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:
Activate
Arcade
Activate — Arcade on 1150 Nairn Avenue. Also worth knowing about Activate: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1150 Nairn Avenue, R2L 0Y5
Phone: +1 204-775-3814
Phantom Amusement Arcade
Arcade
Phantom Amusement Arcade is Arcade.
LaserTopia
Arcade
LaserTopia — Arcade on 1140 Waverley Street. Also worth knowing about LaserTopia: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1140 Waverley Street
Phone: +1-204-474-5900
The Rec Room
Arcade
The Rec Room — Arcade, found on 696 Sterling Lyon Parkway in Winnipeg. Also worth knowing about The Rec Room: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 12:00-24:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
696 Sterling Lyon Parkway, Winnipeg, R3P 1J9
Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-24:00
Phone: +1 204-410-0011

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.
Arcade listings for Winnipeg: 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.