Escape Rooms in Melbourne's Inner South

How Escape Rooms Actually Work

Two escape room venues share the inner south, and they suit quite different groups. Escape Room Melbourne South Melbourne runs three in-house rooms from a converted factory at 12-18 Yarra St, while Rush Escape Game South Yarra fits six handmade rooms into its building at 160 Toorak Rd, entered from 147 Osborne St.

Game lengths, team sizes and ages differ between them. Side by side, the two venues look like this:

Game time: 70 minutes in South Melbourne; 60 in South Yarra, or about 90 minutes in all with the briefing and photo debrief.
Team size: two to six per room at both, with Kellar's Magic Emporium capped at five.
Big groups: up to 18 across three rooms in South Melbourne, up to 36 across six in South Yarra.
Ages: South Melbourne takes players from 12, while Rush hosts kids' parties from about age 10.
Price: from $39 per person at Escape Room Melbourne, from $70 per person at Rush.

In both venues a big party can take several rooms at once and race each other out.

Mine Escape drops the team into a deserted mining office to bring missing workers back to the surface.
Kellar's Magic Emporium is a try-out as a magician's assistant among old stage posters, and it's a little creepy.
Fractured, the hardest of the three, puts players inside the mind of a Second World War veteran in a coma.
With 13 or more beginners, the team suggests playing Kellar's and Mine twice instead of including Fractured.

Six themes off Toorak Rd, South Yarra

Cluemanji, Monsterz and Game of the Dragon are bright, scare-free adventures any age can play.
Secret Agent Man is a fast spy mission aimed at teens and grown-ups.
HackSaw: Chapter 2 and It's Nightmare are for horror fans, and the second takes players from 15.
Children under 14 play with a grown-up in the room – with five or six kids in a team, that grown-up goes in free.

Escape Rooms, Explained

Which inner south escape room works for a kids' party?

Rush Escape Game South Yarra runs kids' parties from about age 10, with Monsterz and Cluemanji the easy picks. Escape Room Melbourne takes players from 12, and under-16s need a guardian in the room.

How many players can the inner south escape rooms hold at once?

Up to 18 across all three rooms in South Melbourne, and up to 36 across six rooms in South Yarra. Bigger crews in South Melbourne can book back-to-back sessions.

Can we bring drinks to an escape room in South Melbourne or South Yarra?

No. The South Melbourne venue isn't licensed, so there's no alcohol or food in the rooms, and Rush asks groups to save the drinking for after the game. Both are close to places for dinner or drinks.

How do hints work at Escape Room Melbourne?

Each team gets a walkie-talkie, and a staff member feeds hints whenever you ask, as many as you need.

Escape Rooms in Inner South

Escape Room Options Across Inner South