Gaming cafes in Toronto
The Toronto metro lists 7 gaming cafes with 132 gaming PCs counted across the four that publish a number. The largest floor is Invictus Game Station on Yonge Street: 6,000 square feet with 66 PCs and a 5v5 tournament stage, and the most-reviewed room in the metro at 434 Google reviews. Its second branch in North York keeps the longest hours in the city, 12:00 to 06:00 daily, but rates a full point lower at 3.9 — nine of its reviews describe machines that would not run current games.
7 venues on file · 132 PCs counted · 3 with no published count
Map · 7 pins · number is the PC count
What the numbers say about Toronto
Playerbase in Markham holds at least 40 PCs and is the only round-the-clock venue here. Giga bites on Bloor Street West runs three tiers of machine up to an RTX 3080 Ti, at about C$4 an hour by its reviews. 超级玩家 Super E-sports Cafe on Dundas Street West has closed permanently.
All seven are open past midnight or around the clock. Three publish an hourly rate: C$3.50 at Challenger Gaming Internet Cafe in Mississauga, C$5 at Playerbase and C$6 at A-Zone Gaming, which covers PC, racing and console formats in one room on RTX 5070 cards with 280Hz monitors.
Open 24 hours, open late and what an hour costs in Toronto
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Open 24 hours
1 of 6: Playerbase.
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Open past midnight
Every one of the 6 venues here closes after midnight or not at all.
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Cheapest hour published
C$3.50 at Challenger Gaming, of the 3 venues that publish a rate.
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Where they are
Toronto (3), Markham (1), Mississauga (1), North York (1).
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Nearest to you
- 100+ PCs0
- 40–992
- 15–391
- Under 151
- Not published3
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PCs
66
Rate
n/a
Open
12:00–
01:00 (varies)
Rating
4.4
· 434
CA Toronto private rooms · consoles +4no rate published
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PCs
40+
Rate
C$5/HR
Open
24/7
Rating
3.9
· 204
CA Toronto tournaments -
PCs
16
Rate
C$6/HR
Open
10:00–
06:00 (varies)
Rating
5.0
· 159
CA Toronto VR -
PCs
10
Rate
C$3.50/HR
Open
14:00–
02:00 (varies)
Rating
4.0
· 143
CA Toronto private rooms · consoles -
PCs
n/a
Rate
n/a
Open
15:00–
00:00 (varies)
Rating
4.4
· 157
CA Toronto foodPC count not published · no rate published
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PCs
n/a
Rate
n/a
Open
12:00–
06:00 Rating
3.9
· 309
CA Toronto consoles · foodPC count not published · no rate published
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PCs
n/a
Rate
n/a
Open
14:00–
22:00 (varies)
Rating
3.8
· 61
CA Toronto foodPC count not published · no rate published
Questions about gaming cafes in Toronto
Is there a 24-hour gaming cafe in Toronto?
Playerbase is the only 24/7 venue on our list in Toronto. It has the largest PC floor in the city, at least 40 PCs, for C$5 an hour. Food and drinks lead its reviews with 19 mentions, and 7 reviews call it pricey.
What is the cheapest hourly rate at a Toronto gaming cafe?
Challenger Gaming Internet Cafe publishes the lowest rate of the three, C$3.50 an hour, with 240 Hz monitors and private rooms. Playerbase charges C$5 and A-Zone Gaming C$6.
Where can you try VR in Toronto?
A-Zone Gaming lists VR next to 16 PCs on RTX 5070 cards with 280 Hz monitors, and stays open until 06:00 on some nights.
Read before you go
- What is a PC bang?The Korean PC room, how a session works, and where the format lives on outside Korea.
- What is a gaming cafe?The differences between gaming cafes, internet cafes, PC bangs and LAN centers.
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