Forest of Echoes

Forest of Echoes

Very positive (411 ratings)

  • Escape room
  • IRL

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All right, scouts! Are you ready for your big adventure in the woods? Don’t mind the rumours about the forest being haunted by spirits, we’re pretty sure it’s all nonsense and poor old Sam will find their way back one day soon. After all, time can pass very quickly in there; morning to noon to evening to night and before you realise, it’s morning again! Stay safe in the woods, scouts – it’s everyone’s responsibility!

  • 2-8
  • 90 mins
  • Expert
  • Not scary

Ratings

All ratings (411)

Very positive

Gameplay
Overwhelmingly positive
Atmosphere
Overwhelmingly positive
Customer service
Overwhelmingly positive

Reviews

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Liv2Puzzle

10 escape rooms

We loved this room. It was immersive and really creative. The design of the room was fantastic, I don’t think I’ve done an escape room like it before. Our game master (Scoutmaster Emily) was fantastic, funny, and really added to the experience.

Gameplay
Jan 13, 2026 | Experienced Jan 12, 2026

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sl8011

5 escape rooms

Amazing immersive room and loved the set and narration from GM Emily. Would recommend to anyone who wants a strong narrative from an escape room.

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Jan 11, 2026 | Experienced Jan 5, 2026

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PercyMunday13

11 escape rooms

Absolutely loved this game. So much fun and a really unique room. Enjoyed the way the puzzles played around the central mechanic. I love when a room has a game master that plays a part and really heightens the experience, the hilarious one liners and comments made it all the more fun! Thank you for having us!!!!

Gameplay

Really loved the central mechanism. The game was awesome and had such unique and fun storytelling and game play

Atmosphere

Immersive and lots of awesome lighting!!!!

Customer service

Our game master was AMAZING. So funny, loved having him chime in with funny lines. Made the experience even more fun. Thank you for having us!

Dec 11, 2025 | Experienced Dec 11, 2025
@Wendybird
Wendybird

42 escape rooms

A great room with a huge focus on the story. Less GM interaction/narration with this one compared to some other rooms from Next Level as it focused more on the story of the room itself Loved how we had control of what puzzles to work on and the puzzles were really fun. Mikayla was our GM for this one. Gave us some clues when we were stuck, just enough to give us a nudge in the right direction and letting us figure it out ourselves.

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Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Nov 8, 2025

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melzy2022

27 escape rooms

GM was soo good and funny. The room was amazingly done

Gameplay
Atmosphere

So pretty and fun

Customer service

So engaging and funny

Was anything broken?

No

Oct 13, 2025
@ScoutMcDonald
ScoutMcDonald

19 escape rooms

The rooms at Next Level themselves are interesting and fun, but the interaction with the GM as a character makes the experience leaps and bounds more immersive. Huge shout out to Nikki

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service

Nikki is the BEST GM YOU CAN GET!

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Due to space limitations, there’s a really interesting way they keep you in one room but make it feel like multiple rooms

Story
Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

No

Sep 5, 2025 | Experienced Sep 5, 2025
@minnnnn11
minnnnn11

233 escape rooms

THE VOICES,THE SPIRITS, GAH! Forest of Echoes is a truly fantastic room complete with interesting, varied puzzles, an in-depth multilinear story and gorgeous set design, it honestly deserves every bit of praise that comes its way. While thematically, there's something for everyone at Next Level, I'd say objectively this is their strongest, most complete offering. Tasked with following the stories of 6 unique spirits I found that even in a larger group there was so much to discover with props galore, hidden alcoves and even a bin chicken, I was having a really good time piecing it all together. I'd say where this room shines the most is its storytelling, every piece of the puzzle had purpose and meaning behind it backed by some impressive performances from the staff, it's hard not to be charmed by the whole experience. If you're only in the market for 1 experience here, this would have to be my pick, amazing room. Also shout out to Rosie our GM and scout guide and benevolent voice in my head, she really made the whole thing fun and light-hearted. Heck yeah.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

High tech

Ideal number of players

3

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

16

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

No

Minimal signage on entrance of venue. Intercom required to enter.

Parking

Limited

Limited in busy Sydney CBD.

Jul 27, 2025 | Experienced Jul 25, 2025
@rinskin
rinskin

208 escape rooms

I hear the whispers all around (they don't like Michael). After a brief break in nature we returned to Next Level only for our Scout Master to trek us out into the forest and disappear, leaving us to converse with the sky. Thankfully this is a pretty standard Friday errand so we were up for the challenge. Holy multi-linearity, there was a heap to do in this room and most of it was available all at once. The time dial is a really awesome game function and allowed for what is essentially a one room experience feel far larger and more engaging. The story flowed nicely but did feel like after missing out on certain solves I was missing some components to try and move forward, ugh teamwork. All the elements of this room were however super lovingly thought out and charming. One of my favourites at Next Level and dare I say a must play. Our GM Rosie was awesome, completing not one but two spins in the name of scout's honour. Sick. Oh and they gave us a real gauntlet. Double sick.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Hard

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Spooky

Minimum age

16

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

Yes

The Game Masters take you into the room in character and remain in character for any hints/story related narration.

Physically active

Somewhat

Small-ish cave space.

Easy to find location

No

It is a bit hidden on first glance as it is in an office type building with only a small A4 sheet above the intercom.

Parking

Limited

Inner city parking YUCK

Jul 25, 2025 | Experienced Jul 25, 2025
@LexiconPenguino
LexiconPenguino

102 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

Jul 18, 2025 | Experienced Jul 18, 2025

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alysandlucas

19 escape rooms

Loved this room. GM was excellent and really elevated our experience . Puzzles were fun and non-linear.

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Jul 13, 2025

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