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During an expansion of our venue, we stumbled upon a doorway to a new world. A world of absolute nightmarish darkness. No one knows where this world came from or how long this lightless space has been here, but the only person to venture inside (one of our employees) has yet to return. Knowing the traps and puzzles already in our venue we fear the nightmares that might come from within. We need your help to find, rescue and escape this dark world and bring back our friend, ALIVE!
All ratings (69)
Very positive
Gameplay
Very positive
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive
1 escape room
Losing your sense of sight makes escaping this room a challenge.
Yes
Hard
4
💩👖
No
Yes
Somewhat
Yes
Easy
95 escape rooms
Dark Dungeon has straightforward tactile puzzles and tasks, with fun moments and some potential for big scares. A unique concept and best played by a group of enthusiastic scaredy cats. When we arrived at Lost Locks we were greeted very warmly by Ryan who was lovely to chat to. We felt very generously taken care of by our game master Sam, her intros really drew you in and set the scene and her enthusiastic debriefs were much appreciated. This business has really wonderful top tier games and we can't wait to come back and try some more. The atmosphere is fun, the vibes are excellent and we're very excited to see what games they release in the future.
11 escape rooms
𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 �𓅝𓃄 �𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿 𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 𓂨𓅝𓃄 𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿
139 escape rooms
What an experience. ‘Dark Dungeon’ offers a pitch-black room in which to play the game — no blindfolds needed to maintain the visionless experience. It is truly incredible that, even after spending the majority of the time in the room, your eyes don’t grow accustomed to the darkness. You simply can’t see… anything. The puzzles flow well and are balanced to compensate for the lack of vision. The atmosphere and textures players feel throughout the space are intriguing and help clearly signpost what is and isn’t connected. The ending was something else. I LOVED it. I don’t want to say any more because I don’t want to give anything away. As a horror fan, this was possibly my favourite escape room horror moment — it would be between this and the ending of Cipher Room’s ‘Mr Pepper’s Toy Shop’ in Sydney. At the time of writing, having played essentially every open escape room on the Gold Coast, I can confidently say that this is one of — if not the — best escape experiences in the city.
The linearity of the room lends to the sensory experience. It was clear that the room had been carefully designed and iterated to deliver a thoroughly enjoyable escape experience. The ending was a delight, and tickled my love of horror in such a big way.
I’ve played another room that is played without vision by wearing eye masks, but ‘Dark Dungeon’, impressively, is played in a room without the need for a mask. It is truly that dark. I kept expecting my eyes to adjust, but they never did. The aesthetics and textures of the room were great.
The Lost Locks team is always welcoming, and not just to us — to everyone that walks through their doors. It’s nice to see such warm hospitality.
Yes
Playing without vision in a room so dark you don’t need blindfolds, and that ending — very unique, very, very enjoyable.
I enjoyed the subtle reference to an earlier Lost Locks room!
Medium
High tech
Some mechanical elements alongside electronic puzzles, a good balance.
3
Scary
15
No
Yes
You can request to not have a live actor, however the experience certainly benefits from this interaction and adds to the immersion.
Somewhat
Crawling may be required.
Yes
Limited
Park at Chevron Renaissance for 2 hrs free and walk a block to Lost Locks!
169 escape rooms
This is a unique room where if utilising the full allocated time, everything except the last 5 minutes takes place completely in the dark. This very different experience was fun, scary and satisfying. Although there was not many puzzles, this is understandable because of the nature of this room.
No
71 escape rooms
Nice room! Really fun doing it in pitch black darkness, can‘t see a thing. Puzzles are somewhat easy and quick to do once you find the clues or parts needed. Could probably be a couple more puzzles, as we got out in under half the time and there would be so much more time to it. But overall, a really nice room and unique experience:)
94 escape rooms
Such a cool room that you do in the pitch black! Super fun
19 escape rooms
𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 �𓅝𓃄 �𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿 𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 𓂨𓅝𓃄 𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿
48 escape rooms
Really enjoyed the room, you need to be very cautious cause the whole thing is dark but it’s very fun overall, simple puzzles that create challenges in the dark too.
We had some issues with one of the puzzles getting stuck but other then that very fun!
It was completely dark so don’t need too much to for the atmosphere- the last puzzle is very fun though
The two girls on were really great!!
Yes
Fun concept because of the dark aspect, so relying on your other senses
Was not really focused on the story and more so focused on the fact that I was terrified
Medium
The room is not that difficult but it’s tough because you can’t see, I’d also say having more then 4 people felt like a lot in this room and meant a couple people had to sit out for some puzzles
Mechanical
4
3-4 depending on how many people are going to be useless if they are scared of the dark
Spooky
Dark- so spooky but not too bad
12
Cause of the dark
Yes
As I said one puzzle got stuck
No
Not at all
Not a flat surface and not big enough for wheelchair access
Yes
Limited
136 escape rooms
It is so hard losing your sense of sight is so hard!!