32 Avenue NE · Northeast Calgary
Lock the family inside a pirate ship for 45 minutes, then settle a decade-old air hockey grudge in the hall next door. Book a quest, load a play card, or bring the whole birthday crowd. Free parking, no tickets, no counters. You just play.
What is inside Unit 12
Three themed rooms behind one long hallway: a pirate ship, a jungle temple and a science lab that runs backwards. Forty to sixty minutes each, 2 to 8 players, one game master per room watching on camera and feeding hints when a team stalls.
See all three questsA pinball row, four air hockey tables, six skee-ball lanes, linked racing cabinets, rhythm games and a wall of classic 90s fighters. A $20 play card loads 100 credits. Wednesday evenings are unlimited play for $25.
Play card pricesTwo private rooms off the arcade with a window onto the pinball row. Packages from $249 bundle a quest, arcade time, pizza from a kitchen three doors down and a host who handles the clean-up. You bring the cake.
Build a partyEscape quests
The captain hid the ship's accounts somewhere between the galley and the crow's nest. Find the ledger before the tide turns and the hatch locks.
About this quest
Roots have swallowed the temple and the last expedition left in a hurry. Their notes are scattered, the idol is still inside, and the door reseals in an hour.
About this quest
Everything the professor touched now runs in reverse: clocks, taps, the lab's rather rude parrot. Put it right, step by step, and get his experiment back on track.
About this questSwipe sideways to see all three quests.
Quests are $28 per person plus GST, or $22 for kids 12 and under, and every booking is private to your group. Same-day walk-ins are welcome whenever a start time is open.
The arcade hall
We opened with one rule for the arcade: nothing on the floor spits out tickets. Load a play card at the front desk, tap it on any machine, and a credit starts the game. Most machines take one credit, the linked racers and the big rhythm cabinets take two. A $20 card gets 100 credits, which for a nine-year-old is roughly two hours and a pretty good pinball education.
Wednesday from 16:00 to 21:00 the whole hall is unlimited play for $25. It is the best deal in the building, and the quietest night of the week if you want a pinball machine to yourself.
Who comes here
Saturday mornings from 10:00 are our quietest stretch, and a lot of the crowd is three generations deep: a grandparent who remembers pinball the first time around, a parent who remembers the 90s fighters, and a kid who is about to beat both of them at air hockey. Sunday's first hour is a quiet hour with the music down and the flashing attract screens off.
Teens tend to show up Friday nights for the racing cabinets and the Jade Monkey temple. School groups come Tuesday to Friday mornings when the hall is otherwise closed. Corporate groups take over the party rooms on weekday afternoons and, without fail, get far too competitive over skee-ball.
Hours and where to find us
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | Closed (statutory holidays 12:00–20:00) |
| Tuesday | 14:00–21:00 |
| Wednesday | 14:00–21:00 |
| Thursday | 14:00–21:00 |
| Friday | 14:00–23:00 |
| Saturday | 10:00–23:00 |
| Sunday | 10:00–20:00 |
Calgary, AB T2E 7C8. We are in the strip just west of the Sunridge shops, on the north side of 32 Avenue NE. Free parking out front. Buses along 32 Avenue stop about a two-minute walk away, and from the airport it is a ten-minute drive down Barlow Trail.
Closed Mondays, except statutory holidays such as Family Day, Victoria Day and Thanksgiving, when we open 12:00 to 20:00. Stampede week and the winter break run longer hours; the visit page has the full 2026–2027 holiday list.
Arcade play is always walk-in. Escape quests are private bookings, so if you want a specific start time on a Friday night or a Saturday, reserve a few days ahead through the contact page or by phone. If a start time is open when you arrive, walk-ins can take it.
Professor Fizz's Backwards Lab is written for ages 6 and up with an adult in the room. Captain Redbeard's Lost Ledger suits ages 8 and up, and Temple of the Jade Monkey is for 10 and up. The age applies to the youngest player in the group, and the checker on the quests page will sort it out in ten seconds.
Yes, a free lot right outside Unit 12 with about 60 stalls, plus two accessible stalls beside the step-free entrance. It fills up for a couple of hours on Saturday afternoons; the overflow row behind the building is ours too.
No. A play card holds credits, credits start games, and that is the whole system. There is no ticket counter and nothing to trade in. Kids play for the high score and the bragging rights.
Book a quest for the 2026–2027 season, ask about a party date, or just come by and load a play card. We answer email within one business day and the phone whenever the desk is not mid-rush.