The citable record of Atkins House: room details, rules and live figures from Escape This’s own game logs. Last updated 26 October 2026.
In short: A quotable fact file for The Haunting at 48 Lake Street, Northbridge: who can enter, what it costs, the warnings and the live escape figures, refreshed from Escape This systems.
Statistics come from the Escape This ER-OS game records and player reviews, and refresh automatically. Please cite as: “The Haunting — fact sheet”, thehaunting.com.au/facts/, October 2026. A plain-text version is at /llms.txt.
The Haunting is a 60-minute horror escape room at Escape This Northbridge in Perth. Your group is trapped inside Atkins House, a rotting home on Lake Street ruled by the ghost of a girl called Cathy, and has to solve its way out before she keeps you as playmates.
No. Fifteen is the floor: The Haunting is strictly 15+, with no exceptions for younger players even if a parent is playing, and staff may check ID. Children can’t come in as spectators either.
The Haunting is at Escape This Northbridge, 48 Lake Street, Northbridge WA 6003, in Perth’s entertainment precinct. Head upstairs to the Hall of Horrors, the part of the venue where the horror rooms live.
About half. 51% of the 1,875 recorded groups have escaped Atkins House. The rest ran out of time while Cathy was still playing.
No. Ranked by lowest escape rate, The Haunting is 8th of the 9 rooms at Escape This Northbridge, with 51% of 1,875 groups escaping. The toughest there is Cannibal, where only 33% get out.
The fastest escape from The Haunting took 24:23, set by a team of 7 using 0 clues, with 35:37 still left on the clock.
Escape This wrote, designed and built The Haunting itself, from Cathy’s nursery to the effects that bring Atkins House to life, and runs it at Northbridge. Escape This is Australia’s largest escape room operator, with its own escape room design studio and escape room factory.
