Arcades in Sydney
Sydney, NSW has 27 arcades on the map. That's 27 arcades mapped around Sydney. 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 Sydney (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include City Amusements and Koko Amusement, plus Timezone. If an arcade's missing from Sydney's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Sydney arcade lineup
27 mapped within about 40 km:
City Amusements
Arcade
City Amusements is Arcade.
Koko Amusement
Arcade
Koko Amusement is Arcade.
Timezone
Arcade
Timezone is Arcade.
Timezone
Arcade
Timezone is Arcade.

Timezone
Arcade
Timezone is Arcade.
Timezone
Arcade
Timezone is Arcade.
KOKO
Arcade
KOKO — Arcade. Also worth knowing about KOKO: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 12:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-21:00
Phone: +61 415 914 917
KOKO Amusement
Arcade
KOKO Amusement — Arcade. Also worth knowing about KOKO Amusement: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-02:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-02:00
Phone: +61 416 623 606

KOKO
Arcade
KOKO — Arcade. Also worth knowing about KOKO: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 10:00-02:00; Fr-Su 10:00-04:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Th 10:00-02:00; Fr-Su 10:00-04:00
Phone: +61 2 8590 3228
Timezone
Arcade
Timezone is Arcade.
Timezone
Arcade
Timezone is Arcade on 159-175 Church Street. Timezone also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 10:00-23:00; Fr 10:00-00:00; Sa 09:00-00:00.
159-175 Church Street, 2150
Hours: Mo-Th 10:00-23:00; Fr 10:00-00:00; Sa 09:00-00:00
Beercade
Arcade
Beercade — Arcade on 113-115 Regent Street. Also worth knowing about Beercade: the map lists its hours as We 17:00-00:00,Th-Sa 15:00-00:00, Su 15:00-22:00; it has a website with more detail.
113-115 Regent Street
Hours: We 17:00-00:00,Th-Sa 15:00-00:00, Su 15:00-22:00

Hijinx Hotel
Arcade
Hijinx Hotel — Arcade. Also worth knowing about Hijinx Hotel: it has a website with more detail.
Timezone
Arcade
Timezone is Arcade.
Hi Striker
Arcade
Hi Striker — Arcade.
Basketball
Arcade
Basketball is Arcade.
1-to-Win
Arcade
1-to-Win — Arcade.
Crazy Balloons
Arcade
Crazy Balloons — Arcade.
2-to-Win
Arcade
2-to-Win is Arcade.
Prize Everytime
Arcade
Prize Everytime — Arcade.
Smash 'em All
Arcade
Smash 'em All is Arcade.
Crooners
Arcade
Crooners is Arcade.
Every Colour Wins
Arcade
Every Colour Wins is Arcade.
Zero Latency VR
Arcade
Zero Latency VR is Arcade.
KOKO Amusement
Arcade
KOKO Amusement — Arcade on 288 Forest Road. Also worth knowing about KOKO Amusement: the map lists its hours as 09:00-24:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
288 Forest Road, 2220
Hours: 09:00-24:00
Phone: +61 2 8529 8623
Timezone
Arcade
Timezone is Arcade.
Entertainment Park
Arcade
Entertainment Park is Arcade.
What the map tells us about arcades in Sydney
6 of the 27 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 Sydney arcade run
The efficient Sydney arcade run strings these together: City Amusements, Koko Amusement, Timezone, Timezone, Timezone, Timezone, KOKO, and KOKO Amusement — 27 stops, one logical order. 19 more are listed below.
Arcade tips for Sydney
A few things worth knowing before you work through Sydney's arcades:
- Check the retro corner at City Amusements. The old cabinets in the back are often the best-maintained — they're somebody's pride and joy.
- The classics are cheapest at Koko Amusement. Pac-Man, Galaga, the old cabinets — usually the lowest price per play and still the most fun per minute.
- Learn the ticket-to-prize math. Glance at the prize counter before playing ticket games. If the math horrifies you, play the video games instead.
- 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 Sydney — 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 Sydney can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 27, 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 27 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 Sydney: 27 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.