Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

Overwhelmingly positive (138 ratings)

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It’s 2062. One year since the TCR1 toxin spread across the world. You are exploring an abandoned area on the outskirts of the city, when you find what looks like the entrance to an underground bunker. You wrench the hatch door open to find a rickety ladder leading downward, to darkness. You know that mutants have been seen in this area and you need to find a place to hide. Fast. You have no choice. You climb down. What is the mysterious underground bunker, and who resided here? Will you be safe in here from the creatures above? If you survive the night, how on earth will you get out? Game located in Sydney, Australia

  • 2-6
  • 60 mins
  • Medium
  • Spooky

Ratings

All (138)

Overwhelmingly positive

Gameplay
Very positive
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive

Reviews

W

Wearyt

89 escape rooms

Having done all of the Cipher Room rooms, the ones in St Peters are definitely a step up from Newtown. However this one is the weakest of the 3 so far at St Peters. It felt very obvious that the game designers really wanted to do something multi level but didn't put as much thought into the (IMO) most important part of the room - the actual puzzles themselves. The puzzles were not as dazzling as other rooms and at times way too easy. Otherwise, the actual design of the room is fantastic, as are all of them. It's just the least enjoyable of the 3 new ones.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Mar 11, 2026
@EscapeArtistsReviews
EscapeArtistsReviews

59 escape rooms

Metamorphosis is a brilliantly designed post-apocalyptic bunker experience packed with clever puzzles and impressive tech. The room makes excellent use of space, including vertical movement that keeps the layout feeling bigger than expected. Puzzles flow naturally with the story and deliver satisfying “aha” moments without feeling unfair. We escaped with about 5 minutes remaining using two hints. Another fantastic room from The Cipher Room.

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Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

High tech

Strong elements of both High Tech and Mechanical

Ideal number of players

4

Great use of space, but I wouldn't be trying to squeeze more than 4 into this room

Scary

Spooky

Minimum age

13

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Stairs and a Crawl Space

Accessibility

Not accessible unfortunately

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Medium

Friday night in Newtown/St Peters was a bit fun for parking, give yourself plenty of time and you'll find something

Safety

Yes

Mar 10, 2026 | Experienced Mar 6, 2026
@melanielaura
melanielaura

128 escape rooms

This was another high-quality, excellent Cipher Room special! Our usual team of 5 really enjoyed this room. The storytelling, setting, attention to detail and puzzles remind us why Cipher Room are leading the charge with Sydney escape rooms. We loved the twists in this room and kept talking about it for the rest of the day!

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Feb 15, 2026 | Experienced Feb 14, 2026

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Agromania

25 escape rooms

Another banger from the Cipher Room. Zombies/Mutants usually aren't my bag, but the story is well-told and the puzzles are top-notch. Features all the high level of production quality I've come to expect from here and as usual they stuck the landing with a great finish

Gameplay
Atmosphere

Incredible use of space, felt appropriately cramped and dingy

Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Hard

Game tech

High tech

Not a padlock in sight. And yes, there are lasers

Ideal number of players

4

The game is mostly linear, but there are a couple of points where our group split up to work on parallel puzzles.

Scary

Spooky

Minimum age

10

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Quite a few stairs, plus some more involved physical activity for one team member

Accessibility

Not wheelchair friendly in the slightest, one colour-based puzzle

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Medium

Safety

Yes

Feb 11, 2026

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LeeKD

54 escape rooms

Copper does not disappoint! A fantastic experience. The only downside is now we have to wait till their next room is available

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Gameplay

Great flow and momentum

Atmosphere

Great as always

Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

High tech

Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

16

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Accessibility

Stairs involved

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Medium

Safety

Yes

Feb 8, 2026 | Experienced Feb 7, 2026

b

blacko11

62 escape rooms

We love all of Cipher’s room and this was no exception to that. The atmosphere and way they have built the room was amazing! Definitely such a strong skill of theirs. We were lucky enough to be able to chat to one of the owners before going in, which made a big difference to our experience as she was so lovely. The only feedback we have is that we would have loved more puzzles to solve - we found it to be more about the story (which was fabulous) but we love having lots of puzzles to solve. But it is not a criticism… it was such a great room and we are hoping that their next room doesn’t take as long to open because we love them ❤️

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Story
Difficulty

Medium

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Safety

Yes

Feb 6, 2026

S

Sarapalm

36 escape rooms

Hands down the best room we've ever done

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Scary

Not scary

Feb 6, 2026
@Mazmetron
Mazmetron

1 escape room

Great room yet again from Cipher! Most of the puzzles were mechanical which we loved, theming was amazing and they made great use of the space. Whilst it was more narrative than some of there other rooms there was still plenty of puzzles. Highly recommend although I think some of the others at cipher are better (toy shop, la rebellion, Marlowe)

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Ideal number of players

4

Jan 31, 2026

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icarusaxu

14 escape rooms

Cipher Room does it again and holds their trophy for my favourite rooms in Sydney. High quality, immersive and smart puzzles. Mildly spooky and great puzzles with a fantastic ending!

Jan 20, 2026 | Experienced Jan 20, 2026
@Aon
Aon

56 escape rooms

I really like the start and end to the room. It was really immsersive and is really on trend with their other st peter rooms. Would highly recommend this room, but it is a little spooky at times, not as much as Mr Peppers though!

Jan 13, 2026

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