Arcades in Gold Coast

Looking for flashing lights and high scores in Gold Coast, Queensland? There are 12 arcades mapped here. That's 12 arcades mapped around Gold Coast. 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 Gold Coast (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Storm Amusements and Level Up Arcade, plus Ticket Time. If an arcade's missing from Gold Coast's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Gold Coast arcade lineup

12 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about arcades in Gold Coast

4 of the 12 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — arcades keep long hours, so the listed times are usually good.

5 have websites listed. Worth a look for tournament nights and free-play evenings.

5 arcades list websites — worth a look for opening times and whether they run leagues or tournament nights.

The Gold Coast arcade run

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Storm Amusements, Level Up Arcade on 75 Surf Parade, Ticket Time on 42 Marine Parade, iPlay Adventure on 103 Foxwell Road, Timezone, HIjinx Hotel Surfers Paradise, Games Room, and Million Life. That's 12 stops on the Gold Coast arcade run. 4 more are listed below.

Arcade tips for Gold Coast

Hitting the arcades in Gold Coast? Play smarter:

• Check age policies at Storm Amusements. Some arcades are all-ages by day and 19+ at night, especially the bar-arcade hybrids. Check before bringing kids.
• End on a win at Level Up Arcade. Finish with a game you're good at. Leaving on a high score beats leaving on a tilt.
• Go off-peak. Weekday afternoons mean no queues on the good machines and your pick of the racing seats. Friday night is the opposite.
• Eat before the big session. Arcade food is priced for captives. Eat properly beforehand and save the budget for games.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Gold Coast — 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 Gold Coast can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 12 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 12 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.