Arcades, pinball & oddball play in Spokane
6 arcades and oddball play spots in Spokane, Jedi Alliance, Berserk and Gamers Arcade Bar among them. Pinball basements, vintage cabinets, mini golf with a grudge — competitive, cheap and better than dinner for a first date. They spread across Spokane (East Central / Broadway), Downtown Spokane (Riverside), Downtown Spokane, Downtown Spokane (Wonder Building) and 2 more areas, so two or three can make a whole afternoon. Every entry is hand-vetted against real sources — not scraped off a top-ten list or averaged out of crowd ratings.
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Jedi Alliance
Spokane's original retro arcade packs over 160 arcade cabinets and pinball tables, all set to free play once you pay the door contribution, so you never feed a quarter. Cabinets range from the 1984 Atari Star Wars sit-down to Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga and Mortal Kombat, with pinball like Twilight Zone and Creature from the Black Lagoon. The same building doubles as a pop-culture museum displaying screen-used movie props from X-Men, Terminator 2 and Galaxy Quest alongside vintage 70s-90s toys. It's open Thursday through Sunday only.
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Berserk
Berserk is an intimate, punk-leaning downtown bar built around a row of nine pinball machines, a pool table and an old-school 45rpm jukebox. The drink list leans regional draft beer, and the room hosts ongoing pinball tournaments plus live DJ sets on Thursday and Friday nights. It's small, dark and loud in the best way, a locals' hang rather than a tourist stop.
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Gamers Arcade Bar
A family-owned 21+ retro barcade in downtown Spokane, pairing classic arcade cabinets, pinball, and air hockey with a full bar. The drink program runs to roughly 31 canned beers and house-infused specialty pours (like a Grape Jolly Rancher vodka), with daily rotating specials. Snacks lean simple: kosher all-beef hot dogs, with veggie and gluten-free options. Open nightly until 2am, it's a no-frills spot built for drinking and playing.
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Spokane Pinball Company at the Wonder Building
Tucked in the basement of the renovated historic Wonder Building, this is a small pinball arcade operated by Spokane Pinball Company, the Inland Northwest's authorized Stern distributor. The lineup runs about nine modern machines including Game of Thrones, The Mandalorian, Portal and Attack from Mars. It shares the building with the Wonder Market food hall and the Wonderground golf lounge, so you can roam between them.
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Sage's Portal Board Game Cafe
A family-friendly board game cafe with a lending library of over 200 titles sorted into four complexity tiers, so you can grab anything from a quick filler to a heavy strategy game. The kitchen turns out sandwiches, pastries, dim sum and boba tea, and the calendar is stacked with D&D one-shots, Magic and other TCG nights, and learn-to-play sessions. Closed Mondays.
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Roller Valley Skate & Event Center
A survivor-era roller rink in Spokane Valley that's kept skating alive since 1978, with public skate sessions and themed nights on the rink. Beyond skating it folds in a cafe/snack bar, a small arcade with a redemption center and a photo booth, plus pool tables and a pro shop, making it a one-stop retro outing. It leans nostalgic and family-oriented rather than polished.
Arcades, pinball & oddball play in Spokane — FAQ
Where can I play pinball in Spokane?
Jedi Alliance (Spokane (East Central / Broadway)), Berserk (Downtown Spokane (Riverside)), Gamers Arcade Bar (Downtown Spokane) and Spokane Pinball Company at the Wonder Building (Downtown Spokane (Wonder Building)). Each listing has the address and what it costs to play.
Which arcades, pinball & oddball play in Spokane are the strangest?
Ranked by how strange they actually are: Berserk, Gamers Arcade Bar and Sage's Portal Board Game Cafe. Berserk — Berserk is an intimate, punk-leaning downtown bar built around a row of nine pinball machines, a pool table and an old-school 45rpm jukebox.
Where in Spokane are they?
Across Spokane (East Central / Broadway), Downtown Spokane (Riverside), Downtown Spokane, Downtown Spokane (Wonder Building) and Spokane (University District) and 1 more. Each listing gives the neighborhood and address so you can cluster a couple into one outing.
Is this a good weird date in Spokane?
That's what the list is built for. Every entry has a specific move rather than a vague recommendation — at Berserk, for instance: Grab a regional draft, queue up the jukebox, and play head-to-head pinball until one of you forces a tournament rematch.
How were these arcades, pinball & oddball play chosen?
An agentic research system digs for the genuinely obscure — the spots even locals miss — and every one is verified against real sources before it makes the list. We deliberately skip the landmarks already on every Spokane guide.