Game Joy Le Mans hosts afterworks, team-building sessions, end-of-project parties and company evenings for groups of up to 100 people. Teams of up to 30 can book a session online; above 30, the whole hall can be privatized. The venue is an arcade bar of about 30 machines on boulevard d'Estienne d'Orves in Le Mans, opened in 2025, with direct access from the city ring road.
Seminars and company events
The format is play, not a meeting room. Entry gives unlimited access to every machine for the length of the session, with no tokens or credits. For a company, the staff sets up a private league: guests post their scores from their phones in a few seconds, and the live ranking appears on the large screen in the hall. Prizes are chosen by the client. The team also runs challenges filmed on video, which give a company content to share internally.
Privatization covers the whole hall, so there is no wait at the machines. It is available at any time, including when the hall is closed to the public on Mondays, Tuesdays and mornings. That makes it possible to fit a session into a seminar day, as an afternoon break, or to end a kickoff in the evening. Staff handle welcome, games facilitation, scores, bar and food. Invoicing suited to company purchasing departments is available, including the French public procurement platform Chorus Pro.
Rooms and capacities
There is one hall. Its machines cover every era of arcade games, from 1980s classics to recent titles: Stern pinball machines, racing cabinets, rhythm games, shooting games, sports and fairground games, Japanese cabinets and air hockey. The hall is heated and air-conditioned all year. For private hire the venue accepts groups from 30 up to 100 people.
Catering
The bar holds a full licence and serves local beers, including from the Le Mans brewery Septante-Deux, wine and soft drinks. The kitchen makes pizzas with homemade dough and fresh toppings. For groups, sharing boards of cheese, cold cuts or vegetarian options can be ordered in advance. An outside caterer is also possible. Food and drink can be paid on site or included in a quote.
History and setting
Game Joy calls itself the first "Arcade Social Club" in France, a format that mixes an arcade hall, a bar and a restaurant. The brand also runs a hall in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, near Tours, and a smaller corner at a holiday hotel in Les Arcs 1800. The Le Mans hall is the first of its full-size venues.
The venue gives two moods to the same room. Weekend and holiday afternoons are for families and children's birthdays. Thursday and Friday evenings, from 5 pm, and Saturday evenings are for adults, with music and the bar in full swing. Company afterworks are usually booked on Thursday and Friday, but any slot can be used.
Getting there
The address is 24 B boulevard d'Estienne d'Orves, 72000 Le Mans. The hall is reached directly from the ring road around the city, which suits teams arriving by car from business parks around Le Mans. Le Mans station, served by high-speed trains from Paris, is the arrival point for teams coming by train.
