The arcade is the room that saves the holiday on the third wet afternoon, and it is also the room where the parents rediscover that they are extremely competitive about air hockey. It is not sophisticated. It is not the reason anyone books. And by Thursday half the guest families are in there, and the noise is astonishing, and everybody is happy. The hotels in this collection have built proper game rooms rather than parking two machines in a corridor. Think a real mix of cabinets, air hockey, foosball, and a pool table, machines that are maintained and actually working, free play or a sensible card system rather than a coin slot that turns an afternoon into a cash negotiation, and a location where parents can sit nearby rather than being exiled. The better properties keep it open in the evening and split it so a teenager has a corner that is not full of six-year-olds. Alpine and large resort properties lead here, where the weather makes an indoor plan essential. It is the amenity nobody chooses a hotel for and everybody uses. Below are the top family hotels with an arcade, sorted by overall score.