Arcades in Brussels
Looking for flashing lights and high scores in Brussels, Brussels? There are 15 arcades mapped here. That's 15 arcades mapped around Brussels. 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 Brussels (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Smash Arcade and The Vex, plus The Vex. If an arcade's missing from Brussels's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Brussels arcade lineup
15 mapped within about 40 km:
Smash Arcade
Arcade
Smash Arcade — Arcade on 14 Rue Charlemagne.
14 Rue Charlemagne
The Vex
Arcade
The Vex — Arcade on 25 Place de l'Université. Also worth knowing about The Vex: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 18:00-22:00; Sa 10:00-22:00; Su 12:00-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
25 Place de l'Université
Hours: Tu-Fr 18:00-22:00; Sa 10:00-22:00; Su 12:00-22:00
Phone: +32 470 46 25 58
The Vex
Arcade
The Vex — Arcade. Also worth knowing about The Vex: the map lists its hours as Mo-Tu 16:00-21:00; We 14:00-21:00; Th 16:00-21:00; Fr 16:00-22:00; Sa 10:00-22:00; Su 10:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Tu 16:00-21:00; We 14:00-21:00; Th 16:00-21:00; Fr 16:00-22:00; Sa 10:00-22:00; Su 10:00-21:00
Phone: +32 470 46 25 58
Gamestate Bruxelles
ArcadeRun by Gamestate
Run by Gamestate, Gamestate Bruxelles is Arcade. Also worth knowing about Gamestate Bruxelles: the map lists its hours as 12:00-24:00; Fr,Sa 12:00-01:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: 12:00-24:00; Fr,Sa 12:00-01:00
Phone: +32 2 592 00 84
Laser Game Evolution
Arcade
Laser Game Evolution — Arcade. Also worth knowing about Laser Game Evolution: the map lists its hours as Mo-Tu off; We 14:00-20:00; Th off; Fr 17:00-22:00; Sa 09:45-22:00; Su 09:45-20:00; SH Mo-Tu off; SH We 14:00-20:00; SH Th-Sa 14:00-22:00; SH Su 14:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Tu off; We 14:00-20:00; Th off; Fr 17:00-22:00; Sa 09:45-22:00; Su 09:45-20:00; SH Mo-Tu off; SH We 14:00-20:00; SH Th-Sa 14:00-22:00; SH Su 14:00-20:00
Phone: +32 2 270 35 17
Exype - The Place to Race
Arcade
Exype - The Place to Race — Arcade. Also worth knowing about Exype - The Place to Race: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +32 2 386 00 60
Brussels Pinball Museum
Arcade
Brussels Pinball Museum is Arcade. Brussels Pinball Museum also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Brussels Indoor Game Center
Arcade
Brussels Indoor Game Center is Arcade. Brussels Indoor Game Center also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th,Su 10:00-21:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-24:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Th,Su 10:00-21:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-24:00
MI12 Fun Center - Gembloux
Arcade
MI12 Fun Center - Gembloux — Arcade, found on 19 Rue des Orchidées in Gembloux. Also worth knowing about MI12 Fun Center - Gembloux: it has a website with more detail.
19 Rue des Orchidées, Gembloux, 5030
Laser Game Evolution
Arcade
Laser Game Evolution — Arcade. Also worth knowing about Laser Game Evolution: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +32 2 262 31 15
The corner
Arcade
The corner is Arcade.
VR Square
Arcade
VR Square is Arcade on 25 Zwijgershoek. VR Square also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We,Su 14:00-20:00; Fr,Sa 14:00-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
25 Zwijgershoek
Hours: We,Su 14:00-20:00; Fr,Sa 14:00-22:00
Phone: +32 3 369 43 87
Gate Ninety World
Arcade
Gate Ninety World — Arcade. Also worth knowing about Gate Ninety World: the map lists its hours as Th,Sa 19:00-24:00; Su 16:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Th,Sa 19:00-24:00; Su 16:00-20:00
Phone: +32 67 64 67 65
Terminal 1
Arcade
Terminal 1 is Arcade. Terminal 1 also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
STIXN
Arcade
STIXN — Arcade on 406 Brusselsesteenweg. Also worth knowing about STIXN: it has a website with more detail.
406 Brusselsesteenweg
What the map tells us about arcades in Brussels
7 of the 15 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — arcades keep long hours, so the listed times are usually good.
12 have websites listed. Worth a look for tournament nights and free-play evenings.
Most of the arcades in Brussels list a phone number. Useful for checking party bookings and tournament schedules.
12 arcades list websites — worth a look for opening times and whether they run leagues or tournament nights.
The Brussels arcade run
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Smash Arcade on 14 Rue Charlemagne, The Vex on 25 Place de l'Université, The Vex, Gamestate Bruxelles, Laser Game Evolution, Exype - The Place to Race, Brussels Pinball Museum, and Brussels Indoor Game Center. That's 15 stops on the Brussels arcade run. 7 more are listed below.
Arcade tips for Brussels
Hitting the arcades in Brussels? Play smarter:
- Bar-arcades: pace yourself at Smash Arcade. Drinks and games mix well until they don't. The machines get harder exactly as you get worse at them.
- Don't feed a broken machine at The Vex. If it eats your credit without starting, tell staff immediately. Good venues refund; all venues should know.
- Ask staff for recommendations. Staff know which machines are new, which are broken, and which have the loosest tilt sensors. Ask.
- Go off-peak. Weekday afternoons mean no queues on the good machines and your pick of the racing seats. Friday night is the opposite.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Brussels — 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 Brussels can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 15 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 15 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 Brussels: 15 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.