Arcades in Chennai

Chennai, Tamil Nadu has 1 arcades on the map. Just the one mapped arcade in Chennai — which makes it a local landmark by default. Check what's actually working before you go. Bring a friend — everything's better head-to-head, and most of the best cabinets are built for two.

This guide covers every arcade we could verify in and around Chennai (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. The one to know is Arvind Arcade. If an arcade's missing from Chennai's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Chennai arcade lineup

1 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about arcades in Chennai

None of the 1 has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip. Arcades tend toward long evening hours; call ahead if you're making a special trip.

Arcade tips for Chennai

A few things worth knowing before you work through Chennai's arcades:

• Save your high-score photo at Arvind Arcade. Take the photo. High scores are ephemeral and the bragging rights are forever.
• Weekday mornings are empty. If you want a machine to yourself for practice, weekday mornings are dead quiet.
• Learn one game deeply. Regulars pick a machine and master it. Chasing high scores on one game beats dabbling across twenty.
• Check the retro corner. The old cabinets in the back are often the best-maintained — they're somebody's pride and joy.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Chennai — 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 Chennai can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 1, 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 1 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.