Arcades in Gothenburg

Looking for flashing lights and high scores in Gothenburg, Västra Götaland? There are 2 arcades mapped here. That's 2 arcades mapped around Gothenburg. 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 Gothenburg (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Xtream E-sport Arena and Kortedala Spel. If an arcade's missing from Gothenburg's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Gothenburg arcade lineup

2 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about arcades in Gothenburg

1 of the 2 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — arcades keep long hours, so the listed times are usually good.

The one mapped arcade sits on 19 — worth combining with whatever else brings you to that side of town.

The Gothenburg arcade run

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Xtream E-sport Arena on 19 and Kortedala Spel. That's 2 stops on the Gothenburg arcade run.

Arcade tips for Gothenburg

The regulars' rules for Gothenburg's arcades:

• Learn the ticket-to-prize math at Xtream E-sport Arena. Glance at the prize counter before playing ticket games. If the math horrifies you, play the video games instead.
• Don't feed a broken machine at Kortedala Spel. If it eats your credit without starting, tell staff immediately. Good venues refund; all venues should know.
• Comfortable shoes. You'll stand for hours. This is not the outing for new boots.
• 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 Gothenburg — 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 Gothenburg can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 2 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 2 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.