# Bank Heist

> Bank Heist is a 60-minute adventure escape room at Escape This Perth CBD (Hay Street Mall, Perth, Western Australia), produced by Escape This. Players are a crew of robbers trapped inside a bank vault after their tunnel collapses; they must choose the right safe deposit boxes, avoid wired ones that alert the police, and escape through the vault door within the hour.

Key facts (updated 2026-10-28):
- Difficulty: 7/10. Duration: 60 minutes (allow ~90 minutes for the visit; arrive 15 minutes early).
- Perth: Escape This Perth CBD, The Basement, 712–720 Hay Street Mall, Perth WA 6000. Phone (08) 6118 0286. 2–8 players (4–8 on Saturdays). Monday – Thursday $49 adult, $39 child (under 16); Friday – Sunday $59 adult, $49 child (under 16) (Child = under 16. Public and school holidays are excluded.) Best for 9+. Wheelchair accessible: yes. Escape rate 33%. Rated 4.97/5, with 115 five-star reviews. Book: https://www.bankheist.com.au/perth-cbd/
- Totals: 23,713 players, 5,619 games, 33% escape rate, average escape 53:47, record 27:47.
- Rating: 4.97/5, with 115 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 18,025 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.
- Bookings are private. No crawling or tight spaces; no smoke effects; flashing lights and darkness are used. Heavy English reading. One wheelchair per session. Costumes welcome. Bank Heist plays only in Perth.

## Pages
- [Home](https://www.bankheist.com.au/): overview, stats, reviews, trailer
- [The story](https://www.bankheist.com.au/the-story/): full premise and what to expect
- [Perth CBD · Hay Street Mall](https://www.bankheist.com.au/perth-cbd/): prices, rules, booking, map
- [Book](https://www.bankheist.com.au/book/): live availability
- [Leaderboard](https://www.bankheist.com.au/leaderboard/): fastest escapes and statistics
- [Reviews](https://www.bankheist.com.au/reviews/): five-star player reviews
- [Plan your visit](https://www.bankheist.com.au/plan-your-visit/): ages, accessibility, safety, timing
- [FAQ](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/): common questions
- [The Bank Manager’s Diary](https://www.bankheist.com.au/diary/): a comic, fictional journal by the manager of the Bank Heist bank, each entry beside the real room facts
- [The Bank Manager’s Diary: A Vault in a Workshop (24 August 2021)](https://www.bankheist.com.au/diary/a-vault-in-a-workshop/): Weeks before Bank Heist opened, the Bank Manager inspects his new vault in the workshop where it is being built, and approves of the brass. A comic diary entry.
- [The Bank Manager’s Diary: Opening Day Under Hay Street (10 September 2021)](https://www.bankheist.com.au/diary/opening-day-under-hay-street/): 10 September 2021: Bank Heist opens at Escape This Perth CBD, and the Bank Manager learns that his first customers came in through the floor. Opening day.
- [The Bank Manager’s Diary: The Tunnel No One Crawls (16 November 2021)](https://www.bankheist.com.au/diary/the-tunnel-no-one-crawls/): The Bank Manager is outraged that his robbers tunnelled in, then puzzled that nobody inside Bank Heist ever has to crawl. A comic diary entry about the vault.
- [The Bank Manager’s Diary: A Little Wiring of My Own (5 April 2022)](https://www.bankheist.com.au/diary/a-little-wiring-of-my-own/): The Bank Manager admits he wired some of his own deposit boxes to the police, and refuses to say which. A comic Bank Heist diary entry with no spoilers in it.
- [The Bank Manager’s Diary: Junior Depositors (12 July 2022)](https://www.bankheist.com.au/diary/junior-depositors/): School holidays bring the youngest robbers yet to the Bank Heist vault, and the Bank Manager learns why grown-ups come along. A comic entry from his diary.
- [The Bank Manager’s Diary: Closing the Lake Street Branch (7 May 2023)](https://www.bankheist.com.au/diary/closing-the-lake-street-branch/): The Bank Manager closes his Northbridge branch for good and moves every robber to Hay Street Mall. A real date from Bank Heist’s history, in his comic diary.
- [The Bank Manager’s Diary: Stripes in the Lobby (14 June 2024)](https://www.bankheist.com.au/diary/stripes-in-the-lobby/): A whole crew turns up to rob Bank Heist in striped jumpers, beanies and eye masks, and the Bank Manager cannot fault the tailoring. A comic diary entry.
- [The Bank Manager’s Diary: Second Toughest Under the Mall (27 August 2026)](https://www.bankheist.com.au/diary/second-toughest-under-the-mall/): The tallies say Bank Heist keeps more crews in than every room under Hay Street Mall but one, and the Sheriff down the corridor will not stop mentioning it.
- [The Bank Manager’s Diary: Notice to Persons Reading This (21 October 2026)](https://www.bankheist.com.au/diary/notice-to-persons-reading-this/): The Bank Manager discovers his private diary is on the Bank Heist website and issues a formal notice to readers. What the diary is and how to book the vault.
- [Fact sheet](https://www.bankheist.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 2026-10-28)
- As of 29 October 2026, Bank Heist has the lowest escape rate of the 12 ranked rooms at Escape This Perth CBD: 33% of 5,619 crews got out.
- This year 47% of Bank Heist crews have escaped, across 1,201 games, compared with 33% all-time.
- A successful Bank Heist crew needs 53:47 on average and about 8.4 clues to get out of the vault.
- 23,713 players have taken on the Bank Heist vault in recorded games.
- The fastest Bank Heist escape is 27:47, by a team of 2.

## Common questions
- [What happens inside the Bank Heist escape room?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#what-is-bank-heist): Bank Heist is a 60-minute adventure escape room at Escape This Perth CBD on Hay Street Mall. Your crew has tunnelled into a bank vault, the tunnel has collapsed, and you have an hour to raid the right safe deposit boxes and escape through the vault door before the police turn up.
- [Why can’t the crew just go back through the tunnel?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-tunnel-collapse): Because it caved in. In Bank Heist the tunnel your crew spent weeks digging collapses the moment you’re inside the vault, so the only way out is through the vault door and all the security the bank has wrapped around it.
- [What’s the catch with the safe deposit boxes?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-wired-boxes): Some of them are wired. In Bank Heist a few boxes hold cash, gold and jewels, others are empty, and some are rigged to alert the police if you open them. The job is working out which boxes are worth the risk.
- [What does “set for life, or locked up for a lifetime” mean in Bank Heist?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-set-for-life): It’s the stakes in one line. Get out of the Bank Heist vault with the valuables and your crew never has to work again. Trip an alarm or run out of time and the story ends in handcuffs.
- [Is this the new version of Bank Heist?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#is-bank-heist-new): Yes. Escape This rebuilt the room and calls the current version Bank Heist 2.0. It keeps the original idea, a crew trapped inside a bank vault after their tunnel collapses, in an art deco vault with brass detailing and banks of deposit boxes.
- [Will heist movie fans enjoy Bank Heist?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-for-heist-movie-fans): They’re exactly who it was made for. Escape This lists action film fans, would-be bank robbers and even trainee police among Bank Heist’s natural audience. You get the vault door, the gold bars, the keypads and the ticking clock, and this time your crew is the one pulling the job.
- [How tough is the Bank Heist vault to crack?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#how-tough-is-the-vault): Bank Heist is rated 7 out of 10. Spotting the clues is the easy part; figuring out what they open is where crews get stuck. It’s pitched at players who’ve done an escape room before, but beginners keen for a challenge manage it with a few hints.
- [Is Bank Heist OK as our first ever escape room?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-first-escape-room): Yes. Bank Heist is a good pick for a first job if your crew enjoys a challenge. It’s tougher than the gentlest rooms at Perth CBD, but a gamesmaster is watching and will send extra clues whenever you ask.
- [Will Bank Heist frighten anyone, or is it all thrills?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#is-bank-heist-scary): No. Bank Heist is an adventure, not a horror room. The tension comes from the clock, the alarms and the sirens rather than frights. Lighting is moody, with some flashing and dark moments, but kids from 9 play it happily.
- [What does the inside of the Bank Heist vault look like?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#what-does-the-bank-heist-vault-look-like): Think 1920s bank, built to last. Bank Heist has a round art deco vault door with a brass mechanism, walls of numbered safe deposit boxes, marble finishes, gold bullion, jewellery on display and a red alarm beacon waiting to go off.
- [From check-in to debrief, how much of our day does Bank Heist need?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-session-length): The job itself is one hour, from the moment the vault seals to the sirens. Allow about 90 minutes in total for Bank Heist: 15 minutes before for check-in and the briefing, and an optional 15 after to debrief. A crew that escapes early finishes sooner.
- [How much does Bank Heist cost per person?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-ticket-prices): Bank Heist costs $49 per adult and $39 per child under 16 from Monday to Thursday. From Friday to Sunday it’s $59 per adult and $49 per child. Public and school holidays are priced separately.
- [Is it cheaper to rob the bank on a weeknight?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-weeknight-saving): Yes. Bank Heist is $10 a head cheaper from Monday to Thursday than from Friday to Sunday, for adults and kids alike. The saving doesn’t apply during public and school holidays.
- [How do we book Bank Heist?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#book-bank-heist-online): Online is quickest. Choose a session in the live Bank Heist calendar on this site or on escapethis.com.au and it’s confirmed straight away. To book by phone, ring Escape This Perth CBD on (08) 6118 0286.
- [Can a crew of two rob the bank on a Saturday?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-saturday-pair): Only by phone or walk-in. Online Saturday bookings for Bank Heist need at least four players. Pairs and trios can call (08) 6118 0286 on the day, or turn up at Hay Street Mall, and play if a session is still free. Two players can book online on any other day.
- [Our crew is bigger than eight. Can we still do Bank Heist?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-big-crew): Not all in one vault. Bank Heist caps each session at eight, which makes it one of the smaller rooms at Perth CBD, and the limit doesn’t bend. Split the group and book a second room at the same start time, such as High Noon, then compare who got out.
- [Will we share the vault with people we don’t know?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-private-booking): Never. Every Bank Heist booking is for one group only, and Escape This doesn’t mix strangers into a session. Whether the crew gets out is down to your team alone.
- [Could a Bank Heist voucher be someone’s birthday present?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-gift-voucher): Yes. Escape This gift vouchers can be spent on Bank Heist at Perth CBD and are sold through escapethis.com.au. They suit a birthday, an anniversary or anyone who’s always wanted to see inside a vault.
- [Does Bank Heist work for a birthday, date night or work team?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-occasions): Yes. Bank Heist only works if the crew talks, splits the jobs and trusts each other’s finds, which makes it a good fit for a date, a family birthday or colleagues. The room is booked privately, and bigger groups can run two rooms side by side.
- [What’s the smallest and largest crew Bank Heist allows?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-crew-size): Bank Heist takes two to eight players per session. On Saturdays the minimum is four, though smaller crews can phone or walk in on the day for any spare slot. Groups over eight split across Bank Heist and another room starting together.
- [Can kids help rob the bank in Bank Heist?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-kids-age): Yes. Bank Heist is a cops-and-robbers game that kids love, and it’s recommended from age 9. Children from 7 can play as paying members of a family group, and anyone aged 9 or under needs a paying adult in the vault with them.
- [Can teenagers rob the bank without their parents?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-teens-without-parents): From 10, yes, with conditions. In Bank Heist, crews with players aged 10 to 13 can go into the vault alone as long as an adult stays at the venue. Once every player is 14 or older, no adult needs to be there at all.
- [Do we need good English to play Bank Heist?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-english): Mostly, yes. Bank Heist relies heavily on reading English, and the spoken clues are only in English for now. Escape This recommends that most of the crew read English comfortably, or that you ask the team which room suits your group.
- [Is the Bank Heist vault wheelchair accessible?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-wheelchair): Yes. Bank Heist fits one wheelchair per session. A few puzzles are trickier to reach from a chair, but it’s a team game with jobs for every player. Call (08) 6118 0286 if you’d like to talk it through first.
- [Does Bank Heist involve crawling?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-no-crawling): No. Even though the story starts with a tunnel, Bank Heist has no crawling and no tight spaces. That makes it a sound choice for players who are pregnant, have limited mobility or would rather stay on their feet.
- [I’m claustrophobic. Will the vault feel too closed in?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-claustrophobia): It shouldn’t. Bank Heist has no confined or tight spaces, so it’s one of the better choices for claustrophobic players. If you have any doubts, mention it to the gamesmaster at check-in.
- [Are there smoke effects in Bank Heist?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-smoke): No. The Bank Heist vault doesn’t use smoke or haze, so players with asthma or other breathing conditions can join the job safely.
- [Does the alarm in Bank Heist flash?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-flashing-lights): Yes. Bank Heist uses flashing light and periods of darkness as part of the alarm and the atmosphere. It isn’t recommended for anyone with light sensitivity or epilepsy, who may prefer another Perth CBD room.
- [Can someone who is hard of hearing play Bank Heist?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-hard-of-hearing): Yes, with a little help from the crew. The Bank Heist story and clues are delivered as audio, so teammates can pass on what they hear, while most of the puzzle work is visual and hands-on.
- [What if someone wants out of the vault before the hour is up?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-leave-early): They press the panic button. Bank Heist is monitored on CCTV the whole time, and a gamesmaster will let that player out straight away while the rest of the crew carries on.
- [How early should the crew arrive for Bank Heist?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-arrival-time): Fifteen minutes before your session. That gives the Bank Heist team time to check you in, store your phones and run through the briefing without cutting into your hour in the vault.
- [Can we dress up as bank robbers?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-dress-up): Go for it. Lots of crews arrive at Bank Heist in robber gear: stripes, beanies, eye masks, even a money bag. Dressing up is optional, so keep it comfortable and wear enclosed shoes.
- [Can we take phones into Bank Heist?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-phones): No. Phones, smartwatches, cameras and any recording devices go into the free lockers before the Bank Heist vault closes. Your valuables are safe there while you go after the bank’s.
- [What are the house rules for Bank Heist?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-house-rules): Short list. Nobody plays Bank Heist drunk or high, devices stay in the lockers, and the panic button is there if anyone needs out. Every lock opens with the right answer, so never force a prop, box or door.
- [Where is Bank Heist in Perth?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#where-is-bank-heist): Bank Heist is at Escape This Perth CBD, in The Basement at 712–720 Hay Street Mall, Perth WA 6000. Head downstairs from the mall; it’s a short walk from Perth Underground station.
- [Can we play Bank Heist in Sydney or Melbourne?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-other-cities): No. Bank Heist only plays at Escape This Perth CBD on Hay Street Mall. Escape This has venues in Sydney and Melbourne, but Bank Heist isn’t on their schedule, so a trip to Perth is the only way to crack this vault.
- [Where can we celebrate after Bank Heist?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-dinner-and-drinks): Right outside. Bank Heist’s home on Hay Street Mall sits in the middle of the city, with bars and restaurants within a short walk, so your crew can split the imaginary loot over dinner.
- [What other rooms are at the same venue as Bank Heist?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-neighbouring-rooms): Eleven more. Escape This Perth CBD runs High Noon, The Dunny, Pirates, Pirate Island, Captain Nemo, Entombed, Hitman, Lost Tomb, Wizard’s Chamber, Telephone and Hotel: Murder Mystery alongside Bank Heist. Book two together for a bigger group.
- [What share of crews get out of Bank Heist?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-escape-rate): 33% of the 5,619 crews who have played Bank Heist made it out of the vault. Most failed jobs come down to the deposit boxes: time spent on the wrong ones is time the clock doesn’t give back.
- [Does any Perth CBD room keep more crews locked in than Bank Heist?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#is-bank-heist-the-hardest-room-at-perth-cbd): Yes, on escape rate. Bank Heist lets out fewer crews than any of the other 11 ranked rooms at Escape This Perth CBD: 33% of 5,619 games.
- [Are more crews cracking Bank Heist this year?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-this-year): Yes. 47% of the 1,201 Bank Heist crews this year escaped the vault, up from 33% across all 5,619 recorded games.
- [Which crew holds the Bank Heist speed record?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-record): A team of 2 holds the Bank Heist record, out of the vault in 27:47 with 4 clues and 32:13 still on the clock.
- [How long does a successful Bank Heist crew usually take?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-average-getaway): Most of the hour. Crews who escape Bank Heist take 53:47 on average and ask for about 8.4 clues, so the sirens are rarely far behind them.
- [How many people have tried to rob the Bank Heist vault?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-players-so-far): 23,713 players have gone into the Bank Heist vault across 5,619 recorded games at Escape This Perth CBD.
- [How does a crew make the Bank Heist leaderboard?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-leaderboard-entry): Get out quickly. The Bank Heist leaderboard ranks escaped crews by time, with fewer clues breaking a tie. Team photos only appear online when the group gave consent at the venue.
- [Is Bank Heist any good?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-heist-reviews): Players rate Bank Heist 4.97 out of 5, with 115 five-star reviews so far. Reviewers keep coming back to the challenge, the friendly gamesmasters and how much fun it is to play robbers for an hour.
- [Who designed and built Bank Heist?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#who-built-the-bank-heist-vault): Escape This designed and built Bank Heist itself, from the vault door to the deposit boxes, and runs it at Hay Street Mall. Escape This is Australia’s largest escape room operator, with its own escape room design studio and escape room factory.
- [Who writes the diary on the Bank Heist website?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#what-is-the-bank-managers-diary): The Bank Manager, a fussy, made-up character who runs the bank your crew robs in Bank Heist at Escape This Perth CBD. Each comic entry complains about a real part of the room, such as the wired deposit boxes, Saturday crew sizes or the lack of crawling, and sits beside the real facts and a booking link.
- [Is there a real bank manager behind the Bank Heist vault?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#is-the-bank-manager-real): No. The vault has a manager’s desk, but the man who sat at it is imagined for the diary, which Escape This writes for fun. No real bank or banker is described, and Clive the night watchman and Beatrice, the name he gives the vault door, exist only in its pages. The room facts beside each entry are real.
- [Will reading the Bank Manager’s Diary spoil the vault for our crew?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#bank-managers-diary-safe-before-playing): No. The Bank Manager describes his vault door, his deposit boxes and his alarms only as broadly as the Bank Heist story does. He never says which boxes are wired, what any code is or what opens what, so a crew can read every entry and still learn nothing useful for the job.
- [Are any of the dates in the Bank Manager’s Diary real?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#real-dates-in-the-managers-diary): Two are. Escape This’s booking records show Bank Heist opening at Escape This Perth CBD on 10 September 2021, and an older Bank Heist at Escape This Northbridge closing on 7 May 2023; the diary’s entries for those days carry those dates. The rest are chosen for the story, while the facts beside each entry stay current.
- [When does the Bank Manager write his next entry?](https://www.bankheist.com.au/faq/#new-entries-in-the-managers-diary): Roughly monthly. New pages of the Bank Manager’s Diary appear on their dates right through 2027, each about a different part of Bank Heist, from wheelchair access and gift vouchers to the leaderboard, so there’s usually a fresh complaint from the bank when you check back.

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