Arcades in Melbourne
Arcades are pure joy per dollar. Melbourne, VIC has 20 mapped right now. That's 20 arcades mapped around Melbourne. Machine condition varies wildly between venues, so the one with the best-maintained cabinets wins regardless of size. Off-peak hours mean shorter waits on the good machines and your pick of the racing seats.
This guide covers every arcade we could verify in and around Melbourne (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Timezone and GAMR Laser Tag & VR, plus Bourke Street City Fun Centre. If an arcade's missing from Melbourne's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Melbourne arcade lineup
20 mapped within about 40 km:
Timezone
Arcade
Timezone is Arcade on 2 Brisbane Lane. Timezone also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
2 Brisbane Lane
GAMR Laser Tag & VR
ArcadeRun by GAMR Chirnside Park
Run by GAMR Chirnside Park, GAMR Laser Tag & VR is Arcade on 25 Fletcher Road. Also worth knowing about GAMR Laser Tag & VR: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00; it has a website with more detail.
25 Fletcher Road, 3116
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
Bourke Street City Fun Centre
Arcade
Bourke Street City Fun Centre — Arcade on 186 Bourke Street.
186 Bourke Street, 3000
Northland Timezone
Arcade
Northland Timezone — Arcade.
Archie Brothers
ArcadeRun by Funlab
Archie Brothers is Arcade run by Funlab on 285-287 Springvale Road.
285-287 Springvale Road, 3150
Dizzy
Arcade
Dizzy — Arcade.
Timezone
Arcade
Timezone is Arcade on 171-175 Maroondah Highway. Timezone also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-We 10:00-22:00; Th 10:00-23:00; Fr 10:00-24:00; Sa 09:00-24:00; Su 09:00-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
171-175 Maroondah Highway
Hours: Mo-We 10:00-22:00; Th 10:00-23:00; Fr 10:00-24:00; Sa 09:00-24:00; Su 09:00-22:00
Phone: +61 3 9021 1413
Timezone
Arcade
Timezone is Arcade.
Virtual Room
Arcade
Virtual Room is Arcade on 75 Peel Street. Virtual Room also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
75 Peel Street, 3003
VR World
Arcade
VR World — Arcade on 69 Pelham Street. Also worth knowing about VR World: the map lists its hours as "by appointment"; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
69 Pelham Street
Hours: "by appointment"
Phone: +61 3 9662 9662
Zero Latency VR
ArcadeRun by Archie Brothers Cirque Electriq
Zero Latency VR is Arcade run by Archie Brothers Cirque Electriq on 440 Docklands Drive. Zero Latency VR also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 12:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-00:00; Su 10:00-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
440 Docklands Drive, 3008
Hours: Mo-Th 12:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-00:00; Su 10:00-22:00
Phone: +61 3 7003 9772
Akira’s Arcade
Arcade
Akira’s Arcade — Arcade.
Million Life
Arcade
Million Life — Arcade. Also worth knowing about Million Life: it has a website with more detail.
Flight Experience
Arcade
Flight Experience — Arcade.
Timezone
Arcade
Timezone is Arcade.
Zero Latency VR
Arcade
Zero Latency VR is Arcade.
Timezone
Arcade
Timezone is Arcade.
PLAYit
Arcade
PLAYit is Arcade. PLAYit also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Epic Arena
Arcade
Epic Arena is Arcade on 433-439 Melbourne Road.
433-439 Melbourne Road, 3015
Timezone
Arcade
Timezone is Arcade.
What the map tells us about arcades in Melbourne
4 of the 20 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — arcades keep long hours, so the listed times are usually good.
8 have websites listed. Worth a look for tournament nights and free-play evenings.
8 arcades list websites — worth a look for opening times and whether they run leagues or tournament nights.
The Melbourne arcade run
The efficient Melbourne arcade run strings these together: Timezone on 2 Brisbane Lane, GAMR Laser Tag & VR on 25 Fletcher Road, Bourke Street City Fun Centre on 186 Bourke Street, Northland Timezone, Archie Brothers on 285-287 Springvale Road, Dizzy, Timezone on 171-175 Maroondah Highway, and Timezone — 20 stops, one logical order. 12 more are listed below.
Arcade tips for Melbourne
A few things worth knowing before you work through Melbourne's arcades:
- Weekday mornings are empty at Timezone. If you want a machine to yourself for practice, weekday mornings are dead quiet.
- End on a win at GAMR Laser Tag & VR. Finish with a game you're good at. Leaving on a high score beats leaving on a tilt.
- Check for party packages. Birthday parties at arcades are a whole industry. If you're organising one, book ahead — weekends sell out.
- Bring friends for versus games. Fighting games, racers, shooters — all built for two. Solo arcading is fine; versus arcading is the point.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Melbourne — 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 Melbourne can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 20, 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 20 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 Melbourne: 20 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.