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Van Helsing in Melbourne: questions
Van Helsing, the hunter’s side of the Dracula story, is at 259 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000. Look for Escape This Melbourne CBD on Collins Street: Van Helsing’s catacombs lie inside, a few minutes on foot from Flinders Street Station, and the surrounding blocks offer kerbside and paid parking.
Call Escape This Melbourne CBD on (03) 7078 8118 or write to melbourne.bookings@escapethis.com.au with questions about Van Helsing, from session times to group sizes. Part of the wider Dracula world, it is booked online with instant confirmation.
Escape This Melbourne CBD runs Pirates, Pirate Island, Possession, Magic University, Zombie Apocalypse, Meat Grinder, Asylum alongside Van Helsing. If your group wants a Dracula-sized night out, several of them can start at the same time.
A team of 5, out of Van Helsing in 56:33. Over 7 recorded games here, 57% of teams have escaped this part of the Dracula story.
They share one gothic world. In Dracula you follow Van Helsing’s notebook into the Count’s crypt in Perth; in Van Helsing, in Melbourne, the hunter’s farewell letter admits Dracula survived him and hands his war to you. They are separate rooms with their own sets and puzzles, so you can play either on its own.
Van Helsing opens with the hunter’s last letter: he has failed, and Dracula still lives. Among misty headstones in Melbourne CBD, you take up his sacred artefacts, break into the catacombs and try to free the souls Dracula judged unworthy of eternal life, before you end up beside them.
On paper, slightly. Escape This rates Van Helsing 7.5 out of 10 against Dracula’s 7, with intermediate-level puzzles. Brand-new escapers are best mixed with someone who has played before; for a team of complete beginners, Escape This points to Pirates or Magic University in Melbourne first.
Van Helsing is $59–$65 per adult and $45–$55 per young adventurer aged 13 to 15, depending on whether you pick a peak or off-peak session. The Melbourne booking calendar shows each session’s price before you pay. Dracula in Perth has separate prices.
Yes, from 13. Van Helsing is a strict 13-plus room, the same hunt Dracula’s fans know but open to younger teenagers, who pay the young adventurer price until they turn 16. Anyone under 13 cannot play or watch, and ID may be checked.
No. Neither Dracula in Northbridge nor Van Helsing in Melbourne can take a wheelchair. Escape This runs accessible rooms at other venues and its team will help you choose one if you call.
Not Dracula itself. Melbourne has Van Helsing, which opened at Escape This Melbourne CBD in October 2026 and carries the hunter’s side of the Dracula story. Dracula stays in Northbridge, Perth.
57% of the 7 recorded Van Helsing games in Melbourne have ended in an escape, with winners taking 57:59 on average. Dracula’s Perth figures are counted separately.
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