The Sheffield Gaming Trail
A Good Walk Enhanced
We had such a brilliant time visiting some of Sheffield's best gaming locations recently, we thought we would create The Sheffield Gaming Trail. We hope this might help others discover some of Sheffield's wonderful, friendly gaming venues. If you have any additional suggestions, please let us know - we'd love to check them out too.
Please check the individual websites for the most up-to-date opening times, as these may change.
We should also add that many of the places listed here offer much more than just our simplified descriptions suggest; covering broader aspects of gaming and adjacent culture(s) such as manga and anime, board games, tabletop RPGs, miniatures and models, dice (for all you goblins or dragons out there) and cute kawaii things that might steal your heart, so please check them out if that sounds up your street.
We had such a brilliant time visiting some of Sheffield's best gaming locations recently, we thought we would create The Sheffield Gaming Trail. We hope this might help others discover some of Sheffield's wonderful, friendly gaming venues. If you have any additional suggestions, please let us know - we'd love to check them out too.
Please check the individual websites for the most up-to-date opening times, as these may change.
We should also add that many of the places listed here offer much more than just our simplified descriptions suggest; covering broader aspects of gaming and adjacent culture(s) such as manga and anime, board games, tabletop RPGs, miniatures and models, dice (for all you goblins or dragons out there) and cute kawaii things that might steal your heart, so please check them out if that sounds up your street.
1. The Treehouse Board Game Café
Description: Board Gaming Café
Address: 41 Boston Street, Sheffield, S2 4QF
Website: www.treehousesheffield.com
Opening Times:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Friday: 12 noon - 11pm
Saturday: 10am - 11pm
Sunday: 10am - 10pm
2. Patriot Games
Description: Gaming Shop
Address: 97 Mary Street, Sheffield, S1 4RT
Website: www.patriotgames.uk
Opening Times:
Monday - Friday: 10am - 10.30pm
Saturday - Sunday: 10am - 5.30pm
3. Robin’s Nest Comics
Description: Comic Book Shop
Address: 43 Hereford Street, Sheffield, S1 3HU
Website: www.robinsnestcomics.co.uk
Opening Times:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Sunday: Closed
4. Warhammer
Description: War Gaming Shop
Address: 16 Fitzwilliam Gate, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 4JH
Website: www.games-workshop.com
Opening Times:
Monday: 12 noon - 6pm
Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Sunday: 11am - 5pm
5. GAME
Description: Video Game Shop (with PC Gaming room)
Address: 2nd Floor, Sports Direct, 1-3 The Moor, Sheffield, S1 4PH
Website: www.sportsdirect.com/sheffield
Opening Times:
Monday - Saturday: 9am - 6pm
Sunday: 10:30am - 4:30pm
6. Forbidden Planet
Description: Comic Book Shop
Address: 12 Matilda Street, Sheffield, S1 4QD
Website: www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk
Opening Times:
Monday - Friday: 10am - 5pm
Saturday: 10am - 5:30pm
Sunday: 11am - 4pm
7. Wargames Emporium
Description: Gaming Shop
Address: Unit 8 Craft Workshop, Orchard Square, Sheffield, S1 2FB
Website: www.wargamesemporium.co.uk
Opening Times:
Monday - Sunday: 11am - 3pm
8. The Vault
Description: Comic and Gaming Shop
Address: 20 Norfolk Row, Sheffield, S1 2PA
Website: www.thevaultsheffield.co.uk
Opening Times:
Monday - Saturday: 10:30am - 6pm
Sunday: 11am - 4pm
9. Element Games
Description: Gaming Shop
Address: 42 Chapel Walk, Sheffield, S1 2PD
Website: www.elementgames.co.uk
Opening Times:
Monday - Sunday: 10am - 6pm
10. Extra Life Gaming Lounge
Description: Video Gaming Café
Address: 24 Commercial Street, Sheffield Centre, Sheffield, S1 2AT
Website: www.extralifegaminglounge.co.uk
Opening Times:
Wednesday: 9am - 8pm
Thursday: 9am - 9pm
Friday - Sunday: 10am - 8pm
11. National Video Game Museum
Description: Video Game Museum
Address: Castle House, Sheffield, S3 8LN
Website: www.thenvm.org
Opening Times:
Monday - Sunday: 10am - 6:30pm (during the Summer Holidays)
12. Meltdown
Description: eSports/Gaming Bar
Address: 39-41 Lower Floor, Snig Hill, Sheffield, S3 8NA
Website: www.sheffield.meltdown.bar
Opening Times:
Tuesday - Thursday: 6pm - 11pm
Friday - Saturday: 5pm - 1am
13. Sheffield Space Centre
Description: Comic Book Shop
Address: 33 Wicker, Sheffield, S3 8HS
Website: www.space-centre.co.uk
Opening Times:
Monday - Friday: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Saturday: 9.00am - 5.00pm
14. The Outpost
Description: Gaming Shop
Address: The Outpost, Neepsend Lane, Sheffield, S3 8AU
Website: www.the-outpost.co.uk
Opening Times:
Monday: 2pm - 7pm
Tuesday: 2pm - 10pm
Wednesday: 2pm - 7pm
Thursday: 2pm - 10pm
Friday: 2pm - 7pm
Saturday: 10am - 5pm
Sunday: 10am - 4pm
15. Church - Temple of Fun
Description: Bar (with gaming pods, a pool table and arcade machines)
Address: Church, 4a Rutland Way, Sheffield, S3 8DG
Website: www.templeof.fun
Opening Times:
Sunday - Wednesday: 12 noon - 10pm
Thursday: 12 noon - 11pm
Friday: 12 noon - 12am
Saturday: 12 noon - 1am
Description: Board Gaming Café
Address: 41 Boston Street, Sheffield, S2 4QF
Website: www.treehousesheffield.com
Opening Times:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Friday: 12 noon - 11pm
Saturday: 10am - 11pm
Sunday: 10am - 10pm
2. Patriot Games
Description: Gaming Shop
Address: 97 Mary Street, Sheffield, S1 4RT
Website: www.patriotgames.uk
Opening Times:
Monday - Friday: 10am - 10.30pm
Saturday - Sunday: 10am - 5.30pm
3. Robin’s Nest Comics
Description: Comic Book Shop
Address: 43 Hereford Street, Sheffield, S1 3HU
Website: www.robinsnestcomics.co.uk
Opening Times:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Sunday: Closed
4. Warhammer
Description: War Gaming Shop
Address: 16 Fitzwilliam Gate, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 4JH
Website: www.games-workshop.com
Opening Times:
Monday: 12 noon - 6pm
Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Sunday: 11am - 5pm
5. GAME
Description: Video Game Shop (with PC Gaming room)
Address: 2nd Floor, Sports Direct, 1-3 The Moor, Sheffield, S1 4PH
Website: www.sportsdirect.com/sheffield
Opening Times:
Monday - Saturday: 9am - 6pm
Sunday: 10:30am - 4:30pm
6. Forbidden Planet
Description: Comic Book Shop
Address: 12 Matilda Street, Sheffield, S1 4QD
Website: www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk
Opening Times:
Monday - Friday: 10am - 5pm
Saturday: 10am - 5:30pm
Sunday: 11am - 4pm
7. Wargames Emporium
Description: Gaming Shop
Address: Unit 8 Craft Workshop, Orchard Square, Sheffield, S1 2FB
Website: www.wargamesemporium.co.uk
Opening Times:
Monday - Sunday: 11am - 3pm
8. The Vault
Description: Comic and Gaming Shop
Address: 20 Norfolk Row, Sheffield, S1 2PA
Website: www.thevaultsheffield.co.uk
Opening Times:
Monday - Saturday: 10:30am - 6pm
Sunday: 11am - 4pm
9. Element Games
Description: Gaming Shop
Address: 42 Chapel Walk, Sheffield, S1 2PD
Website: www.elementgames.co.uk
Opening Times:
Monday - Sunday: 10am - 6pm
10. Extra Life Gaming Lounge
Description: Video Gaming Café
Address: 24 Commercial Street, Sheffield Centre, Sheffield, S1 2AT
Website: www.extralifegaminglounge.co.uk
Opening Times:
Wednesday: 9am - 8pm
Thursday: 9am - 9pm
Friday - Sunday: 10am - 8pm
11. National Video Game Museum
Description: Video Game Museum
Address: Castle House, Sheffield, S3 8LN
Website: www.thenvm.org
Opening Times:
Monday - Sunday: 10am - 6:30pm (during the Summer Holidays)
12. Meltdown
Description: eSports/Gaming Bar
Address: 39-41 Lower Floor, Snig Hill, Sheffield, S3 8NA
Website: www.sheffield.meltdown.bar
Opening Times:
Tuesday - Thursday: 6pm - 11pm
Friday - Saturday: 5pm - 1am
13. Sheffield Space Centre
Description: Comic Book Shop
Address: 33 Wicker, Sheffield, S3 8HS
Website: www.space-centre.co.uk
Opening Times:
Monday - Friday: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Saturday: 9.00am - 5.00pm
14. The Outpost
Description: Gaming Shop
Address: The Outpost, Neepsend Lane, Sheffield, S3 8AU
Website: www.the-outpost.co.uk
Opening Times:
Monday: 2pm - 7pm
Tuesday: 2pm - 10pm
Wednesday: 2pm - 7pm
Thursday: 2pm - 10pm
Friday: 2pm - 7pm
Saturday: 10am - 5pm
Sunday: 10am - 4pm
15. Church - Temple of Fun
Description: Bar (with gaming pods, a pool table and arcade machines)
Address: Church, 4a Rutland Way, Sheffield, S3 8DG
Website: www.templeof.fun
Opening Times:
Sunday - Wednesday: 12 noon - 10pm
Thursday: 12 noon - 11pm
Friday: 12 noon - 12am
Saturday: 12 noon - 1am