Arcades in San Diego
San Diego, CA has 14 arcades on the map. That's 14 arcades mapped around San Diego. 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 San Diego (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Sandbox VR and Chuck E. Cheese, plus All On Target. If an arcade's missing from San Diego's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The San Diego arcade lineup
14 mapped within about 40 km:
Sandbox VR
Arcade
Sandbox VR is Arcade.
Chuck E. Cheese
Arcade
Chuck E. Cheese is Arcade. Chuck E. Cheese also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
All On Target
Arcade
All On Target — Arcade.
Ocean Front
ArcadeRun by Belmont Park
Run by Belmont Park, Ocean Front is Arcade, found on Surfrider Square in San Diego.
Surfrider Square, San Diego, 92109
GameSync Gaming Center
Arcade
GameSync Gaming Center — Arcade, found on 7370 Opportunity Road in San Diego. Also worth knowing about GameSync Gaming Center: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
7370 Opportunity Road, San Diego, 92111
Phone: +1-858-522-9434
Chuck E. Cheese's
Arcade
Chuck E. Cheese's is Arcade on 5500 Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa. Chuck E. Cheese's also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
5500 Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa, 91942
Phone: +1-619-698-4351
Chuck E. Cheese
Arcade
Chuck E. Cheese is Arcade. Chuck E. Cheese also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 10:00-21:00; Su 11:00-21:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-22:00; it has a website with more detail.
92115
Hours: Mo-Th 10:00-21:00; Su 11:00-21:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-22:00
Lazerblast Arcade
Arcade
Lazerblast Arcade is Arcade on 3146 Mission Boulevard, San Diego. Lazerblast Arcade also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 10:00-19:00; Fr 10:00-22:00; Sa 09:00-22:00; Su 09:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
3146 Mission Boulevard, San Diego, 92109
Hours: Mo-Th 10:00-19:00; Fr 10:00-22:00; Sa 09:00-22:00; Su 09:00-21:00
Phone: +1 858-488-1971
Ted's World of Arcade
Arcade
Ted's World of Arcade is Arcade on 12210 Poway Road, Poway. Ted's World of Arcade also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
12210 Poway Road, Poway, 92064
Arcade Monsters
Arcade
Arcade Monsters is Arcade on 704 J Street. Arcade Monsters also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 10:00-02:00.
704 J Street
Hours: 10:00-02:00
Clairemont Pins & Pixels
Arcade
Clairemont Pins & Pixels — Arcade, found on 4688 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard in San Diego. Also worth knowing about Clairemont Pins & Pixels: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4688 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, San Diego, 92117
Phone: +1-858-203-3361
Coco Loco Arcade
Arcade
Coco Loco Arcade is Arcade.
Chuck E. Cheese
Arcade
Chuck E. Cheese is Arcade on 9840 Hibert Street. Chuck E. Cheese also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
9840 Hibert Street
Phone: +1-858-578-5861
Dave & Buster's
Arcade
Dave & Buster's is Arcade on 2931 Camino del Rio North, San Diego.
2931 Camino del Rio North, San Diego, 92108
What the map tells us about arcades in San Diego
3 of the 14 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.
6 arcades list websites — worth a look for opening times and whether they run leagues or tournament nights.
The San Diego arcade run
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Sandbox VR, Chuck E. Cheese, All On Target, Ocean Front on Surfrider Square, GameSync Gaming Center on 7370 Opportunity Road, Chuck E. Cheese's on 5500 Grossmont Center Drive, Chuck E. Cheese, and Lazerblast Arcade on 3146 Mission Boulevard. That's 14 stops on the San Diego arcade run. 6 more are listed below.
Arcade tips for San Diego
Hitting the arcades in San Diego? Play smarter:
- Check for party packages at Sandbox VR. Birthday parties at arcades are a whole industry. If you're organising one, book ahead — weekends sell out.
- Nudge (gently) at Chuck E. Cheese. Pinball machines tolerate nudging; they tilt at abuse. Learn the line and your scores double.
- Pinball rewards regulars. Pinball tables have personalities and moods. Play the same table a few times and you'll start reading it.
- Check the payment system first. Tokens, reloadable cards, coins, or tap-to-play — every venue differs. Ask at the counter before you feed the wrong thing.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around San Diego — 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 San Diego can take a while to appear. The 14 above are only as current as the community map. A arcade that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
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 14 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 San Diego: 14 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.