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Your business card might say ‘Real Estate Agent’, but that’s only part of the story. You work for S.C.A.R.E. (Supernatural Consultancy And Real Estate) a quirky agency that specialises in haunted properties. One day you’re sent to inspect a dilapidated and abandoned toy shop. Tucked down an alleyway in the old part of town, the shop has been empty for over 70 years. Lately, however, strange noises and lights have been reported coming from inside. It’s your job to venture in and discover the truth. Is it really haunted? Why is it locked up? And what happened to the owner, Mr Pepper? Game located in Sydney, Australia
All ratings (806)
Overwhelmingly Positive
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35 escape rooms
Fun, deeply thematic puzzles, really clean and impressive production quality and effects. Spooky but not scary!
Yes
Medium
Mechanical
5
Spooky
No
No
Somewhat
A couple of puzzles required kneeling or exploring low/high spaces.
Yes
Yes
17 escape rooms
Mr pepper was really fun, all the puzzles were creative and satisfactory to complete. When it does use padlocks, it was easy to match code to lock, which we really appreciated. Gamemaster's vibe was great and the flow was once again, top notch. It definitely was of the creepy atmosphere rather than horror territory with the mounting tension being quite impressive.
s
35 escape rooms
Ending added the cherry on top😉
Somewhat
E
36 escape rooms
I'm a bit surprised by all of the hype tbh. The room was definitely very good, but perhaps I'm a bit spoilt being from Canberra where it feels like all of the rooms are a very high standard. The finale was a standout, and some of the puzzles were quite clever, but overall it didn't blow my mind.
It was good with a good flow
86 escape rooms
Played this room twice now, once in 2021 and the other in 2025 because the puzzle design is just top-notch. It is also the only room i've ever played twice. It starts out with a solid, creepy vibe, but the tension really builds and gets even more 'cursed' as you progress to the next rooms. Even without any live actors, the atmosphere manages to be truly terrifying, and there are a few small jump scares to watch out for. Cipher Rooms always deliver the best finales, and this one didn't disappoint either time. Highly recommended if you want a genuine thrill. Atmosphere: 99 Puzzles: 97 Enjoyment: 90 Creativity: 90 Overall: 94
C
19 escape rooms
One of the best escape rooms I’ve ever done. Some real wow moments revealing creative puzzles and it has an amazing crescendo like nothing I’ve seen in a room before
130 escape rooms
What an awesome room and experience! The puzzles in the room flow very well! I love non-linear rooms and this room does a great job with providing your team with several different puzzles to work on at the same time. All the puzzles in the room follow a toy theme from start to end which further adds to the immersion of the room. The puzzles flow very well and you always know which solutions are for which padlock! The set is creepy and unnerving but I would not say its that its that scary so most groups will generally be fine. There are also no jumpscares in the room as well but there are moments where the lights do go off for some cool effects. The ending of the room really wowed us and probably the coolest ending that I have seen for an escape room!
37 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
S
11 escape rooms
Cipher rooms remain my favourite of all, and Mr Pepper’s Toy Shop is no exception.
Signature cipher level set design and puzzles, on another level
Yes
The type of room you want to forget so you can run again…exceptional use of space
j
10 escape rooms
The Cipher Room always delivers. Big thank you to Liam, we had an awesome time!
