–4 | 18+ | $65 | 8/10 | 72% | 72% | 1,730 | 24:00 | 4.97 (268 five-star) | No | May 2025 |
| Buried Alive | Horror | Sydney CBD | 2 | 18+ | $65 | 8/10 | 60% | 66% | 1,087 | 27:54 | 4.97 (126 five-star) | No | March 2025 |
| Cannibal | Horror | Sydney CBD | 2–8 | 18+ | $65 | 8/10 | 49% | 52% | 2,559 | 32:00 | 4.98 (289 five-star) | Yes | August 2024 |
| Frankenstein Resurrection | Horror | Sydney CBD | 3–8 | 13+ | $55 | 7/10 | 80% | 79% | 875 | 34:18 | 4.97 (94 five-star) | Yes | October 2025 |
| The Possession | Horror | Sydney CBD | 2–8 | 15+ | $65 | 8/10 | 69% | 72% | 2,713 | 27:52 | 4.88 (262 five-star) | Yes | October 2024 |
| Zombie Apocalypse | Horror | Sydney CBD | 2–4 | 15+ | $65 | 7/10 | 68% | 67% | 905 | 31:11 | 4.97 (99 five-star) | Yes | October 2025 |
| Asylum | Horror | Melbourne CBD | 2–4 | 18+ | $65 | 8/10 | 77% | 77% | 47 | 47:11 | 5.00 (14 five-star) | No | October 2026 |
| Meat Grinder | Horror | Melbourne CBD | 2–8 | 18+ | $65 | 8/10 | 39% | 39% | 79 | 47:29 | 5.00 (2 five-star) | Yes | September 2026 |
| The Possession | Horror | Melbourne CBD | 2–8 | 15+ | $65 | 8/10 | 91% | 91% | 202 | 13:37 | 4.97 (32 five-star) | Yes | August 2026 |
| Van Helsing | Horror | Melbourne CBD | 2–8 | 13+ | $55 | 7.5/10 | 57% | 57% | 7 | 56:33 | 5.00 (1 five-star) | No | October 2026 |
| Zombie Apocalypse | Horror | Melbourne CBD | 2–4 | 15+ | $65 | 7/10 | 65% | 65% | 110 | 32:50 | 5.00 (7 five-star) | Ask | August 2026 |
| The Dunny | Spooky thriller | Perth CBD | 2–8 | 13+ | $49 | 7/10 | 71% | 78% | 2,228 | 25:00 | 4.99 (149 five-star) | Yes | August 2023 |
| The Dunny | Spooky thriller | Manly | 2–6 | 9+ (guide) | $49 | 7/10 | 94% | 96% | 814 | 19:30 | 4.95 (87 five-star) | No | July 2022 |
Rooms, ages, players and starting prices from the ER-OS booking system; escape rates, games and records from ER-OS game results (escape rate = escaped games ÷ games played); ratings from player reviews linked to each room in ER-OS. Difficulty and wheelchair access as published by Escape This. Rooms need 100+ games to be ranked.
Hardest first, city by city
Sydney
- Cannibal Sydney CBD 49%
- Buried Alive Sydney CBD 60%
- Zombie Apocalypse Sydney CBD 68%
- The Possession Sydney CBD 69%
- Asylum Sydney CBD 72%
- Frankenstein Resurrection Sydney CBD 80%
Melbourne
- Zombie Apocalypse Melbourne CBD 65%
- The Possession Melbourne CBD 91%
Only rooms with 100+ recorded games are ranked; lowest escape rate first.
Questions, answered
Questions about the numbers
How many horror escape rooms does Escape This run?
Escape This runs 19 horror rooms as of 25 October 2026, counting every room at every venue. They are built on 10 different horror themes, several of which play in more than one city. The count comes straight from the Horror tag in Escape This’s room catalog. Horrorscape also lists The Dunny, but as a spooky thriller, not a horror room.
Which horror rooms should a claustrophobic player avoid?
Buried Alive first of all, since Escape This starts you inside a coffin. Asylum and The Haunting also involve crawling and tight spaces, as does the Melbourne version of The Possession. The Possession in Perth and Sydney, Meat Grinder, Dracula and Van Helsing have no confined sections, according to Escape This.
Which horror rooms can just two people play?
Most of them. In Escape This’s booking system, every horror room takes a pair except The Haunting (from 4), Dracula (from 4) and Frankenstein Resurrection (from 3). Buried Alive is two players exactly. Watch for Saturday four-player minimums on rooms like The Possession and Meat Grinder.
What are the minimum ages for the Escape This horror rooms?
18+: Meat Grinder, Cannibal, Buried Alive and Asylum. 15+: The Possession, The Haunting, Dracula and Zombie Apocalypse. 13+: Van Helsing and Frankenstein Resurrection. These are strict limits in Escape This’s booking system. The Dunny, a spooky thriller, is 13+ at Perth CBD and 9+ at Manly.
Which horror escape room in Perth has the lowest escape rate?
Cannibal at Escape This Northbridge. As of 25 October 2026, 33% of 2,186 teams have escaped it, ahead of The Possession at 35%. Horrorscape only ranks horror rooms with 100 or more recorded games, so brand-new rooms wait their turn.
Which horror escape room in Sydney has the lowest escape rate?
Cannibal at Escape This Sydney CBD. As of 25 October 2026, 49% of 2,559 teams have escaped it, ahead of Buried Alive at 60%. Horrorscape only ranks horror rooms with 100 or more recorded games, so brand-new rooms wait their turn.
Which horror escape room in Melbourne has the lowest escape rate?
Zombie Apocalypse at Escape This Melbourne CBD. As of 25 October 2026, 65% of 110 teams have escaped it, ahead of Possession at 91%. Horrorscape only ranks horror rooms with 100 or more recorded games, so brand-new rooms wait their turn.
What is the hardest horror escape room in Australia, going by the numbers?
Among Escape This’s horror rooms, Cannibal at Northbridge has the lowest escape rate: 33% of 2,186 teams as of 25 October 2026. Next is The Possession at Northbridge (35%). Only rooms with 100+ games are compared.
What share of teams escape the horror rooms overall?
Across every Escape This horror room, 50% of 25,701 recorded games ended in an escape, as of 25 October 2026. This year the figure is 58% from 11,421 games. Horrorscape works it out as games won divided by games played.
What is the fastest escape from any horror room?
13:37, by a team in Possession at Escape This Melbourne CBD, set on 24 October 2026. Each room’s own record is in the comparison table; leaderboards show first names only.
Is the same horror room harder in Perth than in Sydney?
By the numbers, usually yes. Of the 6 Escape This horror rooms playing in both cities, 6 have a lower escape rate in Northbridge, for example The Possession (35% against 69%) and Cannibal (33% against 49%). The sets are separate builds of the same story.
How does Horrorscape decide which horror room is hardest?
It uses escape rate: the share of recorded games in which the team got out within the time limit, from Escape This’s game records. Lowest is hardest. A room needs at least 100 recorded games before it is ranked, and rooms with no games show a dash instead of a percentage.
Which horror room has been played the most?
Asylum at Escape This Northbridge, with 2,753 recorded games as of 25 October 2026. Room by room across all venues, the leader is The Possession with 5,125.
How does Escape This rate the difficulty of each horror room?
Out of 10, Escape This rates Cannibal, Buried Alive, The Possession, Asylum and Meat Grinder at 8; Van Helsing at 7.5; and The Haunting, Dracula, Zombie Apocalypse and Frankenstein Resurrection at 7. Those are design ratings; the escape rates on Horrorscape show how teams actually fare.
Can I quote Horrorscape’s horror room statistics?
Yes. The comparison table on the compare page can be quoted. Credit Horrorscape and link to horrorscape.com.au/compare/, and note the date, because the figures refresh from live game records.
What is the cheapest horror escape room to book?
Frankenstein Resurrection at Northbridge, from $49 per player in Escape This’s booking system as of 25 October 2026. Most other horror rooms start at $49 in Northbridge and $55 in Sydney and Melbourne; Buried Alive starts at $59.
Which horror escape rooms are wheelchair accessible?
Per Escape This, The Possession (Sydney CBD), Possession (Melbourne CBD), Meat Grinder (Melbourne CBD), Cannibal (Northbridge), Cannibal (Sydney CBD), Zombie Apocalypse (Sydney CBD) and Frankenstein Resurrection (Sydney CBD) each take one wheelchair per session. A few puzzles may be harder to reach from a seat. The other horror rooms involve steps, crawling or confined spaces; call the venue to check before booking.
Which horror rooms avoid crawling, for pregnant players or anyone with limited mobility?
Escape This says The Possession in Northbridge and Sydney CBD, Meat Grinder, Dracula, Van Helsing and the Sydney Frankenstein Resurrection have no crawling or tight spaces. Buried Alive, Asylum and The Haunting do, and the Melbourne Possession includes crawling. Ask the venue about any room not listed.
How many players, what ages and what prices for The Institute?
Escape This lists The Institute at 4 to 8 players, ages 13 and up, 60 minutes and a difficulty of 7.5 out of 10. Prices are $49 for adults and $39 for under-16s Monday to Thursday, and $65 and $55 Friday to Sunday. It is wheelchair accessible, for one wheelchair per session.