Asylum

Mostly Positive (8 ratings)

The Great Escape - Hole In One, Melbourne

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Venture into the Blackthorn Institute, a place the locals have learned not to ask about. Padded wards rot in the silence, the lab still hums with Doctor M’s unfinished work, and the cold drawers of the morgue wait for whoever stays too long. Every door pulls you further in, every clue another reason you shouldn’t be here. The patients linger, and so does what was done to them. Can you piece together the institute’s foul history and find a way out before you become its next subject?

2-6
60 mins
Medium
Spooky

Ratings

All ratings (8)

Mostly Positive

Gameplay: Positive

Atmosphere: Positive

Customer service: Positive

Reviews

saraalsakran

32 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

Aug 11, 2026 | Experienced Aug 11, 2026

minnnnn11

280 escape rooms

A STRAIGHT JACKET?? DURING PRIDE MONTH????? (It’s July). A spooky mental institution was promised and a spooky mental institution was delivered. Asylum as an experience was a fun time, no two spaces felt the same and it was clear a decent amount of a thought had gone into the puzzles, props and tech. It definitely felt more challenging than the other rooms at the venue which was a welcome change; with the last room in particular providing a noticeable jump in difficulty. Groovy. The only real blemish was the story which, to be fair, carries an expected genericism within a theme like this. Crazed inmates, evil doctors and horrific experiments rarely have anything new or exciting to build on. Oh well. We still solved our puzzles and did… something? I think we were patients? Maybe we saved the patients? Who’s to say? You’re welcome. Overall it’s a really aesthetic new room that will give the average player their money’s worth and leave them rocking back and forth with excitement. Ha. 6.1/10 🔏🧩

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Particularly interesting or different

Story

Difficulty

Easy

Game tech

High tech

Ideal number of players

Scary

Spooky

Minimum age

Was anything broken?

Yes

The tech inside the control panel absolutely shit itself mid-game and the GMs couldn’t fix it. The only viable solution was to be walked into the final room and go from there. We only missed out on a simple Simon says puzzle which was no big deal.