The 5 Best Melbourne Escape Games Tours

1.Virtual Reality Escape Room or Arcade Games at Apsis VR

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 143 reviews · from $39Our pick

At Apsis VR in central Melbourne, you spend about an hour solving story-led puzzles or playing VR arcade games. Choose adventures such as Escape The Pyramid, Sanctum, or Time Travel, with space for up to six players in an escape room and help from the Apsis team when needed.

“Never heard of them before and quite looking forward for the experience. They didn't let me down! Shout out to the crews for the game Escape The Pyramid they recommended.”

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2.Virtual Room – 40-50min VR Escape Game Adventure for 2+ Players

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 136 reviews · from $39

At Virtual Room Melbourne, you and two to four players use free-moving VR gear to solve puzzles across ancient Egypt, the moon landing, and other time periods. Hosts such as Adam, Emma, Dale, and Douglas guide the 40 to 50-minute mission, which suits families, parties, and team groups aged 8 and up.

“Wonderful experience!! Dale was great at making our game really fun, we will be returning to play more games asap.”

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3.VR Escape Game Adventure 2+ Players

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 52 reviews · 1 hour · from $38

Join 2 to 4 players at Virtual Room Melbourne CBD for a 40 to 50 minute team VR escape game. Choose from five missions, including time travel, retro arcade action, zombies, and Asterix. Staff such as Adam explain the controls, and you finish with photos.

“So much fun! We’ve booked to come back again and try the other games. Very friendly staff”

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4.Virtual Reality Games OR Escape Room Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 7 reviews · from $32

At Apsis VR Melbourne, you choose your game after arrival: a 45-minute virtual reality escape mission for groups of four to six, or arcade play for one to eight people. Staff train you on the equipment, then help you pick from 15 escape rooms and more than 25 games.

“Such fun! We took our grandson and I’m not sure who had the most fun, him or us. A new experience for the sixty something grandparents but so glad we did it.”

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5.Melbourne City Centre Scavenger Hunt and Sights Self-Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 6 reviews · from $13Best value

Use the Explorial app to follow clues around Melbourne’s city centre, answer questions, complete photo tasks, and learn about sights including Flinders Street Station, ACDC Lane, and the Majorca Building. The private self-guided game takes about 1 to 2 hours and costs $13.34 per person.

“Unfortunately, we could never figure out how to get the application to work. It wasn't until a later email that instructed us to download the Explorial app we figured out how to make it work. But it was too late at that point. :-(”

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