Compilation of Arcades in Ventura County and Neighboring Areas
/Looking to extract yourself from your phone and experience a good, old-fashioned arcade, where you can find video games, pinball machines, redemption games, claw machines, ride machines, air hockey machines, and the like? Well here’s a compilation of such places in and around Ventura County and the Conejo Valley.
The Mighty Axe at Janss Marketplace in Thousand Oaks is well known for axe-throwing fun but it also has an arcade featuring 11 pinball machines as well as a Wednesday night IFPA (International Flipper Pinball Association) Pinball League. Learn more at themightyaxe.com/thousand-oaks or call 805-557-8686.
Moby’s on Main is located at 369 E. Main Street in Ventura, between North Palm Street and North Oak Street. Moby’s is a family-friendly arcade and bar, offering a collection of vintage arcade games, pinball machines, classic Thrifty ice cream, snacks and more. Visit www.mobysonmain.com to learn more.
Kids World Family Fun Center at 618 Lindero Canyon Road in Oak Park is geared towards kids with its large, indoor play structure, slides, and ball pit, but also contains a large arcade with over 30 video games, claw machines, skill machines, and rides. kidsworldla.com 818-338-8888
Pastime Legends, located at 2040 E. Main St, Suite A, in Ventura, has a retro arcade with approximately 40 retro video games, such as Galaga, Asteroids, Pac-Man, Dig Dug, and much more, as well as air hockey. There is a $5 minimum token purchase. www.facebook.com/PastimeLegendsWest 805-667-9190
Dave & Buster’s Thousand Oaks at 145 W. Hillcrest Drive in Janss Marketplace has a massive arcade with over 120 games, including redemption games, claw machines, racing simulators, virtual reality games, classic and modern video games, high-tech darts, and digital shuffleboard. www.daveandbusters.com/us/en/about/locations/thousand-oaks 805-857-7800
K1 Speed Indoor Go Karting Thousand Oaks at 770 Lawrence Drive has an arcade with over 30 games, prize redemption machines, classic video games, pool tables, air hockey, and more. www.k1speed.com/thousand-oaks-location.html 805-321-8258
Arcade area at K1 Speed in Thousand Oaks
Chuck E. Cheese Thousand Oaks at 130 W. Hillcrest Drive is obviously geared towards kids but the arcade contains over 50 games that are also fun for adults, including console games, hoops, alley bowling, puzzle games, redemption games, and classic arcade games. www.chuckecheese.com/thousand-oaks-ca/arcade 805-497-2522
Chuck E. Cheese also has a location at 4714 Telephone Road in Ventura. www.chuckecheese.com/ventura-ca 805-644-9777
Bowlero at The Collection at RiverPark in Oxnard has a large arcade with video games, skill machines, redemption games, claw machines, and more. www.bowlero.com/location/bowlero-oxnard 805-288-8953
Arcade at Bowlero at The Collection at Riverpark in Oxnard
Kawaii Klaws is located on the bottom floor at the Pacific View Mall in Ventura, featuring over 30 claw machines with plush toys, anime figures, and other prizes. I don’t think you’ll find another place with more claw machines than this place locally. www.kawaiiklawsco.com/ventura 820-202-1839
Kawaii Klaws at the Pacific View Mall
Lazertag Extreme at 591 Country Club Drive in Simi Valley has over 35 arcade and redemption games, including Lane Master, air hockey, claw machines, and much more, not to mention laser tag of course and its 300 sq ft Pixel interactive light arena. www.lazertagextreme.com 805-577-8400
Golf N’ Stuff Ventura at 5555 Walker Street boasts a large arcade with nearly 100 games, including plenty of redemption games, video games, air hockey, claw machines, skeeball, and more. Always a favorite with the kids, and of course they have two 18-hole mini golf courses, go karts, bumper cars, and bumper boats. www.golfnstuff.com/ventura 805-644-7131
Arcade Palace on the second level (near Target) of the Pacific View Mall in Ventura contains around 30 games, include video games, bowling, a pool table, and air hockey. www.shoppacificview.com/Directory/Details/865936 805-982-0218
Arcade Palace at the Pacific View Mall
Round1 Bowling & Arcade is coming soon to the Pacific View Mall, 3301 E. Main Street, Ventura. Stay tuned. www.round1usa.com
Harley’s Bowl locations in East Simi Valley, West Simi Valley and Camarillo have arcades with 30 to 40 games, including redemption games, air hockey, retro games, and more. Visit www.harleysbowl.com for more information.
Big Z Family Fun Center at 2425 Stearns Street in Simi Valley has an arcade with redemption games, rides for little ones, classic and modern video games, hoops, and skee ball. www.bigzsimi.com 805-526-3000
Buena Lanes at 1788 Mesa Verde Avenue in Ventura has an arcade with newer video games, claw machines, shooting games, and air hockey. The sports bar has a pool table and dart machines. www.buenalanes.com 805-677-7770
The Loose Cannon at Ventura Harbor Village, 1583 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura is a waterfront bar, arcade and eatery that hosts over 20 classic and modern arcade games, claw machines and virtual reality games. www.theloosecannonventura.com 805-350-2728
Skating Plus at 1720 Mesa Verde Ave in Ventura has an arcade with video games and redemption games. skatingplus.com 805-644-2121
Lucky Strike Moorpark bowling lanes at 706 East Los Angeles Avenue offers a large arcade with over 60 video games, redemption games, claw machines, ride games, air hockey, and more. www.luckystrikeent.com/location/lucky-strike-moorpark 805-222-3757
999 Pizza at 1980 Ventura Blvd in Camarillo opened in 2025 that also has an arcade with video games, redemption games, and more. In addition to pizza, you’ll find a tiki bar here! 999pizza.com 626-999-2535
Skyzone locations at Janss Marketplace in Thousand Oaks and 2825 Johnson Drive in Ventura both have arcades. www.skyzone.com
Joystick Arcade at The Oaks mall in Thousand Oaks is located on the first level, near JC Penney. Video games, skill games, claw machines, and more. joystickarcades.com
