Find an Arcade Near You

Retro arcades are having a real moment. Barcades, family entertainment centers, and dedicated classic-cabinet rooms have opened across the country over the last decade, and finding one near you used to mean digging through outdated Yelp listings or Facebook groups. This directory exists to fix that: a running, state-by-state map of arcades worth visiting, built from the ground up rather than scraped from a single source and left to rot.

Every venue listed here starts from Google’s business data (address, hours, phone number, and current operating status), which we cross-check against the arcade’s own website whenever one exists. From there, we read through public reviews on Google and other platforms and synthesize the recurring, specific details, cabinet count and condition, pricing model (per-play, card-based, or unlimited wristband), whether it serves food and alcohol, and how well-maintained the machines actually are, into a short, honest profile. We are not paid by any venue to appear here, and we do not run a submission form that lets owners write their own listing; every write-up reflects what customers are actually saying, not what a business wants said about itself.

We call the venues that make it through this process “keeper” arcades, meaning the profile clears a quality bar: current operating hours, real photos or details corroborated by multiple reviewers, and enough substance that reading the entry actually helps you decide whether to make the trip. Plenty of venues get excluded along the way, permanently closed locations, arcades with only a couple of decorative cabinets bolted to a wall, or listings we simply cannot verify well enough to stand behind.

This directory is launching state by state rather than all at once. We would rather publish a small number of fully verified states than rush out fifty thin, half-checked lists. Below you’ll find every state currently in our research pipeline along with its keeper venue count; states with a live archive page are linked so you can browse full profiles, photos, and details right now, and the rest are marked “coming soon” while we finish verification. If your state isn’t listed yet, it means we haven’t started building it out, not that arcades don’t exist there.

Bookmark this page. As new states clear verification, their entry here flips from plain text to a live link, and we’ll keep adding venues to states that are already published as new arcades open or existing ones are re-verified. If you know of an arcade you think deserves a spot, or you’ve visited one of our listed venues and something has changed, our editorial policy explains how we handle corrections.

Browse Arcades by State

States with a linked name have a published archive page with full venue profiles. Everything else is actively in our research pipeline.

  • California — 8 keeper arcades
  • Illinois — 10 keeper arcades
  • New York — 8 keeper arcades
  • Alaska — 6 keeper arcades (coming soon)
  • District of Columbia — 1 keeper arcade (coming soon)
  • Florida — 6 keeper arcades (coming soon)
  • Ohio — 2 keeper arcades (coming soon)
  • Texas — 8 keeper arcades (coming soon)

Featured Arcades

Every arcade currently published on RetroArcade, in full, is listed below. Select any venue to read its complete profile.