Arcades in Auckland

Looking for flashing lights and high scores in Auckland, Auckland? There are 17 arcades mapped here. That's 17 arcades mapped around Auckland. Machine condition varies wildly between venues, so the one with the best-maintained cabinets wins regardless of size. Check whether the venue runs on tokens, cards or coins before you arrive with the wrong currency.

This guide covers every arcade we could verify in and around Auckland (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Timezone and Timezone, plus Archie Brothers Cirque Electriq. If an arcade's missing from Auckland's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Auckland arcade lineup

17 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about arcades in Auckland

1 of the 17 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — arcades keep long hours, so the listed times are usually good.

5 have websites listed. Worth a look for tournament nights and free-play evenings.

5 arcades list websites — worth a look for opening times and whether they run leagues or tournament nights.

The Auckland arcade run

Making a day of it in Auckland? Work this order: Timezone, Timezone, Archie Brothers Cirque Electriq on L 3 / 309 Broadway, Claw Lab, VR Voom on 399 Khyber Pass Road, Rainbow Playlab, Timezone, and Timezone. That's the arcade run in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 9 more are listed below.

Arcade tips for Auckland

Hitting the arcades in Auckland? Play smarter:

• Go off-peak at Timezone. Weekday afternoons mean no queues on the good machines and your pick of the racing seats. Friday night is the opposite.
• Test the controls before committing at Timezone. Joysticks drift, buttons stick, guns misalign. One test credit saves a wasted game.
• Check age policies. Some arcades are all-ages by day and 19+ at night, especially the bar-arcade hybrids. Check before bringing kids.
• Set a budget. Arcade spending evaporates. Decide the amount up front, load it on the card, and stop when it's gone.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Auckland — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new arcade in Auckland can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 17, or a arcade we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.

We don't list machine lineups — they change too often. What we list is the where: real venues, verified by real mappers.

If you run one of the 17 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.