5 Locations
Computer games bring people together in Berlin, at gaming bars, arcades and events across the city. From retro arcades to modern eSports lounges, computer games here are a social scene as much as a solo hobby. This overview gathers Berlin locations for players of all kinds.
Gaming bars and lounges around Friedrichshain and Neukoelln offer consoles, PCs and tournaments with drinks on the side, while retro arcades revive classic cabinets. Shops stock new and second hand titles and hardware, and the city hosts regular gaming events and conventions. Board game cafes add an analogue alternative for group nights.
Browse the venues below to find computer games across Berlin, from retro arcades to eSports lounges.
The Computer Games Museum in Friedrichshain is the world's first museum of its kind, taking visitors on a journey through 70 years of gaming history. Over 300 playable exhibits, an arcade hall, and changing special exhibitions make Sundays an experience for all generations.
Located on Karl-Marx-Allee in Friedrichshain, the world's first museum for digital game culture resides, and the contrast couldn't be more fitting: GDR prefab charm outside, gaming history inside. Over six decades of computer games are tangible, playable, and surprisingly touching here, spread across more than 300 exhibits.
The programming school on Prenzlauer Allee teaches children and teenagers aged 5 to 18 in groups of a maximum of ten participants, from Scratch Jr to Python and robotics. Laptops and materials are provided by the school, and a trial lesson is free. As an indoor activity for children in Berlin, this is the option where something of their own is created at the end.
When the Computerspielemuseum (Computer Games Museum) opened its doors at Berlin in 1997, it was the first of its kind worldwide. In the meantime the museum houses one of the most important collections of its kind.
The James June summer garden on Karl-Marx-Allee in Friedrichshain is a heritage-protected piece of East Modernism that, after extensive renovation, will reopen in summer 2026 as a retro beer garden with a restaurant.