Museum of Computer Games

The game goes on

The history of video games

  1. Pioneers1940s to 1960s
  2. Arcades1970s to early 1980s
  3. Consoleslate 1980s to 1990s
  4. Computers1990s to 2000s
  5. Mobile games2000s to 2010s
  6. VR, AR and XR2010s to 2020s
  7. Games librarydifferent eras

From the first lab experiments and arcades to home consoles, personal computers, network games, smartphones and VR. Here you can not only look but also play.

Walk through the eras of video games and see how, together with technology, the games themselves changed, and with them the places and the people around them.

A journey through eras

Each hall is its own time and place: a lab, an arcade hall, a living room of the 1980s and 1990s, a PC room, the network era, the mobile city and VR.

Play

Here games don't stay behind glass. Landmark games of different generations can be played on consoles, computers, emulators and modern devices.

Living culture

The hardware sits next to magazines, posters, furniture and everyday details. It matters not only to see a device but to feel the world people played it in.

The museum reception: a desk with the Museum of Computer Games sign, a pink pixel ghost on the wall and the words "The game has begun" on the floor.

GAME CULTURE

The history of games in motion. From labs and arcades to home, online, the street and VR.

The whole exhibition
The arcade hall: visitors play Space Invaders and Pac-⁠Man cabinets, with a table of an oscilloscope and early game drawings in front.

ARCADE MACHINES

Games go mainstream. Arcade machines, high scores and competing shoulder to shoulder.

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The console hall: a 1990s living room with a Sega console by the TV, two people playing on the sofa, next to the 8-⁠bit and 16-⁠bit board.

CONSOLES

Games come home. From 8 bit consoles to PlayStation and early 3D.

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The computer games hall: a 1990s desk with a monitor and a printer, a teenager playing at the computer, visitors walking around.

HOME COMPUTERS

The PC becomes a game platform. Games, upgrades and the key genres of the 1990s.

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The mobile games hall: a lit wall of handheld consoles and phones, visitors playing on a bench and at tablet stands.

MOBILE GAMES

Games leave the house. From Game Boy and button phones to the smartphone.

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The VR hall: a visitor in a headset with controllers plays in front of a big screen while others watch.

TODAY

VR, AR and motion control. Games reach further into the space around us.

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The modern classics hall: screens with consoles along the wall, visitors playing standing up and on poufs.

GAMES LIBRARY

Games from different eras, platforms and genres. Pick one and play.

Enter the hall

The museum in brief

Tickets1100 rublesstandard, reduced 950 rublesHours10 to 22Friday and Saturday: 10:00 to 23:00AddressVokzal 1853Obvodny Canal Embankment, Saint PetersburgExhibitionSeven erasfrom the first experiments of the 1950s to VR and today's gamesShopMerch with heroesT-⁠shirts, hoodies, bags with your own artwork

Vokzal 1853

The entrance to the Museum of Computer Games in Vokzal 1853: a brick arch with the museum sign, visitors walking in.
AddressSaint Petersburg, 118 Obvodny Canal Embankment, Vokzal 1853Enter from the Obvodny Canal side, look for the glass atrium.
Hours10:00 to 22:00Sunday to Thursday. Friday and Saturday: 10:00 to 23:00.
Ticket1100 rublesStandard. Reduced, 950 rubles.

Tickets only at the museum ticket desk.

Getting here, prices and rules

Catalog, account and arcade

Game encyclopedia

Year, platform, studio and a summary for every game. Filters, timeline, map and links.

Player account

Mark what you've played, rate games, build your shelf, find out your player type. Sign in with an email code or a password.

Arcade

Five arcade machines in the browser. Test your skills and win a ticket.

The game goes on

Tickets, email and visit

How to get in

Tickets only at the museum ticket desk.

Emailhello@museum.games

Press, partners, schools, questions about the exhibition. Press kit on request.

VisitHours, prices and getting here

Baltiyskaya metro, a ten minute walk along the Obvodny. Wheelchair accessible.