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Zombie Apocalypse — fact sheet

One page holding everything worth citing about the zombie lab, updated whenever Escape This’s booking and game records change. Last updated 24 October 2026.

In short: A citable record of Zombie Apocalypse: where the zombie lab runs, what it costs, who may enter and how teams perform, drawn from live Escape This booking, game and review data.

Name
Zombie Apocalypse (also “Zombie Laboratory escape room”; zombieapocalypse.com.au)
Type
Live-action escape room, horror genre
Producer
Escape This (escapethis.com.au) — Australia’s largest escape room operator, with its own escape room design studio and escape room factory
Premise
The world belongs to the undead now. In an abandoned laboratory, one infected test subject paces behind failing steel and glass, and the cure it was meant to prove sits unfinished. Finish it before the power dies.
Duration
60 minutes in the room; about 90 minutes for the whole visit
Difficulty
7 out of 10
Venue — Northbridge
Escape This Northbridge, 48 Lake Street, Northbridge WA 6003 · (08) 6118 0286
Players — Northbridge
2–4
Price — Northbridge
Monday – Thursday: $49 per player; Friday – Sunday: $59 per player; One price per player. Excludes public and school holidays.
Ages — Northbridge
Strictly 15+
Wheelchair access — Northbridge
No
Escape rate — Northbridge
33% of 2,026 games (38% this year)
Difficulty rank — Northbridge
4th lowest escape rate of 9 escape rooms at Escape This Northbridge
Rating — Northbridge
4.94/5, with 76 five-star reviews
Venue — Sydney
Escape This Sydney CBD, 630 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000 · (02) 9173 8535
Players — Sydney
2–4
Price — Sydney
Monday – Thursday: $55 per player; Friday – Sunday: $65 per player; One price per player. Excludes public and school holidays.
Ages — Sydney
Strictly 15+
Wheelchair access — Sydney
Yes, one wheelchair per session
Escape rate — Sydney
66% of 481 games (63% this year)
Difficulty rank — Sydney
3rd lowest escape rate of 9 escape rooms at Escape This Sydney CBD
Rating — Sydney
4.97/5, with 99 five-star reviews
Venue — Melbourne
Escape This Melbourne CBD, 259 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 · (03) 7078 8118
Players — Melbourne
2–4
Price — Melbourne
Off-peak session: $55 per player; Peak session: $65 per player; One price per player. Melbourne sessions are priced as peak or off-peak, and escapethis.com.au shows which applies next to each time.
Ages — Melbourne
Strictly 15+
Wheelchair access — Melbourne
Not confirmed — call (03) 7078 8118
Escape rate — Melbourne
66% of 104 games (66% this year)
Difficulty rank — Melbourne
1st lowest escape rate of 4 escape rooms at Escape This Melbourne CBD
Rating — Melbourne
5/5, with 7 five-star reviews
Coming soon — Brisbane
Escape This Brisbane CBD, Brisbane QLD (address to be announced), from the first half of 2027
Objective
Keep the infected test subject contained and administer the cure; the door opens only once the subject is secured
Genres
Horror and sci-fi
Effects
Theatrical smoke, darkness, flashing lights, possible jump scares
Physical demands
No crawling and no tight spaces
Players to date
11,796 across all 3 venues
Games played
2,611
Overall escape rate
40%
Average escape time
49:20 of 60:00
Fastest escape on record
24:25 (Northbridge, 23 Feb 2025)
Overall rating
4.96/5, with 182 five-star reviews
Designed & built
In-house at the Escape This escape room design studio and factory, 21 River Road, Bayswater WA
Escape This awards (company-wide)
APAC Insider Escape Room Operator of the Year 2026; APAC Insider Best Immersive Experience Provider 2026; APAC Insider Escape Room Operator of the Year 2025; 2026 Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards: Finalist, Business Excellence; Smart50 Awards 2026: Finalist, People’s Choice Founder of the Year (Bernie Janes); Smart50 Awards 2026: Finalist, Marketing; Smart50 Awards 2026: Finalist, Resilience
Official site
https://www.zombieapocalypse.com.au/

Statistics come from the Escape This ER-OS game records and player reviews, and refresh automatically. Please cite as: “Zombie Apocalypse — fact sheet”, zombieapocalypse.com.au/facts/, October 2026. A plain-text version is at /llms.txt.

FAQ

Zombie Apocalypse in brief

What are we walking into at Zombie Apocalypse?

Zombie Apocalypse is a 60-minute horror escape room by Escape This, set in an abandoned laboratory after the undead have overrun the world. One infected test subject is pacing inside a failing containment chamber, and your team of two to four has to finish the cure before the power gives out. It plays in Northbridge (Perth), Sydney CBD and Melbourne CBD, and the infection spreads to Brisbane CBD in the first half of 2027.

How big can a survivor team be?

Two to four. Zombie Apocalypse takes at least two and no more than four players at all three venues, and that limit is fixed.

Which cities have a Zombie Apocalypse lab?

Perth, Sydney and Melbourne. The Zombie Apocalypse labs are inside Escape This Northbridge on Lake Street, Escape This Sydney CBD on George Street and Escape This Melbourne CBD on Collins Street. The room doesn’t run at Perth CBD or Manly. A Brisbane lab is next, due at Escape This Brisbane CBD in the first half of 2027.

How many teams finish the cure in time?

40% of the 2,611 teams who have faced Zombie Apocalypse secured the subject before time ran out. By venue: Northbridge 33%, Sydney CBD 66%, Melbourne CBD 66%.

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