Trends · data through September 2026

Arcades in Texas

Iceflower tracks 98 stores from 89 arcade chains in Texas.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
89
Tracked stores
98
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked arcade chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Cidercade and Free Play Arcade sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Cidercade - +6.6%
2 F Free Play Arcade - -13.0%
  • Cidercade
  • Free Play Arcade
  • Nickel City
  • Pinballz Arcade
  • The Battleground Gaming and Collectibles
  • Rubiks Arcade Bar
  • A.K.A Arcade & Bar
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

98 tracked store locations in Texas. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Cidercade (5)
  • Free Play Arcade (5)
  • Nickel City (2)
  • Pinballz Arcade (1)
  • The Battleground Gaming and Collectibles (1)
  • Rubiks Arcade Bar (1)
  • A.K.A Arcade & Bar (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C Cidercade 5
  • 2 F Free Play Arcade 5
  • 3 N Nickel City 2
  • 4 P Pinballz Arcade logo Pinballz Arcade 1
  • 5 T The Battleground Gaming and Collectibles 1
  • 6 R Rubiks Arcade Bar 1
  • 7 A A.K.A Arcade & Bar 1
  • 8 A Arcade 1
  • 9 K Knight's Watch 1
  • 10 N NickelRama 1
  • 11 H Houston Grand Prix 1
  • 12 P Pixel Palace Arcade & Bar 1
  • 13 P Palace Social 1
  • 14 C Claw Mania Kingdom 1
  • 15 T Tinman Social 1
  • 16 S Side Quest Arcade 1
  • 17 C Crabmee logo Crabmee 1
  • 18 O Otaku Cafe 1
  • 19 C Clawzania 1
  • 20 U U.S. Golf & Games 1
  • 21 J JW Entertainment 1
  • 22 E Electric Starship Arcade 1
  • 23 D Diversions Game Room 1
  • 24 L Lucky Claw Mania 1
  • 25 C Clawtopia 1
  • 26 D Dart'em Up 1
  • 27 B Blazer Tag 1
  • 28 N Nerfies 1
  • 29 S SHANKZ Blacklight Mini Golf 1
  • 30 T Time Rift Arcade 1
  • 31 I Island Arcade 1
  • 32 W Wacky Kidz 1
  • 33 M Monkey Rock 1
  • 34 C Corky's Gaming Bistro 1
  • 35 B Bytes Arcade + Eatery 1
  • 36 A All Stars Cards and Gaming 1
  • 37 G GameTime Euless 1
  • 38 C Clutch & WIN 1
  • 39 O OneSource Amusements 1
  • 40 C Claw & Fun 1
  • 41 N National Laser Tag and Games 1
  • 42 C ClawZania Austin 1
  • 43 Z Zero Gravity Jump Zone 1
  • 44 T Time Out 1
  • 45 G Glitch's Arcade 1
  • 46 W WhirlyBall LaserWhirld 1
  • 47 T The SIM ATX 1
  • 48 T Tornado Terry's Family Amusement Center 1
  • 49 C Cosmic Claw 1
  • 50 V Village Arcade and Bar 1

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