Planning a gaming birthday party in London?
Boutique Party Hire provides full-size arcade machines, racing games, reaction challenges, sports games and multiplayer entertainment for birthday parties at venues across London.
Whether you’re organising an 18th, 21st, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th or another birthday celebration, we can help turn part of your venue into a dedicated gaming experience.
Create a small gaming corner with several standout machines or build a complete birthday gaming zone where guests can race, compete, set high scores and challenge each other throughout the party.
Browse our full Arcade & Amusement Game Hire range.
Build your birthday around interactive games that guests can actually play.
Popular options include:
Choose a mixture of gaming styles to create variety throughout the event.
Bring the arcade directly into your birthday venue.
Instead of taking your guests to an arcade, create your own temporary gaming area using full-size machines.
Your arcade could include:
Head-to-head racing games.
Classic-style arcade entertainment.
Basketball and competitive sports games.
Fast high-score challenges.
Guitar Hero and music-based games.
Pool and table football.
Guests can move between each gaming area throughout the celebration.
For larger celebrations, create a complete gaming zone containing multiple machines.
A strong combination could include:
Additional machines can be added for larger guest numbers.
The gaming zone can become one of the main entertainment features of the birthday.
Add Mario Kart DX Twin and let guests compete head-to-head.
Create challenges including:
Birthday Person vs Friends
Friend vs Friend
Couples vs Couples
Friends vs Family
Team vs Team
For larger celebrations, create qualifying races followed by knockout rounds and a birthday final.
Add World’s Largest Pac-Man to your birthday arcade.
Create an ongoing high-score challenge and allow guests to compete throughout the event.
Pac-Man can work particularly well when the guest list includes different generations because of its recognisable arcade gameplay.
Add Guitar Hero Arcade for music-based gaming.
Guests can compete on Guitar Hero while your DJ and wider birthday entertainment continue elsewhere in the venue.
It can work particularly well for:
Add Pac-Man Basketball and create a basketball high-score competition.
Track:
Highest Overall Score
Birthday Person’s Score
Friends Champion
Family Champion
Basketball Champion
Guests can return throughout the party and attempt to beat the leading score.
Create a reaction challenge using:
Reaction games provide quick rounds and naturally encourage guests to compare scores.
They can be particularly effective when combined with racing and basketball games.
Racing machines can become a major part of your birthday gaming setup.
Create head-to-head races throughout the event or organise a structured racing championship.
Guests compete for their fastest result.
The strongest competitors progress.
Four racers remain.
The final competitors battle for the title.
Add a Commercial Pool Table for social gaming.
Pool works particularly well near:
Leave the table available for casual play or organise a knockout competition.
Add Table Football for multiplayer entertainment.
Guests can compete:
One vs One
Two vs Two
Couples vs Couples
Friends vs Family
Team vs Team
This can provide a more social gaming option alongside the larger arcade machines.
Gaming isn’t just for children’s birthdays.
Full-size arcade machines can create a strong entertainment area for adult celebrations.
We can provide suitable gaming packages for:
Combine gaming with your DJ, bar, dance floor and other entertainment.
Create a competitive gaming setup for an 18th birthday.
Popular options can include:
Mario Kart
Basketball
Reaction Games
Guitar Hero
Multiplayer Arcade Games
Run high-score competitions throughout the evening.
Create a dedicated gaming zone alongside the main 21st birthday party.
Guests can move between:
Gaming
Bar
DJ
Dance Floor
Food
throughout the celebration.
Racing and competitive games can work particularly well for groups of friends.
A 30th birthday can combine modern arcade entertainment with gaming nostalgia.
Create a package featuring:
This gives guests a mixture of competitive, retro and social gaming.
For a 40th birthday, combine classic-style arcade games with modern interactive attractions.
Pac-Man, Guitar Hero, racing games, basketball and pool can create a varied gaming area for friends and family.
A 50th birthday can bring together several generations.
Create competitions using:
Pac-Man
Mario Kart
Basketball
Pool
Table Football
Reaction Games
and encourage different generations to compete against each other.
For a 60th birthday, combine retro arcade entertainment with social and competitive games.
Pac-Man, pool, racing, table football and basketball can create entertainment suitable for a varied guest list.
Create a birthday inspired by classic arcade gaming.
Combine:
Add themed lighting, music and décor to build a larger retro gaming atmosphere.
Planning an 80s-themed birthday?
Arcade-style entertainment can become a major part of the theme.
Combine gaming with:
This can work particularly well for milestone celebrations.
Create a 90s-inspired gaming party using arcade and social games.
Combine racing machines, pool, table football and retro-style arcade entertainment with a 90s soundtrack and themed décor.
Create a nostalgic 2000s gaming party.
Guitar Hero can become a centrepiece alongside racing games, arcade machines, pool and table football.
Combine the gaming area with music from the era for a complete themed celebration.
Make gaming the central theme rather than simply an additional attraction.
Create:
Gaming Invitations
Arcade Zone
Tournament Leaderboard
Gaming Challenges
High-Score Competitions
Gaming-Themed Décor
Winner Prizes
Guests can compete throughout the event before an overall gaming champion is announced.
Turn several machines into one complete competition.
Mario Kart.
Basketball.
Batak or another reaction game.
Pac-Man.
Pool or table football.
Award points throughout the tournament and crown your Birthday Gaming Champion.
Create an ongoing leaderboard featuring:
Mario Kart Champion
Basketball Champion
Reaction Champion
Pac-Man Champion
Pool Champion
Table Football Champion
Guests can return throughout the party and attempt to improve their position.
Divide guests into teams and create a larger competition.
Try:
Birthday Person’s Team vs Everyone Else
Friends vs Family
Couples vs Couples
Team A vs Team B
Each team collects points across the different games.
For larger guest numbers, multiple machines can operate simultaneously.
A larger gaming setup could include:
This allows several groups to play at the same time.
Smaller gaming parties can use a focused package.
Mario Kart
Basketball
Batak
Pac-Man
Guitar Hero
Pool
Pool
Table Football
Arcade Machine
Mario Kart
Pac-Man
Basketball
Reaction Game
The package can be adapted around your venue and guest numbers.
Combine arcade gaming with traditional birthday entertainment.
Guests can move between:
Gaming Zone
DJ
Dance Floor
Bar
Food
Photo Entertainment
Lounge Areas
throughout the evening.
This works particularly well for larger adult birthday celebrations.
Hosting your celebration at a hotel?
Suitable games can be installed in:
For full-size arcade machines, service lift and loading access should be checked in advance.
Private event venues can be ideal for creating a complete gaming environment.
Depending on available space, we can provide anything from several feature games to a substantial temporary arcade.
Games can be grouped into one gaming zone or distributed around the venue.
Planning a larger high-end birthday?
Create a substantial gaming installation featuring multiple full-size machines.
Combine your gaming area with:
The gaming area can become one of the major entertainment features within the event.
Planning a gaming birthday party in Central London?
We can provide suitable arcade and interactive games to hotels, private event venues and function spaces subject to access.
For Central London venues, provide:
This helps determine which games are suitable.
Suitable gaming packages can be provided throughout:
Suitable surrounding areas can also be covered subject to availability.
Three standout interactive games.
Head-to-head racing and reaction challenges.
Classic-style arcade and social games.
Multiple games selected for an overall competition.
Several full-size arcade machines grouped together.
A larger combination of racing, sports, reaction, retro, music and social games.
Options can include Mario Kart, Pac-Man, basketball, Guitar Hero, reaction games, racing games, pool, table football and other arcade machines.
Yes. Full-size arcade games can work particularly well for adult and milestone birthdays.
Yes. Multiple machines can be grouped together to create a temporary arcade or gaming zone.
Yes. Multiple games can be combined into a structured competition.
Yes. Suitable games can be used for ongoing leaderboard challenges.
Yes. Games can be incorporated into individual, couples, friends-versus-family or team competitions.
Yes. The gaming area can operate alongside your DJ, dance floor, bar and wider entertainment.
Yes. Larger packages can include multiple machines operating simultaneously, subject to availability.
Yes, subject to loading access, service lifts and other venue requirements.
Suitable venues can be covered throughout London.
Planning a gaming birthday party in London?
Boutique Party Hire can provide anything from a few feature games to a complete birthday gaming zone featuring Mario Kart, Pac-Man, Guitar Hero, basketball, reaction games, racing machines, pool, table football and additional arcade games.
Browse our full Arcade & Amusement Game Hire range or contact us with your:
