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Gaming cafes in Melbourne

Melbourne lists six venues with 191 gaming PCs counted. Five are internet cafes and gaming lounges; the sixth is Fortress Melbourne in the Emporium, where a 54-machine floor sits next to an arena seating 204 and a ten-metre screen, and time is sold as passes rather than by the hour.

6 venues on file · 191 PCs counted

Map · 6 pins · number is the PC count

What the numbers say about Melbourne

Among the five cafes, the largest floor is GIC E-sports iCafe on Sutherland Street at 50+ PCs — also the most-reviewed of them, with 425 Google reviews.

This is a late city: all six run past midnight and three never close — GIC and both Gala rooms, in Clayton and Box Hill. Cydus in North Melbourne runs to 06:00 on some nights and charges A$4 an hour; G3 Game charges A$16 and lists the fastest monitors we record anywhere, 600 Hz on RTX 5060 Ti cards. Only those two publish a rate. Both Gala rooms run RTX 5070 cards on ten-PC floors, which is a different trade: newer hardware, smaller room.

Open 24 hours, open late and what an hour costs in Melbourne

  • Open 24 hours

    3 of 6: GIC E-sports iCafe, Gala Box Hill, Gala Clayton.

  • Open past midnight

    Every one of the 6 venues here closes after midnight or not at all.

  • Cheapest hour published

    A$4 at Cydus, of the 2 venues that publish a rate.

  • Where they are

    Melbourne (2), North Melbourne (1), Carlton (1), Box Hill (1), Clayton (1).

  • Nearest to you

Sorted by size · largest floor first; rooms with no published count sit last

  • Watch & play Large floor

    PCs

    54

    Rate

    n/a

    Open

    12:00–22:00

    (varies)

    Rating

    4.7

    · 2,810

    AU Melbourne consoles · food +2

    no rate published

  • Large floor

    PCs

    50+

    Rate

    n/a

    Open

    24/7

    Rating

    4.4

    · 425

    AU Melbourne no features listed

    no rate published

  • Mid size

    PCs

    35+

    Rate

    A$4/HR

    Open

    10:00–06:00

    (varies)

    Rating

    4.5

    · 319

    AU Melbourne no features listed
  • Mid size

    PCs

    32+

    Rate

    A$16/HR

    Open

    10:00–02:00

    Rating

    4.9

    · 162

    AU Melbourne private rooms · consoles +1
  • Small room

    PCs

    10

    Rate

    n/a

    Open

    24/7

    Rating

    4.6

    · 92

    AU Melbourne tournaments · coaching

    no rate published

  • Small room

    PCs

    10

    Rate

    n/a

    Open

    24/7

    Rating

    4.3

    · 114

    AU Melbourne tournaments · coaching

    no rate published

Questions about gaming cafes in Melbourne

Which internet cafes in Melbourne are open 24/7?

Three: GIC E-sports iCafe, which has the largest floor of the five cafes we list in Melbourne at 50 PCs or more, and the two Gala branches in Clayton and Box Hill, 10 PCs each on RTX 5070 cards. All six venues we list in Melbourne are open past midnight.

What does an hour cost at a Melbourne internet cafe?

Cydus publishes A$4 an hour for at least 35 PCs, with hours that run to 06:00 on some nights. G3 Game charges A$16. The other cafes do not publish rates, and Fortress Melbourne charges for the time you book rather than by a posted hourly rate.

Does any Melbourne gaming cafe publish its monitor refresh rate?

Two do: G3 Game lists 600 Hz monitors on RTX 5060 Ti cards, along with racing simulators and private rooms, and Cydus lists 240 Hz monitors on RTX 3060 Ti cards.

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Counted from public sources · 2 of 6 publish an hourly rate Report a change