Arcades in Dar es Salaam

Looking for flashing lights and high scores in Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam? There are 1 arcades mapped here. Just the one mapped arcade in Dar es Salaam — which makes it a local landmark by default. Check what's actually working before you go. 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 Dar es Salaam (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. The one to know is Grande Games. If an arcade's missing from Dar es Salaam's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Dar es Salaam arcade lineup

1 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about arcades in Dar es Salaam

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 Dar es Salaam

The regulars' rules for Dar es Salaam's arcades:

• Bring friends for versus games at Grande Games. Fighting games, racers, shooters — all built for two. Solo arcading is fine; versus arcading is the point.
• 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.
• Nudge (gently). Pinball machines tolerate nudging; they tilt at abuse. Learn the line and your scores double.
• 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 Dar es Salaam — 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 Dar es Salaam 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.