# Buried Alive

> Buried Alive is a 60-minute, two-player horror escape room by Escape This. Each player is sealed in a separate wooden coffin (200 × 70 × 50 cm) by a villain called the Undertaker, and the pair must cooperate to escape. It is strictly 18+ (ID checked), exactly 2 players, difficulty 8/10, $59 per player Monday–Thursday and $65 Friday–Sunday. It plays at Escape This Northbridge (48 Lake Street, Perth) and Escape This Sydney CBD (630 George Street), and opens at Escape This Melbourne CBD (259 Collins Street) on 1 March 2027. Its sequel is Asylum.

Key facts (updated 2026-10-26):
- Difficulty: 8/10. Duration: 60 minutes (allow ~90 minutes for the visit; arrive 15 minutes early).
- Northbridge: Escape This Northbridge, 48 Lake Street, Northbridge WA 6003. Phone (08) 6118 0286. 2 players. Monday – Thursday $59 per player; Friday – Sunday $65 per player (Per-player prices are $59 and $65; the pair column is the total for your two-person booking. No child tickets: both players must be 18+. Holiday rates may differ.) 18+ only (ID checked). Wheelchair accessible: no. Escape rate 38%. Rated 4.96/5, with 118 five-star reviews. Book: https://www.buriedalive.com.au/northbridge/
- Sydney: Escape This Sydney CBD, 630 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000. Phone (02) 9173 8535. 2 players. Monday – Thursday $59 per player; Friday – Sunday $65 per player (Per-player prices are $59 and $65; the pair column is the total for your two-person booking. No child tickets: both players must be 18+. Excludes public and school holidays.) 18+ only (ID checked). Wheelchair accessible: no. Escape rate 60%. Rated 4.97/5, with 126 five-star reviews. Book: https://www.buriedalive.com.au/sydney-cbd/
- Coming soon — Melbourne: Escape This Melbourne CBD, 259 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, opening March 2027. Details: https://www.buriedalive.com.au/melbourne-cbd/
- Totals: 11,026 players, 2,490 games, 47% escape rate, average escape 55:51, record 27:54.
- Rating: 4.97/5, with 244 five-star reviews.
- Producer: Escape This (https://www.escapethis.com.au). Escape This is Australia’s largest escape room operator, and runs its own escape room design studio and escape room factory in Australia. It has venues in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, has hosted more than 500,000 players and has earned 17,969 five-star reviews.
- Escape This awards (company-wide, not room awards): 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.
- Not suitable for claustrophobia, pregnancy, epilepsy or light sensitivity, fear of the dark, limited mobility, or players over 6′5″. Not wheelchair accessible. Periods of complete darkness, flashing light and possible jump scares; no smoke effects. Panic buttons and CCTV in both coffins. Pricing tables show a per-player price and the total for the pair; there are no child tickets.

## Pages
- [Home](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/): overview, stats, reviews, trailer
- [The story](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/the-story/): full premise and what to expect
- [Northbridge · Lake Street, Perth](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/northbridge/): prices, rules, booking, map
- [Sydney CBD · George Street](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/sydney-cbd/): prices, rules, booking, map
- [Melbourne CBD · Collins Street](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/melbourne-cbd/): opening March 2027
- [Book](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/book/): live availability
- [Leaderboard](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/leaderboard/): fastest escapes and statistics
- [Reviews](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/reviews/): five-star player reviews
- [Plan your visit](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/plan-your-visit/): ages, accessibility, safety, timing
- [FAQ](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/): common questions
- [The Groundskeeper’s Logbook](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/diary/): a comic, fictional work log by the groundskeeper of the Undertaker’s two plots, each entry beside the real room facts
- [The Groundskeeper’s Logbook: Taken On as Groundskeeper (27 July 2021)](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/diary/taken-on-as-groundskeeper/): Days before Buried Alive opens in Northbridge, Horace is hired to look after two fresh plots and told not to disturb the gentleman in the top hat.
- [The Groundskeeper’s Logbook: Both Plots Disturbed (5 August 2021)](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/diary/both-plots-disturbed/): 5 August 2021: Buried Alive opens at Escape This Northbridge, and Horace the groundskeeper starts his first log of two plots dug up overnight. Opening day.
- [The Groundskeeper’s Logbook: The Tape Measure (19 August 2021)](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/diary/the-tape-measure/): Horace takes a tape measure to the two coffins in his care and writes down the numbers, then has a quiet word with a very tall young man at the gate.
- [The Groundskeeper’s Logbook: After Valentine’s (15 February 2022)](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/diary/after-valentines/): The morning after Valentine’s Day, Horace rakes over two plots and a great deal of romance. His notes on couples who spent the evening in separate coffins.
- [The Groundskeeper’s Logbook: The Button in the Lid (21 June 2022)](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/diary/the-button-in-the-lid/): Horace learns the gentleman in the top hat once lodged a complaint about the panic buttons, and declines to sign it. A dry entry from the groundskeeper’s log.
- [The Groundskeeper’s Logbook: A Voice in the Shed (2 November 2023)](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/diary/a-voice-in-the-shed/): A cheerful voice starts coming through a speaker in Horace’s shed, asking whether anyone came up out of the ground last night. Asylum has opened next door.
- [The Groundskeeper’s Logbook: Two More Plots, Far Away (28 March 2025)](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/diary/two-more-plots-far-away/): 28 March 2025: Buried Alive opens at Escape This Sydney CBD. Horace sends his second-best rake east and finds FRAGILE written on his lunch. Opening day.
- [The Groundskeeper’s Logbook: The Ones Who Turn Back (12 August 2025)](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/diary/the-ones-who-turn-back/): A young woman reaches the edge of plot one, looks in, and decides not to. Horace writes about the people who turn back, and why he thinks they are right.
- [The Groundskeeper’s Logbook: To Whoever Has My Logbook (22 October 2026)](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/diary/to-whoever-has-my-logbook/): Horace finds his groundskeeper’s logbook on the Buried Alive website, asks readers to wipe their boots and confirms Melbourne’s plots are due in March.
- [Fact sheet](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/facts/): citable facts
- [The Escape This studio & factory](https://www.thedunny.com.au/studio-and-factory/): who designs and builds the rooms (company FAQ lives there)

## Statistics (as of 2026-10-25)
- As of 26 October 2026, 2,490 pairs have played Buried Alive across 2 venues and 47% escaped (51% so far this year).
- At Escape This Northbridge, 38% of pairs escape Buried Alive, the 4th-lowest rate of 9 rooms.
- At Escape This Sydney CBD, 60% of pairs escape Buried Alive, the 2nd-lowest rate of 9 rooms.
- Surviving pairs spend an average of 55:51 underground before the lid gives, calling for 4.9 hints along the way.
- Record holders: A team of 2, out of the coffins at Escape This Sydney CBD in 27:54.

## Common questions
- [What is Buried Alive, the coffin escape room?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#what-is-buried-alive): Buried Alive is a two-player horror escape room by Escape This. Each of you wakes in a separate wooden coffin, buried by a villain called the Undertaker, and the pair of you have 60 minutes to solve your way out. It is strictly 18+ and plays at Escape This Northbridge in Perth and Escape This Sydney CBD.
- [Which villain buries the players in Buried Alive?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#who-is-the-undertaker): The Undertaker is the unseen villain of Buried Alive. He put you in the ground, his laugh is the last thing you remember hearing, and the coffins are the board for his latest sadistic game. You never need to face him; you need to beat him.
- [Do both players share one coffin in Buried Alive?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-separate-coffins): No. Buried Alive has two coffins and each one holds a single player, so you and your partner start the game apart. Players say that brief feeling of being on your own in the dark is the scariest part, and the puzzles only fall when both of you pull together.
- [Are you blindfolded or handcuffed before Buried Alive starts?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-blindfold-handcuffs): Expect restraints. Reviewers describe their gamesmaster fitting blindfolds and handcuffs as Buried Alive begins, and the original Buried Alive site says both players are chained and locked inside their coffins. Every restraint is part of the puzzle, and the panic button is always within reach.
- [What comes after Buried Alive — is Asylum the sequel?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-sequel-asylum): Yes: Asylum. Buried Alive’s original site names Asylum as its sequel, another extreme horror room that pushes further into madness. Asylum plays at both Buried Alive venues, Escape This Northbridge and Escape This Sydney CBD, so the two can be booked back to back.
- [Is Buried Alive like the movie Buried?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-like-the-movie-buried): Only in the nightmare it starts from. The 2010 film Buried follows one man alone in a coffin; Buried Alive puts two players in two coffins with an hour of puzzles, a gamesmaster on hints and a panic button. Its villain, the Undertaker, belongs to Escape This.
- [What is the fear of being buried alive called?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#fear-of-being-buried-alive): Taphophobia: the fear of being buried while still alive, which grew in the 18th and 19th centuries alongside inventions like the safety coffin. Buried Alive is built on exactly that dread. If the word describes you, this is the one Escape This room to skip.
- [How big is the coffin in Buried Alive?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#how-big-is-the-buried-alive-coffin): Each Buried Alive coffin measures 200 cm long, 70 cm wide and 50 cm deep. That leaves room to lie down and move your arms, but not to sit up. Escape This advises anyone taller than 6′5″ (about 196 cm) not to play.
- [Just how frightening is an hour in the Buried Alive coffins?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#how-scary-is-buried-alive): Very. Escape This bills Buried Alive as Australia’s most extreme escape experience: you are sealed in a coffin in near-total darkness, with flashing light and jump scares possible. It is meant to frighten. If you are unsure whether you can handle it, Escape This’s own advice is not to play it.
- [How hard are Buried Alive’s puzzles?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-difficulty): Buried Alive is rated 8 out of 10, among the hardest grades Escape This uses. The puzzles are complex in their own right, and working them lying down, in the dark and apart from your partner adds pressure. The gamesmaster still sends hints whenever you ask.
- [Should Buried Alive be our first escape room?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-first-escape-room): No. Escape This doesn’t recommend Buried Alive for first-timers, because the intensity can overwhelm people who haven’t played a standard room yet. Start with a lighter adventure, such as Pirates or The Wizard’s Chamber, and come back to the coffins once you know how escape rooms work.
- [How dark is it inside Buried Alive?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#how-dark-is-buried-alive): Dark enough to matter. Buried Alive uses controlled lighting with periods of complete darkness and some flashing light. Escape This tells anyone afraid of the dark, or with epilepsy or light sensitivity, not to play.
- [Are there jump scares in Buried Alive?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-jump-scares): There can be. Buried Alive may include jump scares as well as confined spaces and darkness. If anything about that worries you, raise it with the gamesmasters at check-in or call the venue before you book.
- [How long are you in the coffin for Buried Alive?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#how-long-in-the-coffin): Up to 60 minutes. Arrive 15 minutes early for lockers and the briefing, and allow about 15 minutes afterwards to steady your nerves, so a Buried Alive visit runs to roughly 90 minutes. Pairs who dig out early leave sooner.
- [What does a Buried Alive burial cost for two?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-price): Buried Alive costs $59 per player Monday to Thursday and $65 per player Friday to Sunday, at both Northbridge and Sydney CBD. Since every booking is two people, that is $118 or $130 for the pair. Sydney’s listed prices exclude public and school holidays.
- [How do two people lock in a Buried Alive session?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#how-to-book-buried-alive): Online is quickest: choose Northbridge or Sydney CBD on this site’s booking page, pick a free session and Buried Alive is confirmed instantly. You can also call (08) 6118 0286 for Northbridge or (02) 9173 8535 for Sydney CBD.
- [There are more than two of us — how does Buried Alive work?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-more-than-two): Buried Alive only ever takes two, so a bigger group takes turns in the coffins or splits up. Escape This’s multi-room booker lets the rest start another room at the same time, and Asylum, Cannibal and The Possession all play at both Buried Alive venues.
- [Is Buried Alive a good date night?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-date-night): For the right couple, yes. Escape This highly recommends Buried Alive for date nights, and its two-player format has made it a pick for anniversaries, Valentine’s Day and even proposals. Just be sure your date actually wants to spend an hour in a coffin first.
- [Can a voucher send two friends to Buried Alive?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-gift-voucher): Yes. Escape This gift vouchers cover Buried Alive in Perth and Sydney, and they’re sold on escapethis.com.au. It makes a memorable 18th-birthday present, as long as the person receiving it and their plus-one are both 18 or older.
- [Will we be buried next to strangers?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-private): No. Buried Alive holds exactly two players and every session is one booking, so the only other person underground is the one you brought.
- [Can you buy a Buried Alive T-shirt?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-t-shirts): Buried Alive’s original site lists three shirts, I Survived, I Died and I Cried, sold in store at Escape This Northbridge for $19.99 to players who have been through the room. Ask at the front desk after your game to check they’re still stocked.
- [What is the minimum age for Buried Alive?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-age-limit): 18. Buried Alive is strictly adults-only at every venue, with no exceptions, and staff may check ID if you look young. Under-18s cannot play or come in as spectators.
- [How many players does Buried Alive take?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-exactly-two-players): Exactly two. Buried Alive has two single-person coffins, so it is never played by one person or by three. Each booking is one pair.
- [Can I do Buried Alive on my own?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-solo): No. Buried Alive is built for a pair, and the puzzles need both coffins working together. Bring one other adult, someone you trust in the dark.
- [Is there a height limit for Buried Alive?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-tall-players): Effectively, yes. The Buried Alive coffins are 200 cm long inside, and Escape This advises players over 6′5″, roughly 196 cm, not to attempt it.
- [Do you need good English for Buried Alive?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-english): It helps a lot. Buried Alive’s story, cues and clues are spoken in English, and there is a moderate amount of reading. Escape This suggests at least one of the pair, ideally both, be comfortable in English.
- [Who is Buried Alive really for?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#who-should-play-buried-alive): Experienced escapers who are relaxed about their own self-preservation. Escape This made Buried Alive for players who have tried everything else and want more, and its advice to anyone hesitating is simple: if you are unsure, don’t play.
- [Can claustrophobic people play Buried Alive?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-claustrophobia): No. Buried Alive is designed to induce claustrophobia: you lie in a closed coffin roughly half a metre deep, often in the dark. Escape This tells anyone with claustrophobia or a strong aversion to enclosed spaces not to play it.
- [What if one of us panics in Buried Alive?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-panic-button): Press the panic button. Buried Alive has panic buttons for leaving early, both coffins are on CCTV the entire time, and a gamesmaster will get you out. Nobody is trapped for real.
- [Can wheelchair users get into the Buried Alive coffins?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-wheelchair): No. Buried Alive involves climbing into a coffin, lying down and crawling, so it isn’t suitable for wheelchair users or anyone with mobility difficulties. Escape This runs accessible rooms and will help you choose one.
- [Can I play Buried Alive while pregnant?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-pregnancy): No. Escape This says categorically not to play Buried Alive if you are pregnant, because of the confined space, the crawling and the intensity.
- [Is Buried Alive safe with epilepsy or light sensitivity?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-epilepsy): Escape This advises against it. Buried Alive switches between complete darkness and flashing light, and players with epilepsy or light sensitivity are told not to play.
- [Is there smoke in Buried Alive?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-asthma): No. Buried Alive uses no smoke effects, so asthma and other breathing conditions don’t rule you out, although the closed coffin can feel stuffy to anxious players.
- [Can a hard-of-hearing player do Buried Alive?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-hard-of-hearing): Yes, with support. Buried Alive’s narration and clue system are audio, so a player who is hard of hearing relies on their partner to relay what’s said. With only two people and separate coffins, talk it through with the gamesmaster first.
- [What should you wear to Buried Alive?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#what-to-wear-to-buried-alive): Clothes you can lie down and wriggle in. Escape This recommends outfits suited to moving in an enclosed space for Buried Alive, and says skirts and dresses are not a good idea.
- [Can I take my phone into the coffin?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-phones): No. Phones, smartwatches, cameras and any recording device stay out of Buried Alive, and lockers are provided for valuables. A phone torch would spoil the darkness anyway.
- [Can we have a drink before Buried Alive?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-drinks-first): Save it for afterwards. Anyone under the influence of alcohol or drugs is not allowed into Buried Alive. Northbridge’s bars are right outside for the celebration, or commiseration, once you’re back above ground.
- [Which cities have Buried Alive coffins?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#where-is-buried-alive): Buried Alive plays in Perth at Escape This Northbridge, 48 Lake Street, where the room first opened, and in Sydney at Escape This Sydney CBD, 630 George Street. A third set of coffins opens at Escape This Melbourne CBD in March 2027.
- [What date do the Buried Alive coffins reach Melbourne?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-melbourne): 1 March 2027. Buried Alive is coming to Escape This Melbourne CBD at 259 Collins Street, the venue where Asylum, its sequel, already plays. Prices and session times will be released when bookings open; until then it runs in Perth and Sydney.
- [Do more pairs escape the Sydney coffins or the Northbridge ones?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-northbridge-or-sydney-harder): Northbridge, going by the records. 38% of pairs dig out of Buried Alive at Escape This Northbridge, compared with 60% at Escape This Sydney CBD. The coffins and the Undertaker’s game are the same; the results are not.
- [How many pairs escape Buried Alive?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-escape-rate): 47% of the 2,490 pairs who have been buried in Buried Alive made it out inside the hour. By venue: 38% at Northbridge and 60% at Sydney CBD.
- [Which pair dug out of Buried Alive fastest?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-fastest-escape): A team of 2 holds the Buried Alive record: out of the coffins at Escape This Sydney CBD in 27:54, using 0 clues, with 32:06 of air to spare.
- [Is Buried Alive the hardest room at its venues?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#is-buried-alive-the-hardest-room): Close to it. Measured by escape rate (fewest pairs getting out), at Escape This Northbridge it has the 4th-lowest escape rate of 9 rooms (38%), and at Escape This Sydney CBD it has the 2nd-lowest escape rate of 9 rooms (60%).
- [How does a pair get onto the Buried Alive leaderboard?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#buried-alive-leaderboard-entry): Escape quickly, with as few clues as you can. Each venue ranks Buried Alive pairs by escape time, fewer clues breaks a tie, and a photo appears only if both of you agreed to it at the venue.
- [Is Buried Alive worth it?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#is-buried-alive-worth-it): Players say so: Buried Alive averages 4.97 out of 5, and 244 pairs have left five stars. They write about racing hearts, being restrained and separated in the dark, and gamesmasters who set the mood before the lids close.
- [Who made the Buried Alive coffins?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#who-built-buried-alive): Escape This designed and built Buried Alive itself, coffins and all, and first opened it at Escape This Northbridge. Escape This is Australia’s largest escape room operator, with its own escape room design studio and escape room factory.
- [What is the Groundskeeper’s Logbook on the Buried Alive site?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#groundskeepers-logbook-what-is-it): A comic, fictional work log that Escape This writes for the website in the voice of Horace, the night groundskeeper who looks after the Undertaker’s two plots and finds them dug up from the inside every morning. Horace and his cat are invented for the diary and don’t appear in the room. It is safe for work; Buried Alive itself is strictly 18+.
- [Does the Groundskeeper’s Logbook reveal how to get out of the coffins?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#groundskeepers-logbook-spoilers): Not a word of it. Horace has never seen inside a session and writes only about soil, weather, the pairs at the gate and the house rules. Read the whole logbook before booking Buried Alive and the Undertaker’s puzzles will be exactly as hard as their 8 out of 10 rating.
- [Is the groundskeeper the Undertaker in disguise?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#groundskeeper-and-the-undertaker): No. Horace is a separate, made-up character who tidies up after the Undertaker and has never seen him at work. The Undertaker, Buried Alive’s villain, keeps his own comic diary at theundertaker.com.au, where Asylum’s intercom voice and Cannibal’s Butcher are his alter egos. The two diaries refer to each other but share no text.
- [Which dates in the Groundskeeper’s Logbook are real?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#groundskeepers-logbook-dates): The openings. Escape This’s booking records give Buried Alive’s first night at Escape This Northbridge as 5 August 2021 and at Sydney CBD as 28 March 2025, and list Melbourne CBD from 1 March 2027; Horace’s entries for those days carry those dates. The rest are picked for the story.
- [How often does Horace write in the logbook?](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/faq/#groundskeepers-logbook-how-often): Roughly once a month through 2027, after a night shift. Each entry appears on the Buried Alive site on the date at its top, so there is usually a new tally from the plots when you come back.

## Optional
- [Full text](https://www.buriedalive.com.au/llms-full.txt): story, FAQ and per-venue rules in plain text