Arcades in Austin
Arcades are pure joy per dollar. Austin, TX has 19 mapped right now. That's 19 arcades mapped around Austin. Machine condition varies wildly between venues, so the one with the best-maintained cabinets wins regardless of size. Off-peak hours mean shorter waits on the good machines and your pick of the racing seats.
This guide covers every arcade we could verify in and around Austin (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Cidercade and Ben White Bingo, plus Pinballz. If an arcade's missing from Austin's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Austin arcade lineup
19 mapped within about 40 km:
Cidercade
Arcade1.6 km from Austin
Cidercade is Arcade on 600 East Riverside Drive, Austin. Cidercade also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Su-Th 10:00-24:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-01:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
600 East Riverside Drive, Austin, 78704
Hours: Su-Th 10:00-24:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-01:00
Phone: +1-512-963-4701
Ben White Bingo
Arcade6.2 km from Austin
Ben White Bingo — Arcade, found on 2101 West Ben White Boulevard in Austin.
2101 West Ben White Boulevard, Austin, 78745
Pinballz
Arcade11.6 km from Austin
Pinballz — Arcade, found on 8940 Research Boulevard in Austin. Also worth knowing about Pinballz: the map lists its hours as Su 10:00-23:00; Mo-Th 11:00-24:00; Fr 11:00-02:00; Sa 10:00-02:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
8940 Research Boulevard, Austin, 78758
Hours: Su 10:00-23:00; Mo-Th 11:00-24:00; Fr 11:00-02:00; Sa 10:00-02:00
Phone: +1 512-420-8458
Arcade UFO
Arcade11.9 km from Austin
Arcade UFO is Arcade on 9029 Research Boulevard, Austin.
9029 Research Boulevard, Austin, 78758
Chuck E. Cheese
Arcade12.9 km from Austin
Chuck E. Cheese is Arcade. Chuck E. Cheese also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Dave & Buster's
Arcade12.9 km from Austin
Dave & Buster's is Arcade on 9333 Research Boulevard, Austin.
9333 Research Boulevard, Austin, 78759
Epic Fun
Arcade13.5 km from AustinRun by Epic Fun
Run by Epic Fun, Epic Fun is Arcade, found on 7101 TX-71 in Austin. Also worth knowing about Epic Fun: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 11:00-21:00; Fr-Sa 11:00-22:00; Su 11:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
7101 TX-71, Austin, 78735
Hours: Mo-Th 11:00-21:00; Fr-Sa 11:00-22:00; Su 11:00-20:00
Phone: +1-512-957-9099
Kung Fu Saloon
Arcade15.0 km from Austin
Kung Fu Saloon is Arcade on 11501 Rock Rose. Kung Fu Saloon also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 15:00-02:00, Sa,Su 11:00-02:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
11501 Rock Rose, 78758
Hours: Mo-Fr 15:00-02:00, Sa,Su 11:00-02:00
Phone: +1-512-719-3808
EVOS E-Sports Arena CLOSED
Arcade15.3 km from Austin
EVOS E-Sports Arena CLOSED — Arcade.
Mount Playmore
Arcade18.4 km from Austin
Mount Playmore — Arcade, found on 13609 North Interstate 35 in Austin. Also worth knowing about Mount Playmore: the map lists its hours as Fr-Mo 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
13609 North Interstate 35, Austin, 78753
Hours: Fr-Mo 10:00-19:00
Phone: +1-512-989-8886
Main Event
Arcade20.2 km from Austin
Main Event — Arcade, found on 13301 North US Highway 183 in Austin. Also worth knowing about Main Event: the map lists its hours as Mo,Fr 11:00-02:00; Tu-Th 11:00-24:00; Sa 09:00-24:00; Su 10:00-24:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
13301 North US Highway 183, Austin, 78750
Hours: Mo,Fr 11:00-02:00; Tu-Th 11:00-24:00; Sa 09:00-24:00; Su 10:00-24:00
Phone: +1-512-401-0000
Pinballz Kingdom
Arcade21.3 km from Austin
Pinballz Kingdom is Arcade on 15201 S Interstate 35, Buda. Pinballz Kingdom also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
15201 S Interstate 35, Buda, 78610
Pinballz
Arcade21.9 km from Austin
Pinballz — Arcade, found on 13729 Research Boulevard in Austin. Also worth knowing about Pinballz: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 11:00-24:00; Fr 11:00-01:00; Sa 10:00-01:00; Su 10:00-24:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
13729 Research Boulevard, Austin, 78750
Hours: Mo-Th 11:00-24:00; Fr 11:00-01:00; Sa 10:00-01:00; Su 10:00-24:00
Phone: +1-512-537-8737
Gungho Golf
Arcade23.2 km from Austin
Gungho Golf — Arcade, found on 2300 Lohmans Spur in Lakeway. Also worth knowing about Gungho Golf: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2300 Lohmans Spur, Lakeway, 78738
Phone: +1-512-222-2220
Chuck E. Cheese's
Arcade24.3 km from Austin
Chuck E. Cheese's is Arcade on 401 West Louis Henna Boulevard, Austin. Chuck E. Cheese's also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Su-Sa 11:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
401 West Louis Henna Boulevard, Austin, 78728
Hours: Su-Sa 11:00-21:00
Phone: +1-512-828-5162
Claw Haven
Arcade25.1 km from Austin
Claw Haven is Arcade on 1550 Cypress Creek Road, Cedar Park. Claw Haven also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
1550 Cypress Creek Road, Cedar Park, 78613
Pixel Palace Arcade
Arcade26.1 km from Austin
Pixel Palace Arcade — Arcade, found on 2741 South A W Grimes Boulevard in Round Rock. Also worth knowing about Pixel Palace Arcade: it has a website with more detail.
2741 South A W Grimes Boulevard, Round Rock
EVO Entertainment
Arcade28.4 km from Austin
EVO Entertainment is Arcade on 3200 Kyle Crossing, Kyle. EVO Entertainment also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 11:00-24:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3200 Kyle Crossing, Kyle, 78640
Hours: 11:00-24:00
Phone: +1 512 523 9009
Tom Foolery’s Adventure Park at Kalahari
Arcade30.1 km from Austin
Tom Foolery’s Adventure Park at Kalahari — Arcade, found on 3001 Kalahari Boulevard in Round Rock. Also worth knowing about Tom Foolery’s Adventure Park at Kalahari: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3001 Kalahari Boulevard, Round Rock, 78665
Phone: +1-737-212-6133
What the map tells us about arcades in Austin
9 of the 19 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — arcades keep long hours, so the listed times are usually good.
15 have websites listed. Worth a look for tournament nights and free-play evenings.
Most of the arcades in Austin list a phone number. Useful for checking party bookings and tournament schedules.
15 arcades list websites — worth a look for opening times and whether they run leagues or tournament nights.
The Austin arcade run
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Cidercade on 600 East Riverside Drive, Ben White Bingo on 2101 West Ben White Boulevard, Pinballz on 8940 Research Boulevard, Arcade UFO on 9029 Research Boulevard, Chuck E. Cheese, Dave & Buster's on 9333 Research Boulevard, Epic Fun on 7101 TX-71, and Kung Fu Saloon on 11501 Rock Rose. That's 19 stops on the Austin arcade run. 11 more are listed below.
Arcade tips for Austin
The regulars' rules for Austin's arcades:
- Save your high-score photo at Cidercade. Take the photo. High scores are ephemeral and the bragging rights are forever.
- Bring friends for versus games at Ben White Bingo. Fighting games, racers, shooters — all built for two. Solo arcading is fine; versus arcading is the point.
- Comfortable shoes. You'll stand for hours. This is not the outing for new boots.
- Check age policies. Some arcades are all-ages by day and 19+ at night, especially the bar-arcade hybrids. Check before bringing kids.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Austin — 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 Austin can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 19 that's closed, or a great arcade we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
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 19 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.
Arcade listings for Austin: 19 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.