Arcades in Winnipeg

Looking for flashing lights and high scores in Winnipeg, MB? There are 4 arcades mapped here. That's 4 arcades mapped around Winnipeg. 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 Winnipeg (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Activate and Phantom Amusement Arcade, plus LaserTopia. If an arcade's missing from Winnipeg's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Winnipeg arcade lineup

4 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about arcades in Winnipeg

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 Winnipeg 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 Winnipeg arcade run

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Activate on 1150 Nairn Avenue, Phantom Amusement Arcade, LaserTopia on 1140 Waverley Street, and The Rec Room on 696 Sterling Lyon Parkway. That's 4 stops on the Winnipeg arcade run.

Arcade tips for Winnipeg

Hitting the arcades in Winnipeg? Play smarter:

• Eat before the big session at Activate. Arcade food is priced for captives. Eat properly beforehand and save the budget for games.
• Don't feed a broken machine at Phantom Amusement Arcade. If it eats your credit without starting, tell staff immediately. Good venues refund; all venues should know.
• Respect the machine queue. One credit, then rotate on busy machines. Camping a popular cabinet on a Saturday night is poor form.
• Racing games: sit properly. Feet on the pedals, hands at nine and three. The cabinet is a simulator if you treat it like one.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Winnipeg — 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 Winnipeg 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.