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Located inside Pinballz Lake Creek
If you’re familiar with LAN centers of yore or PC bang overseas, you know what we do. We have high end gaming computers, and you can pay to come play on them. We sell time by the hour with discount packages for multiple hours purchased at once or a day pass for one low rate. Come with your friends or find some new friends here, we pride ourselves on offering you the best experience possible.
The exact number is always changing due to new releases or lack of interest in older games. We usually have around 150 games installed and have room for plenty more! Check out our Games List for the most up to date list, and if you want to play something you don’t see there, feel free to ask us to install it!
You can buy time by the hour or by day pass. We offer discounted rates for our packages that offer multiple hours at a time; roughly half off the price per hour if you buy 20 hours at a time. Standard hour packages never expire. When you log into a computer it will tick down your time, and when you log out any remaining time will be saved. Day passes expire at the end of the day and we do offer specific packages such birthday party time that will be clearly and specifically marked if it is only valid certain times or expires.
We have all of the major online stores installed such as Steam and Epic Games. You can log directly into your own account on those stores to play with your own progress. Whether your progress is saved depends on the game, although most games typically have cloud save. We are aware of a few titles that don’t have cloud save and our computers are wiped clean after every customer so there would be no good way to save that data. We tend not to install those games and highly recommend playing games that will save to the cloud so you can continue playing later.
We do have some accounts for you to borrow to play a great many of our games, although we cannot gaurantee that you will be able to log onto the same account each time or that other players would not interfere with your progress between your visits. We highly recommend you use your own account if progress is important to you.
No login? No problem! We have games for you to borrow when you come in! We have accounts for many of the titles in our library, and we also have a Steam Cafe program. This works on your own Steam account; when you log in you will see the “From The Esports Cave” category and be able to play a large library of games right on your own account with your own progress! These games will only be available to play while you’re at The Esports Cave unless you purchase them, but your progress will be saved.
Unfortunately not. The passes you buy are per player pricing. The discount for multiple hours is offered as an incentive to come back and enjoy our center time after time! We hope you take advantage of the lower pricing and visit us again.
What are friends for? You may definitely play the same game together even from separate computers. This is highly game dependant though. We have a large library of multiplayer games, although some games are solo experiences or hard to play together. Our staff will have some great ideas for games you can play together when you come in, so feel free to ask. How multiplayer works and how many players can play at one time is completely dependant on which game. Some games have a max team size of 4, so if you have a group of 8 and want to play such a game, we recommend you break up into two groups of 4 so everyone can join the fun at the same time.
Yes you may use a controller; gaming on a PC is perfectly possible with controllers and we provide some for you. Besides a few select esports titles like CS2, Valorant, or League, and some strategy titles like Civilization, almost all games work natively with controller. You can play however you are most comfortable, and you are free to bring your own controller but remember a cable!
Yes! Our setup inside Pinballz Lake Creek is built to exceed standard accessibility guidelines, featuring wide station spacing, wheelchair-accessible gaming desks, and an inclusive environment for players of all abilities.
We built The Esports Cave on a simple principle: treating every person who walks through our doors with dignity and respect. Whether you’re a casual player, a competitive gamer, or a family celebrating a birthday, our center is built to be a safe, welcoming, and high-performance space for all gamers.
We proudly run the ggCircuit software suite, allowing you to track your high scores, earn global gaming rewards, and compete on international leaderboards right from your seat.
