Arcades in Sooke
Arcades are pure joy per dollar. Sooke, BC has 4 mapped right now. That's 4 arcades mapped around Sooke. 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 Sooke (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include The Arcade and Quazar's Arcade, plus Atomic Arcade. If an arcade's missing from Sooke's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Sooke arcade lineup
4 mapped within about 40 km:
The Arcade
Arcade
The Arcade — Arcade.
Quazar's Arcade
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Quazar's Arcade — Arcade on 1215 Government Street. Also worth knowing about Quazar's Arcade: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 12:00-22:00; Fr, Sa 10:00-23:00; Su 10:00-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1215 Government Street
Hours: Mo-Th 12:00-22:00; Fr, Sa 10:00-23:00; Su 10:00-22:00
Phone: +1 778-433-7411
Atomic Arcade
Arcade
Atomic Arcade — Arcade, found on 1790 Island Highway in Colwood. Also worth knowing about Atomic Arcade: it has a website with more detail.
1790 Island Highway, Colwood, V9B 1H8
InfusionPlay
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InfusionPlay — Arcade on 546 Yates Street. Also worth knowing about InfusionPlay: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
546 Yates Street
Phone: +1 250 533-9487



What the map tells us about arcades in Sooke
1 of the 4 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — arcades keep long hours, so the listed times are usually good.
3 have websites listed. Worth a look for tournament nights and free-play evenings.
Most of the arcades in Sooke list a phone number. Useful for checking party bookings and tournament schedules.
3 arcades list websites — worth a look for opening times and whether they run leagues or tournament nights.
The Sooke arcade run
Making a day of it in Sooke? Work this order: The Arcade, Quazar's Arcade on 1215 Government Street, Atomic Arcade on 1790 Island Highway, and InfusionPlay on 546 Yates Street. That's the arcade run in one sensible loop, no backtracking.
Arcade tips for Sooke
Hitting the arcades in Sooke? Play smarter:
- Check age policies at The Arcade. Some arcades are all-ages by day and 19+ at night, especially the bar-arcade hybrids. Check before bringing kids.
- Ask staff for recommendations at Quazar's Arcade. Staff know which machines are new, which are broken, and which have the loosest tilt sensors. Ask.
- Eat before the big session. Arcade food is priced for captives. Eat properly beforehand and save the budget for games.
- Respect the machine queue. One credit, then rotate on busy machines. Camping a popular cabinet on a Saturday night is poor form.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Sooke — 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 Sooke can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 4 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 4 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 Sooke: 4 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.