Pirates — fact sheet

Name

Pirates (also “Pirates: No Prey, No Pay!”; escapethepirates.com.au)

Type

Live-action escape room, adventure genre

Producer

Escape This (escapethis.com.au) — Australia’s largest escape room operator, with its own escape room design studio and escape room factory

Premise

Calico Jack has taken your ship and thrown you in the hold of his galleon. His crew is sleeping off the rum, his treasure is unguarded, and at first light you walk the plank, unless you’re long gone in a lifeboat.

Duration

60 minutes in the room; about 90 minutes for the whole visit

Difficulty

6 out of 10

Venue — Perth

Escape This Perth CBD, The Basement, 712–720 Hay Street Mall, Perth WA 6000 · (08) 6118 0286

Players — Perth

2–8 (4–8 on Saturdays)

Price — Perth

Monday – Thursday: $49 adult, $39 child (under 16); Friday – Sunday: $59 adult, $49 child (under 16); Child = under 16. Excludes public and school holidays.

Ages — Perth

Recommended 9+

Wheelchair access — Perth

No

Escape rate — Perth

71% of 2,055 games (80% this year)

Difficulty rank — Perth

10th lowest escape rate of 12 escape rooms at Escape This Perth CBD

Rating — Perth

4.94/5, with 104 five-star reviews

Venue — Sydney

Escape This Sydney CBD, 630 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000 · (02) 9173 8535

Players — Sydney

2–8 (4–8 on Saturdays)

Price — Sydney

Monday – Thursday: $55 adult, $45 child (under 16); Friday – Sunday: $65 adult, $55 child (under 16); Child = under 16. Excludes public and school holidays.

Ages — Sydney

Recommended 9+

Wheelchair access — Sydney

Yes, one wheelchair per session

Escape rate — Sydney

87% of 2,549 games (87% this year)

Difficulty rank — Sydney

9th lowest escape rate of 9 escape rooms at Escape This Sydney CBD

Rating — Sydney

4.99/5, with 219 five-star reviews

Venue — Melbourne

Escape This Melbourne CBD, 259 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 · (03) 7078 8118

Players — Melbourne

2–8 (4–8 on Saturdays)

Price — Melbourne

Peak or off-peak session: $59–65 adult, $45–55 young adventurers; Melbourne prices change between peak and off-peak sessions; escapethis.com.au shows the exact price next to each time.

Ages — Melbourne

Recommended 9+

Wheelchair access — Melbourne

Yes, one wheelchair per session

Escape rate — Melbourne

99% of 148 games (99% this year)

Difficulty rank — Melbourne

5th lowest escape rate of 5 escape rooms at Escape This Melbourne CBD

Rating — Melbourne

5/5, with 21 five-star reviews

Coming soon — Brisbane

Escape This Brisbane CBD, Brisbane QLD (address to be announced), from the first half of 2027

Saga

Chapter one of the Calico Jack story; Pirate Island (escapepirateisland.com.au) follows

Retired finale

Dead Man’s Chest (deadmanschest.com.au), Perth CBD, 2024

Villain

Calico Jack, named after the real pirate John Rackham

Secret ally

Scarface, Calico Jack’s first mate, who quietly helps the prisoners

Physical demands

No crawling, no tight spaces, no smoke

Players to date

20,953 across all 3 venues

Games played

4,752

Overall escape rate

81%

Average escape time

52:05 of 60:00

Fastest escape on record

24:46 (Perth CBD, 31 Jan 2026)

Overall rating

4.98/5, with 344 five-star reviews

Designed & built

In-house at the Escape This escape room design studio and factory, 21 River Road, Bayswater WA

Escape This awards (company-wide)

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

Official site

https://www.escapethepirates.com.au/

Statistics come from the Escape This ER-OS game records and player reviews, and refresh automatically. Please cite as: “Pirates — fact sheet”, escapethepirates.com.au/facts/, October 2026. A plain-text version is at /llms.txt.