Planning a staff party and looking for entertainment that gives employees something more interactive than just food, drinks and music?
Boutique Party Hire provides arcade machines and interactive games for staff parties, company events, office socials, Christmas parties, summer parties and employee celebrations throughout London and across the UK.
Interactive games can give staff something to:
Play
Compete On
Challenge Colleagues With
Try to Beat a High Score On
Use as Part of a Team Competition
Enjoy Throughout the Event
Browse our wider Arcade Machine Hire London & UK Nationwide range for suitable arcade and amusement games.
Staff parties often bring together employees from different:
Departments
Offices
Teams
Seniority Levels
Age Groups
Interactive games can provide a shared activity without forcing the whole group into one organised session.
Employees can move naturally between:
Food
Drinks
Music
Networking
Games
Awards
Other Entertainment
This makes arcade machines flexible for both small staff socials and major company parties.
Our Catch It Reaction Ring Game Hire can create a simple high-score competition.
Employees can compete throughout the event and attempt to reach the top of the leaderboard.
Potential challenges include:
Because gameplay can be quick, plenty of staff can potentially participate during the event.
Our Batak Lite Game Hire can create another fast competitive challenge.
Staff attempt to hit illuminated targets and achieve the best score.
Batak can work particularly well for:
Office Parties
Team Socials
Company Celebrations
Christmas Parties
Employee Events
Sales Parties
A leaderboard can keep the competition running throughout the evening.
Our 2-Player Basketball Arcade Game Hire can create direct head-to-head competition.
Two employees can compete at the same time.
Potential matchups include:
Colleague vs Colleague
Manager vs Employee
Sales vs Marketing
Office vs Office
Department vs Department
The movement and direct competition can also create visible activity around the event.
Racing simulators can provide a premium attraction for company parties.
Linked simulators allow colleagues to race directly against one another.
A fastest-lap competition can potentially run throughout the event.
This can work particularly well for:
Technology Businesses
Automotive Companies
Large Corporate Teams
Sales Events
Staff Celebrations
Company Parties
A simple concept could be:
Employees compete throughout the evening.
The organiser could display:
Top 10 Drivers
Fastest Department
Fastest Manager
Fastest Employee
Overall Company Champion
This can create repeat participation as people try to improve their lap times.
Our Prize Crane Grabber Hire can potentially combine entertainment with suitable staff rewards.
Depending on the machine and item dimensions, possible contents could include:
Company Merchandise
Small Staff Gifts
Vouchers
Event Merchandise
Promotional Products
Suitable Prizes
This can make the giveaway itself part of the entertainment.
Our Gashapon Dispenser Hire can create another interactive giveaway experience.
Suitable items can potentially be incorporated into capsules.
Ideas could include:
Mystery Staff Rewards
Small Gifts
Company Merchandise
Voucher Giveaways
Event Prizes
This can create a fun mystery element within the party.
Our Retro Arcade Game Machine Hire can create a more relaxed games area.
Retro arcade machines can appeal across different age groups and work particularly well for:
Christmas Parties
Office Socials
Company Celebrations
Summer Parties
After-Parties
Networking Events
Several cabinets can potentially create a complete retro arcade area.
Staff parties are ideal for internal competition.
Possible matchups include:
Sales vs Marketing
HR vs Finance
Operations vs Management
London vs Manchester
North vs South
Team A vs Team B
Suitable games can include:
Basketball
Batak
Reaction Games
Racing Simulators
The organiser can record points and crown an overall winning department.
Another simple format is putting managers directly into the competition.
For example:
Potential games include:
Basketball
Reaction Game
Batak
Racing
This can create informal interaction between staff and management.
A leaderboard can transform several games into one wider competition.
Suitable categories include:
Highest Basketball Score
Fastest Reaction Score
Best Batak Score
Fastest Racing Lap
You could also award points to departments across several games.
Christmas staff parties are particularly suited to arcade entertainment.
Games can operate alongside:
DJs
Dance Floors
Bars
Food
Awards
Photo Booths
Live Entertainment
Suitable games include:
Catch It Reaction Ring Game Hire
Summer staff parties can combine interactive games with:
Food
Drinks
Music
Team Challenges
Outdoor Entertainment
Hospitality
Arcade machines are weather-sensitive, so suitable indoor or covered installation areas should be provided where necessary.
A staff party doesn’t have to be a major annual event.
Arcade games can also work for:
Friday Socials
Team Evenings
Project Celebrations
After-Work Events
Company Milestones
Staff Thank-You Events
One or two games can be enough for a smaller social.
Interactive games can create informal team-building without requiring a highly structured programme.
For example:
Reaction Challenge
Basketball Tournament
Racing Tournament
Department Leaderboard
Multi-Game Competition
Teams can accumulate points across several games.
Employee appreciation events are designed to reward staff.
Arcade machines can provide entertainment alongside:
Food
Drinks
Awards
Music
Company Presentations
Staff Rewards
The games can operate throughout the event without requiring everyone to participate simultaneously.
Companies may organise events specifically to recognise employee performance.
Suitable games can be combined with:
Awards
Prizes
Staff Gifts
Celebratory Drinks
Food
Entertainment
A prize crane or Gashapon dispenser can potentially add another interactive reward element.
Businesses celebrating milestones can use arcade machines for:
5-Year Anniversaries
10-Year Anniversaries
Major Company Birthdays
Revenue Milestones
Expansion Celebrations
New Office Launches
Games can provide an entertainment area away from the formal programme.
Opening a new office or headquarters?
Arcade machines can provide entertainment during the internal launch event.
Where access allows, suitable machines can potentially be installed in:
Atriums
Breakout Areas
Staff Cafés
Event Rooms
Reception Areas
Large machines require suitable doorway and lift access.
Large organisations may have employees who rarely interact with one another.
Interactive games can create easy shared activities.
Staff can meet while:
Competing at Basketball
Racing
Trying Reaction Challenges
Playing Retro Arcade
This can make internal networking feel less formal.
Businesses bringing multiple offices together can create office-versus-office competitions.
For example:
London vs Manchester
Birmingham vs Leeds
Head Office vs Regional Offices
North vs South
The competition can run across basketball, reaction games and racing.
Sales teams can be particularly well suited to competitive entertainment.
Possible challenges include:
Basketball High Score
Fastest Racing Lap
Reaction Champion
Batak Champion
A sales leaderboard can run throughout the event.
Company away days can combine formal activities with social entertainment.
A typical schedule might include:
Morning Meetings
Workshops
Lunch
Team Activities
Evening Entertainment
Arcade games can potentially operate during the social part of the day.
Companies may organise events after:
Strong Sales Quarters
Project Completions
Product Launches
Company Achievements
Major Deals
Arcade games can create a simple celebratory entertainment zone.
End-of-year staff events can use arcade machines as part of the wider entertainment programme.
A complete package could include:
Basketball
Reaction Games
Batak
Racing Simulators
Retro Arcade Machines
Prize Crane
Browse our wider Arcade Machine Hire London & UK Nationwide range when planning a larger company celebration.
Smaller teams don’t need huge packages.
Potential options include:
One Reaction Game
Batak + Retro Arcade
Basketball
Linked Racing Simulators
The entertainment should match the number of guests and available venue space.
Large staff events can potentially create several entertainment zones.
For example:
Batak + Catch It.
Basketball.
Linked racing simulators.
Several arcade machines.
Prize Crane + Gashapon Dispenser.
This provides more variety for larger employee numbers.
Quick-play games can work particularly well where guests are also eating, drinking and networking.
Suitable options include:
and:
Catch It Reaction Ring Game Hire
Staff can participate without spending a large part of the event on one activity.
Direct competition can help encourage interaction.
Our 2-Player Basketball Arcade Game Hire can allow two colleagues to compete directly.
Linked racing simulators can provide another premium head-to-head option.
Suitable staff gifts can potentially be incorporated into:
or:
This can turn employee rewards into another part of the party experience.
Selected arcade machines can potentially incorporate:
Company Logos
Event Artwork
Anniversary Branding
Internal Campaign Graphics
Staff Party Messaging
This can make the entertainment feel more tailored to the company.
Catch It Reaction Ring Game Hire
2-Player Basketball Arcade Game Hire
Retro Arcade Game Machine Hire
Arcade Machine Hire London & UK Nationwide
One interactive attraction.
2–3 games.
4–6 games.
7–10+ suitable machines.
A larger combination of sports, reaction, racing, retro and promotional games.
The package can be built around staff numbers, venue size and event format.
Potentially, yes.
Suitable office areas may include:
Atriums
Breakout Areas
Staff Cafés
Event Rooms
Large Meeting Areas
Reception Spaces
For larger machines, check:
Door Widths
Lift Dimensions
Floor Level
Loading Access
Parking
Boutique Party Hire can discuss suitable arcade game hire for staff parties throughout London.
This can include events across:
Central London
City of London
Canary Wharf
Shoreditch
Westminster
Mayfair
Stratford
and other areas.
Central London loading and office access information should be provided early.
Suitable staff party bookings can be discussed throughout the UK, including:
London
Birmingham
Manchester
Leeds
Liverpool
Bristol
Cardiff
Nottingham
Leicester
Coventry
Sheffield
and other locations.
Browse our wider Arcade Machine Hire London & UK Nationwide range when planning your staff event.
Reaction games, Batak, basketball, racing simulators, retro arcade machines, prize cranes and department competitions can all work well.
Basketball, reaction games, Batak, racing and retro arcade machines can all work particularly well depending on the venue.
Yes. Suitable games can be used as part of internal competitions managed by the organiser.
Yes. Basketball, racing, Batak and reaction games can potentially be incorporated into a wider leaderboard.
Potentially, yes, subject to suitable access, floor space and installation requirements.
Potentially, depending on machine and item dimensions. See our Prize Crane Grabber Hire.
Suitable projects can consider our Gashapon Dispenser Hire.
Selected machines may offer branding options depending on equipment and lead time.
Yes. Larger events can potentially combine several machines into a dedicated entertainment area.
Suitable staff party bookings can be discussed nationwide.
Whether you’re organising a staff Christmas party, company summer event, employee appreciation evening, team social, office launch or company celebration, arcade games can provide interactive entertainment for your employees.
Explore:
Catch It Reaction Ring Game Hire
Retro Arcade Game Machine Hire
Or browse the complete Arcade Machine Hire London & UK Nationwide range.
Send us your party date, venue or office, postcode, staff numbers, required games and access information for a staff party entertainment quote.
