12 Best Escape Rooms in Sydney

If you want to be locked in a room with only one way out, you must visit one of the best escape rooms in Sydney. It’s not the first thing people think of when looking for a fun weekend activity, but it’s entertaining for groups of friends and a great team-building activity. Escape rooms are an exciting and adrenaline-pumped activity to do on the weekend and can also offer a real-life escape from your worries and problems. Spending an hour or more focusing on an activity outside your everyday life can bring you a fulfilling, fun, and stress-relieving mental state. Let’s check out our list of the best!

Best Escape Rooms in Sydney at a Glance

Highlights from our list include the following options:

• Best overall: Next Level Escape
• Great alternative: The Cool Space Escape Rooms
• For ultimate immersion: Entermission VR Escape Room

Now you’ve read our favourites, let’s check out the complete list.

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1. Next Level Escape

Price: from AU$45 per person

• Pros: It’s great for small and large groups. The game master explains things in depth and can help you throughout the game when you get stuck.
• Cons: Some rooms lack technical details, with just normal doors and locks.

Next Level, based in Sydney’s CBD, is rated as one of Sydney’s best escape rooms. They’ve got something for every adventurer. For bookworms and wordsmiths, the Ex Libris room offers a dip into the literary world where you’ll have to solve puzzles and complete challenges to seal the portals. In The Artefact, you’ll investigate an alien artefact for the FBI that could do unknown damage to the world.

Located in: Sydney Blockchain Centre
Address: LG, 23 O’Connell St, Sydney NSW 2000
Hours: Mon-Sun 10am-10pm
Phone: 0457 000 036

2. Entermission VR Escape Room

Price: from AU$39 per person

• Pros: It is conveniently located in the CBD. There are three rooms and two arenas, so you can compete head-to-head with a maximum of 30 players in one session or 60 across two sessions.
• Cons: Loud music and can feel nauseating.

Combining virtual reality with the escape room concept, Entermission pushes the boundaries of innovative, modern, and state-of-the-art play. Here, you can escape your everyday life and the physical world. Expect technologies such as hand tracking and wireless free-roam to immerse you into the Metaverse, with interactive puzzles and immersive challenges that take you through the Metaverse.

Address: 1/484 Kent St, Sydney NSW 2000
Hours: Mon-Thur 11:30am-8pm, Fri-Sat 10:30am-10pm, Sun 10:30am-9pm
Phone: (02) 9267 3873

3. The Cool Space Escape Rooms

Price: from AU$50 per person

• Pros: Perfect for first-time escape room attendees to seasonal escapees. Played completely seated
• Cons: Not much game variation on offer.

One of Sydney’s newest escape rooms to make the list, The Cool Space Escape Rooms in Chippendale, opened in January 2024 and has been delighting guests with immersive, challenging experiences ever since. It’s unique to many other escape rooms in Sydney in that you don’t have to stand up or move to play – relaxing and thrilling simultaneously!

Address: 2/134 Abercrombie St, Chippendale NSW 2008
Hours: Mon-Sun 10am-10pm
Phone: 0493 663 234

4. Ice Break Escape Room

Price: from AU$54 per person

• Pros: Depending on your skills and interests, there is something for everyone. Staff will give you hints if you get stuck.
• Cons: Some users found that the story could sometimes lack clarity, but we didn’t experience this when we visited. It’s about even with other escape rooms of this quality and price.

Grab your mates and head to Ice Break Escape Room for one of the best escape rooms in Sydney. At this escape room, you can choose from three different rooms and themes; ‘silent’, ‘x-case’ and ‘vanishing’. The silent room is perfect for beginners and super immersive, while the x-case room is more suited to the avid rule-breakers among us and those who like to climb, and the vanishing room is more about problem-solving and logical thinking.

Located in: Dymocks Sydney
Address: Suite 3, Level 8, Suite 1, Level 10/428 George St, Sydney NSW 2000
Hours: Mon-Sun 11am-9pm
Phone: (02) 8069 8570

5. Expedition Sydney

Price: from AU$50 per person

• Pros: Rooms are well-designed and functional. Great puzzle variation and game flow.
• Cons: The storylines aren’t the most interesting.

With two locations across Sydney, Expedition knows how to put on a show and make you work to find a way to escape. Choose from three rooms – ‘the artist’, ‘mission: identity’ and ‘sabotage the enigma’. Each one is an hour long and has less than a 42 per cent success rate – so if you’re up for a challenge, we recommend coming here.

Address: 11A Cope St, Redfern NSW 2016
Hours: Mon-Sun 10am-9pm
Phone: (02) 9698 8161

Address:  U23b/33-37 College St, Gladesville NSW 2111
Hours: Mon-Sun 10am-9pm
Phone: (02) 9698 8161

6. Labyrinth Escape Rooms

Price: from AU$55 per person

• Pros: It’s great for kids. There are four rooms to choose from, and the puzzles are interesting and relevant to the various themes.
• Cons: Some reviewers mentioned a lack of horror and scare elements.

Looking for something fun to do in Western Sydney? Look no further than Labyrinth Escape Rooms in Parramatta. This escape room is all about instinct and using your senses to figure out your escape. Partner with one other person or work in teams with a maximum of 6 people to solve the puzzle and escape the room in time!

Address: 1B Victoria Rd, Parramatta NSW 2150
Hours: Weds-Sun 9.30am-10.30pm
Phone: 0448 615 195

7. Cubic Escape Room

Price: from AU$60 per person

• Pros: No padlocks. Innovative role-playing elements and interactive storylines with characters.
• Cons: Some of the rooms need renovating.

Perfect for those who love a challenge, Cubic Escape Room relies on premium technology, highly considered puzzle designs and complex storylines to take you on a journey like none other. Choose from four experiences; ‘momento’, ‘the soul catcher’, ‘project delta’ and the ‘recording device’. Also, most rooms are padlock-free, ensuring a seamless narrative flow.

Address: Level 1/741 George St, Haymarket NSW 2000
Hours: Tues-Fri 12pm-9.30pm, Sat-Sun 10am-10pm
Phone: (02) 9163 8993

8. The Cipher Room

Price: from AU$57 per person

• Pros: Bespoke vintage vibes and fun, lively atmosphere.
• Cons: Gets busy, which means groups are turned over very quickly, and it can feel rushed.

If you’re into mystery, murder and espionage, look no further than The Cipher Room. The rooms are designed and built by a couple of puzzle fanatics, Marise and David, offering one of Sydney’s most immersive escape room experiences. For a taste of the world of film noir try ‘The Marlowe Hotel’ room, as a private investigator you will need to retrieve important documents from the hotel room before time runs out.

Address: 640 King St, Newtown NSW 2042
Hours: Mon 5-10pm, Tues-Sun 10am-10pm
Phone: 0484 244 346

Address: 31-35 May St, St Peters NSW 2044
Hours: Mon 5:30-9pm, Tues-Sun 10am-10pm
Phone: 0484 244 346

9. Scram Escape Rooms Macquarie Park

Price: from AU$45 per person

• Pros: The Witching Hour and Murder in the Mob rooms have strong storylines, and the puzzles and scenery seamlessly match the rooms’ themes.
• Cons: Some rooms are poorly constructed.

If the spooky paranormal and murder mystery is your thing, ParaPark Sydney has the best horror escape rooms Sydney has on offer. Are you brave enough to free the spirits from darkness’ grasp in Gateway No.9? Get into the passage and try to get back to your world in just 60 minutes.

Address: 2/119 Wicks Rd, Macquarie Park NSW 2113
Hours: Sun-Thur 9:30am-8pm, Fri-Sat 9:30am-10pm
Phone: (02) 7207 1004

10. Mission Escape

Price: from AU$60 per person

• Pros: Great mechanisms and use of technology.
• Cons: More expensive than some other Escape rooms in Sydney.

You’ll be using your brainpower at Mission Escape Room Sydney, which is a little different in that it’s not just a find a code and unlock a door kind of escape game. They use lasers, gears, special effects and automation to immerse you in the missions and take the escape game to another level.  Try the Vampire Castle, where you’ll be transported to the Middle Ages inside a spooky castle.

Located in: HSBC Bank Australia
Address: Level 5/724 George St, Haymarket NSW 2000
Hours: Mon-Thur 1:30-9:30pm, Fri 12-9:30pm, Sat-Sun 10am-9:30pm
Phone: (02) 8054 5524

Address: Suite 202/332-336 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000
Hours: Mon-Fri 12-9:30pm, Sat-Sun 10am-9:30pm
Phone: (02) 8937 0205

11. Social Escape Rooms

Price: from AU$55 per person

• Pros: Great for newcomers and those more experienced. The waiting area has mini-games to keep you occupied.
• Cons: Not enough time within the allotted time to escape some rooms due to difficulty level.

Get your pipe out and enter Sherlock Holmes’ shoes with the Baker Street Mystery Challenge at Social Escape. Solve a mysterious murder by picking up subtle clues and piecing together crucial information to catch the killer. For something a little more thrilling, try the Bank Heist. Get in the mind of a criminal and take on the biggest heist of your career.

Address: 62 Wyndham St, Alexandria NSW 2015
Hours: Mon-Thur 10am-5pm, Fri-Sat 10am-10pm, Sun 10am-8pm
Phone: (02) 8007 3555

12. Escape Hunt

Price: from AU$40 per person

• Pros: Very affordable and super friendly staff.
• Cons: Poor organisation.

Immersive and exciting, The Escape Hunt Experience has room for every level of escape artist. Attention to detail is king here, and many stories revolve around Sydney’s history. Try Assassin in the Pub, based on Sydney’s real-life 1920s Razor Gangs. The gang leader is murdered, and you have to find the assassin.

Address: 4/393 George St, Sydney NSW 2000
Hours: Sun-Thur 10am-8:30pm, Fri-Sat 9:30am-9:30pm
Phone: (02) 9299 3929

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