Arcades in Cologne
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia has 23 arcades on the map. That's 23 arcades mapped around Cologne. Machine condition varies wildly between venues, so the one with the best-maintained cabinets wins regardless of size. 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 Cologne (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Rio and Gamer - Die Gameshow, plus Giga Center Köln. If an arcade's missing from Cologne's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Cologne arcade lineup
23 mapped within about 40 km:
Rio
Arcade
Rio is Arcade on 68 Frankfurter Straße, Köln. Rio also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 06:00-01:00.
68 Frankfurter Straße, Köln, 51065
Hours: Mo-Su 06:00-01:00
Gamer - Die Gameshow
ArcadeRun by Gamer Tech Deutschland GmbH
Gamer - Die Gameshow is Arcade run by Gamer Tech Deutschland GmbH on 8 Mühlenbach, Köln. Gamer - Die Gameshow also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Th 16:00-21:30; Fr 14:00-22:00; Sa 10:30-22:00; Su 11:00-20:30; it has a website with more detail.
8 Mühlenbach, Köln, 50676
Hours: Tu-Th 16:00-21:30; Fr 14:00-22:00; Sa 10:30-22:00; Su 11:00-20:30
Giga Center Köln
Arcade
Giga Center Köln is Arcade. Giga Center Köln also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +49 221 65026444
SpielHalle
Arcade
SpielHalle is Arcade. SpielHalle also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as PH,Mo-Su 08:00-01:00.
Hours: PH,Mo-Su 08:00-01:00
Monte Carlo
Arcade
Monte Carlo — Arcade.
SimRacing-Center Düsseldorf
ArcadeRun by SimRacing Center Dirk Klesper
Run by SimRacing Center Dirk Klesper, SimRacing-Center Düsseldorf is Arcade, found on 110a Harffstraße in Düsseldorf. Also worth knowing about SimRacing-Center Düsseldorf: it has a website with more detail.
110a Harffstraße, Düsseldorf, 40591
7th Space
Arcade
7th Space is Arcade on 83 Diepenstraße, Düsseldorf. 7th Space also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo,Tu off;We,Th 15:00-22:00, Fr 15:00-24:00, Sa 10:00-24:00,Su 10:00-21:00;SH Mo-Th 12:00-22:00; SH Fr 12:00-24:00; SH Sa 10:00-24:00; SH Su 10:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
83 Diepenstraße, Düsseldorf, 40625
Hours: Mo,Tu off;We,Th 15:00-22:00, Fr 15:00-24:00, Sa 10:00-24:00,Su 10:00-21:00;SH Mo-Th 12:00-22:00; SH Fr 12:00-24:00; SH Sa 10:00-24:00; SH Su 10:00-21:00
Phone: +49 211 97537346
Admiral
Arcade
Admiral is Arcade on 12 Christian-Lassen-Straße, Bonn.
12 Christian-Lassen-Straße, Bonn, 53117
Spielhalle Tannenbusch
Arcade
Spielhalle Tannenbusch — Arcade, found on 4 Am Ringwall in Bonn.
4 Am Ringwall, Bonn, 53119
Gamer - Die Gameshow
ArcadeRun by Gamer Tech Deutschland GmbH
Gamer - Die Gameshow is Arcade run by Gamer Tech Deutschland GmbH on 22 Klosterstraße, Düsseldorf. Gamer - Die Gameshow also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
22 Klosterstraße, Düsseldorf, 40211
Gaming Center
Arcade
Gaming Center — Arcade. Also worth knowing about Gaming Center: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:30-20:00; PH off; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:30-20:00; PH off
Game Night
Arcade
Game Night — Arcade, found on 179 Kerpener Straße in Kerpen. Also worth knowing about Game Night: the map lists its hours as Su-Th 13:00-23:00, Fr-Sa 12:00-01:00.
179 Kerpener Straße, Kerpen, 50170
Hours: Su-Th 13:00-23:00, Fr-Sa 12:00-01:00
MAGIC play
Arcade
MAGIC play — Arcade. Also worth knowing about MAGIC play: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 08:00-01:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 08:00-01:00
Captain Fun Kids Club
Arcade
Captain Fun Kids Club is Arcade.
Joyland Games
ArcadeRun by Mehtap Tekin
Joyland Games is Arcade run by Mehtap Tekin on 7 Theodor-Heuss-Platz, Remscheid. Joyland Games also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
7 Theodor-Heuss-Platz, Remscheid, 42853
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; PH off
Phone: +49 2191 6080175
Merkur Spielothek
ArcadeRun by MERKUR Casino GmbH
Run by MERKUR Casino GmbH, Merkur Spielothek is Arcade, found on 12 Einsteinstraße in Sankt Augustin. Also worth knowing about Merkur Spielothek: the map lists its hours as 06:00-01:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
12 Einsteinstraße, Sankt Augustin, 53757
Hours: 06:00-01:00
Phone: +49 2241 2340094
Gamer - Die Gameshow
ArcadeRun by Gamer Tech Deutschland GmbH
Gamer - Die Gameshow is Arcade run by Gamer Tech Deutschland GmbH on 2 Kölner Straße, Troisdorf. Gamer - Die Gameshow also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
2 Kölner Straße, Troisdorf, 53840
Smash Club
ArcadeRun by Joshua Zamath;joreza UG
Smash Club is Arcade run by Joshua Zamath;joreza UG on 7-14 Rosengarten, Euskirchen. Smash Club also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
7-14 Rosengarten, Euskirchen, 53881
Phone: +49 228 92677444
Captain Fun
Arcade
Captain Fun — Arcade.
Paradise Play
Arcade
Paradise Play — Arcade, found on 2 Friedrich-Ebert-Platz in Leverkusen. Also worth knowing about Paradise Play: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
2 Friedrich-Ebert-Platz, Leverkusen, 51373
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00
Phone: +49 160 8378920
Magic Spielautomaten
Arcade
Magic Spielautomaten is Arcade on 5 Lina-Bommer-Weg, Köln.
5 Lina-Bommer-Weg, Köln, 51149
7th Space
ArcadeRun by 7th Space GmbH
7th Space is Arcade run by 7th Space GmbH on 17 Hans-Böckler-Straße, Langenfeld (Rheinland). 7th Space also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo off; Tu-Th 15:00-22:00; Fr 15:00-24:00; Sa 10:00-24:00; Su,PH 10:00-21:00; it has a website with more detail.
17 Hans-Böckler-Straße, Langenfeld (Rheinland), 40764
Hours: Mo off; Tu-Th 15:00-22:00; Fr 15:00-24:00; Sa 10:00-24:00; Su,PH 10:00-21:00
Laser Arena Solingen
Arcade
Laser Arena Solingen — Arcade, found on 24a Katternberger Straße in Solingen.
24a Katternberger Straße, Solingen, 42655
What the map tells us about arcades in Cologne
11 of the 23 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — arcades keep long hours, so the listed times are usually good.
11 have websites listed. Worth a look for tournament nights and free-play evenings.
11 arcades list websites — worth a look for opening times and whether they run leagues or tournament nights.
The Cologne arcade run
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Rio on 68 Frankfurter Straße, Gamer - Die Gameshow on 8 Mühlenbach, Giga Center Köln, SpielHalle, Monte Carlo, SimRacing-Center Düsseldorf on 110a Harffstraße, 7th Space on 83 Diepenstraße, and Admiral on 12 Christian-Lassen-Straße. That's 23 stops on the Cologne arcade run. 15 more are listed below.
Arcade tips for Cologne
A few things worth knowing before you work through Cologne's arcades:
- Learn one game deeply at Rio. Regulars pick a machine and master it. Chasing high scores on one game beats dabbling across twenty.
- Watch the regulars first at Gamer - Die Gameshow. The high-score table tells you which machines are hot and who's worth watching. Fifteen minutes of watching teaches plenty.
- Check age policies. Some arcades are all-ages by day and 19+ at night, especially the bar-arcade hybrids. Check before bringing kids.
- Ask about tournaments. Fighting game and pinball tournaments run weekly in many towns. Beginners are usually welcome and it's the fastest way to improve.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Cologne — 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 Cologne can take a while to appear. The 23 above are only as current as the community map. A arcade that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
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 23 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 Cologne: 23 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.