Arcades in Gatineau
Gatineau, QC has 21 arcades on the map. That's 21 arcades mapped around Gatineau. 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 Gatineau (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Arcane Gaming Lounge and Colony VR, plus Midway Fun Park. If an arcade's missing from Gatineau's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Gatineau arcade lineup
21 mapped within about 40 km:
Arcane Gaming Lounge
Arcade
Arcane Gaming Lounge is Arcade on 89 Montréal Road.
89 Montréal Road
Colony VR
Arcade
Colony VR — Arcade on 58 Beech Street.
58 Beech Street
Midway Fun Park
Arcade
Midway Fun Park is Arcade on 2477 Kaladar Avenue.
2477 Kaladar Avenue
Laser Force
Arcade
Laser Force — Arcade on 1290 Trim Road.
1290 Trim Road
House of TARG
Arcade
House of TARG is Arcade on 1077 Bank Street. House of TARG also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Th 17:00-23:00; Fr 17:00-01:00; Sa 12:00-01:00; Su 12:00-24:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1077 Bank Street, K1S 3W9
Hours: Tu-Th 17:00-23:00; Fr 17:00-01:00; Sa 12:00-01:00; Su 12:00-24:00
Phone: +1-613-680-8274
Kids Kingdom
Arcade
Kids Kingdom is Arcade on 1290 Trim Road.
1290 Trim Road
The Ottawa Pinball Arcade
Arcade
The Ottawa Pinball Arcade — Arcade on 2559 Baseline Road.
2559 Baseline Road
Adrénaline plus
Arcade
Adrénaline plus is Arcade on 2 Chemin Castelbeau.
2 Chemin Castelbeau
Facteur D'Amusement
Arcade
Facteur D'Amusement — Arcade on 181 Rue Principale.
181 Rue Principale
Swinging Sticks
Arcade
Swinging Sticks is Arcade on 1884 Merivale Road.
1884 Merivale Road
Wolves Den Games Room
ArcadeRun by Algonquin College
Wolves Den Games Room is Arcade run by Algonquin College on 1385 Woodroffe Ave, Nepean. Wolves Den Games Room also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We 11:00-18:00; Th 11:00-18:00; Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa closed; Su closed; Mo 11:00-18:00; Tu 11:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1385 Woodroffe Ave, Nepean, K2G 1V8
Hours: We 11:00-18:00; Th 11:00-18:00; Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa closed; Su closed; Mo 11:00-18:00; Tu 11:00-18:00
Phone: +1 613-727-4723
Another World VR Arena
Arcade
Another World VR Arena is Arcade on 308 Rideau Street, Ottawa.
308 Rideau Street, Ottawa
Claw Risu
Arcade
Claw Risu is Arcade.
Top Karting
Arcade
Top Karting — Arcade, found on 200 Rue d'Edmonton in Gatineau.
200 Rue d'Edmonton, Gatineau, J8Y 3S6
Boss Battle Games
Arcade
Boss Battle Games — Arcade on 1200 St-Laurent Boulevard.
1200 St-Laurent Boulevard
Cosmic Adventures
Arcade
Cosmic Adventures is Arcade on 1373 Ogilvie Road.
1373 Ogilvie Road
VR82
ArcadeRun by Lysandre Wodicka
VR82 is Arcade run by Lysandre Wodicka on 79 Bd de la Gappe, Gatineau. VR82 also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Tu closed; We-Th 13:00-21:00; Fr 13:00-22:00; 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.
79 Bd de la Gappe, Gatineau, J8T 0B5
Hours: Mo-Tu closed; We-Th 13:00-21:00; Fr 13:00-22:00; Sa 10:00-22:00; Su 10:00-21:00
Phone: +1 819-561-6060
VR Adventures Zone
Arcade
VR Adventures Zone is Arcade on 1642 Merivale Road.
1642 Merivale Road
Crazy Bear
Arcade
Crazy Bear is Arcade on 1516 Merivale Road. Crazy Bear also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 11:00-22:00; Fr 11:00-24:00; Sa 10:00-24:00; Su 10:00-23:00; it has a website with more detail.
1516 Merivale Road
Hours: Mo-Th 11:00-22:00; Fr 11:00-24:00; Sa 10:00-24:00; Su 10:00-23:00
Bubblesea Adventures
Arcade
Bubblesea Adventures is Arcade on 1547 Merivale Road. Bubblesea Adventures also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:30; Su 10:00-18:30; it has a website with more detail.
1547 Merivale Road
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:30; Su 10:00-18:30
Fun Haven
Arcade
Fun Haven — Arcade on 1050 Baxter Road. Also worth knowing about Fun Haven: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 10:00-22:00; Fr 10:00-01:00; Sa,Su 09:00-21:00; it has a website with more detail.
1050 Baxter Road
Hours: Mo-Th 10:00-22:00; Fr 10:00-01:00; Sa,Su 09:00-21:00
What the map tells us about arcades in Gatineau
6 of the 21 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — arcades keep long hours, so the listed times are usually good.
6 have websites listed. Worth a look for tournament nights and free-play evenings.
There's a cluster: 2 of them sit on 1290 Trim Road, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
6 arcades list websites — worth a look for opening times and whether they run leagues or tournament nights.
The Gatineau arcade run
Making a day of it in Gatineau? Work this order: Arcane Gaming Lounge on 89 Montréal Road, Colony VR on 58 Beech Street, Midway Fun Park on 2477 Kaladar Avenue, Laser Force on 1290 Trim Road, House of TARG on 1077 Bank Street, Kids Kingdom on 1290 Trim Road, The Ottawa Pinball Arcade on 2559 Baseline Road, and Adrénaline plus on 2 Chemin Castelbeau. That's the arcade run in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 13 more are listed below.
Arcade tips for Gatineau
The regulars' rules for Gatineau's arcades:
- Racing games: sit properly at Arcane Gaming Lounge. Feet on the pedals, hands at nine and three. The cabinet is a simulator if you treat it like one.
- Bar-arcades: pace yourself at Colony VR. Drinks and games mix well until they don't. The machines get harder exactly as you get worse at them.
- Check machine maintenance. A venue that maintains its machines cares. Dead screens and sticky buttons are a review of the management.
- Pinball rewards regulars. Pinball tables have personalities and moods. Play the same table a few times and you'll start reading it.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Gatineau — 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 Gatineau can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 21, 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 21 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 Gatineau: 21 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.