16 Fév 26
Top 5 Arcade Games for a Successful Team Building
Organizing a memorable team building means creating moments of camaraderie, fun, and challenge among your employees. At Skillshot, we offer a turnkey activity to strengthen team cohesion, boost motivation, and provide unforgettable memories during your corporate events.
For your professional events or team building days, we have selected a top 5 games available for rental, specially designed to engage your teams and create moments of friendly competition and sharing.
Darts: Precision and Accessible Competition
Darts is an arcade game staple. It combines precision, concentration, and strategy, while being accessible to everyone, even beginners. During team building, it allows you to create mini-tournaments, where each participant can challenge their colleagues to achieve the best score.
Why darts is perfect for team building:
- It develops concentration and patience;
- It encourages interaction and competitive spirit;
- It is an accessible game, allowing everyone to play quickly.
To energize your event, you can organize teams, mix departments, and create a leaderboard of the best shooters, adding a fun and motivating aspect for your employees.
Boxer: Energy and Self-Improvement
A boxer is an interactive game that measures each participant’s punching power. Quick and intuitive, it allows your teams to let off steam while having fun. This game transforms a playful moment into a real team challenge.
The advantages of the Boxer for team building:
- It allows you to release accumulated pressure;
- It encourages self-improvement and boosts motivation;
- It creates moments of shared laughter among colleagues.
Kicker: Strategy and Team Spirit
The kicker, or foosball, is one of the most unifying entertainment games. It promotes team spirit, communication, and coordination—essential qualities for successful team building. Each game is a mix of strategy and speed, perfect for stimulating cohesion among colleagues.
How to get the most out of the kicker?
- Mix departments in teams to encourage exchanges between services;
- Organize elimination tournaments, which add a competitive yet fun element.
- If your employees enjoy it, you can even set it up in your workspace with our “workspace” package.
Thanks to its simplicity and ability to bring people together, the kicker is a safe choice for all types of events, from informal gatherings to more structured team building days.
Pinball: Reflexes and Retro Atmosphere
The pinball machine is a timeless classic that appeals to all generations. This game requires speed, reflexes, and strategy, while immersing you in the nostalgia of the 80s. For team building, pinball is perfect for organizing mini-tournaments, stimulating competition, and creating a moment of collective challenge.
Why integrate pinball into team building?
- It develops concentration and coordination;
- It allows you to encourage competition by creating a leaderboard;
- Its retro aspect adds a nostalgic dimension to your events.
By alternating individual games and team competitions, pinball can play a central role in your event, bringing together and motivating your employees.
Bonus – Air Hockey: Speed and Adrenaline
Air Hockey is a fast and dynamic game, ideal for head-to-head challenges. It combines speed, precision, and reflexes and is perfect for stimulating competitive spirit.
The strengths of Air Hockey for team building:
- It encourages direct interaction between participants.
- It brings an element of fun and tension, ideal for energizing a day.
- Accessible to all, it allows you to create quick and engaging duels.