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The Soul Catcher

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Aug 4
3 min read

Updated: 4 days ago

Cubic Escape Room (Sydney, Australia)

Time limit: 80 minutes

Age limit: 15+ recommended (flexible; under 18 requires 2 adults)

Player limit: 3-7

Difficulty: 4/5

Date visited: July 2025

After playing Memento and Project Delta back-to-back, we welcomed a small break as the staff prepared our third and final room — The Soul Catcher — the newest addition to Cubic’s escape room roster. They were even nice enough to offer us free tea and soft drinks, which the kids promptly gulped down — a costly error that would come back to haunt us later.

When the room was ready, we had to put our blindfolds back on to enter, and listen to a short voiceover before commencing the game. About 30 seconds in, I already had a feeling that this was going to be good. The surround sound system, lighting design, and sensory effects were all on a different level compared to the first two Cubic rooms we played, shaping a creepy and ominous atmosphere that crystallised into a sense of growing dread.

From there, the experience continued to ramp up with a variety of cool puzzles and escalating horror tropes, complete with live actor interactions. And after two rooms with tech-only puzzles, we were glad to see some traditional padlocks and mechanical elements — albeit with a slight twist.

At one stage, the team had to be separated into two groups, and I was admittedly a little worried when the kids insisted that the two of them be the ones to venture into uncharted territory. Our GM told me via email before booking that the reason they needed two adults on each team was because kids previously did not do so well in this room when left on their own. But fortunately, Z and J loved it and did not derail the entire experience!

We ended up escaping this 80-minute room in a little over 53 minutes, coming within 30 seconds of the current record. We actually would have beaten it had Z not needed to leave the room to use the bathroom midway through — all thanks to that soft drink he smashed down earlier — and the rest of us decided to wait for him to come back before progressing further.

Nonetheless, The Soul Catcher was a brilliant room and a fantastic experience I would put on par with Mission Escape’s celebrated The Sacrifice, currently the 6th highest-rated Sydney room on Morty. The designers had a sound grasp of how to balance horror and puzzles, such that it was still an escape room at heart but kept us on edge all throughout due to the immersive atmosphere and anticipation of scares — without actually being as terrifying as imagined. In fact, both Z and J said they believed it was better than The Sacrifice because of better puzzles and longer live actor interactions.

The room also had several impressive design elements, with excellent use of darkness, light, sound, special effects, and of course, an amazing performance by the live actor, who also happened to be our GM and the designer of the room (plus a co-owner of Cubic). The Soul Catcher is easily Cubic’s best room in terms of theming, flow, and overall production value, and one of the best horror escape rooms in Sydney.

Escape time: 53 minutes out of 80