Collins Street opened its horror wing through 2026: 5 rooms so far, with Frankenstein Resurrection and Buried Alive announced for March 2027.
In short: Melbourne’s horror escape rooms are at Escape This Melbourne CBD, 259 Collins Street: Asylum, Meat Grinder, Possession, Van Helsing and Zombie Apocalypse. Meat Grinder is the only one you can’t play in another city.
Melbourne is the youngest of the three horror cities, so treat its numbers as early readings. Only Zombie Apocalypse and Possession have passed 100 recorded games so far.
What Melbourne has that the others don’t is Meat Grinder, a cannibal’s slaughterhouse written for this venue, and Van Helsing, the hunter’s side of the Dracula story.
Ranked by escape rate; rooms with fewer than 100 games are left out until the numbers settle.
Collins Street is the newest horror address in the group. Its 5 horror rooms all opened in 2026, which is why some of them have only a handful of recorded games so far.
Flinders Street Station is a short walk down the hill, and there is street and paid parking nearby.
(03) 7078 8118 · 4.98★ from 56 five-star reviews of these rooms · Venue page on escapethis.com.au
Frankenstein Resurrection opens here in March 2027. Buried Alive opens here in March 2027.
| Room | Type | Players | Age | From | Escape rate | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asylum | Horror | 2–4 | 18+ | $65 | 77% | 47 | 47:11 |
| Meat Grinder | Horror | 2–8 | 18+ | $65 | 39% | 79 | 47:29 |
| The Possession | Horror | 2–8 | 15+ | $65 | 91% | 202 | 13:37 |
| Van Helsing | Horror | 2–8 | 13+ | $55 | 57% | 7 | 56:33 |
| Zombie Apocalypse | Horror | 2–4 | 15+ | $65 | 65% | 110 | 32:50 |
Showing the horror rooms at Escape This Melbourne CBD. Trouble booking? Call (03) 7078 8118.
Pick by city first: Escape This runs Cannibal in Northbridge and Sydney CBD and Meat Grinder only in Melbourne CBD, so you can’t play both on one trip. Both are 18+ and rated 8 out of 10. Cannibal has years of numbers behind it (33% escape in Northbridge); Meat Grinder is new, with a different villain and story.
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.
Possession at Escape This Melbourne CBD has the best success rate of the ranked Melbourne horror rooms: 91% of 202 teams, as of 25 October 2026. A high escape rate is a hint, not a promise; it also reflects who tends to book the room.
Northbridge 47% (2,753 games), Sydney CBD 72% (1,730 games), Melbourne CBD 77% (47 games), as of 25 October 2026. Escape This opened Asylum in Melbourne most recently, so its figure will move the most.
It does now: 57% from 7 games at Escape This Melbourne CBD. It is still too new to rank until it reaches 100 games.
Escape This prices each venue separately. In Northbridge most horror rooms start at $49, while the same titles start at $55 on George Street and Collins Street. Every venue charges more on peak days: Friday to Sunday for The Possession in Perth and Sydney, plus public and school holidays.
Meat Grinder is an 18+ horror escape room by Escape This at its Melbourne CBD venue on Collins Street. You wake in a cannibal’s slaughterhouse, realise the waiter from last night’s dinner chose you, and have 60 minutes to get out before you become tomorrow’s special. Teams are 2 to 8.
39% of 79 recorded games at Escape This Melbourne CBD, as of 25 October 2026. That is short of the 100 games Horrorscape needs before ranking it against other rooms.
At Escape This Melbourne CBD, 259 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, a short walk from Flinders Street Station. Its horror rooms are Asylum, Meat Grinder, Possession, Van Helsing and Zombie Apocalypse.
Frankenstein Resurrection (from March 2027) and Buried Alive (from March 2027), according to Escape This’s booking system. Both already play in Northbridge and Sydney CBD, so their Melbourne builds will be new copies of proven rooms.
Van Helsing, which Escape This opened on Collins Street in October 2026. Melbourne’s horror rooms all arrived in 2026, starting with Possession in August 2026.