Step back into a pivotal moment in Midwest arcade history with The History and Games of Dave Nutting & Milwaukee Coin, a playable exhibition presented by Chicago Gamespace at Midwest Gaming Classic.

Gamespace is proud to feature the acclaimed, independent video game Animal Well (2024), created by Chicago‑based developer Billy Basso.  Praised for its rich atmosphere and masterful environmental design, Animal Well is a game about a mysterious underground labyrinth filled with strange creatures and puzzles. Players must navigate a gumdrop-like creature across an unfolding grid of interconnected screens, relying on their wits and curiosity to unlock its secrets through the use of playful tools. 

Play SCHiM at Chicago Gamespace, an independent game that features a clever shadow jumping mechanic and highlights negative over positive space in a restrained art style.

Gamespace is pleased to present Digital Eclipse's The Making of Karateka from November 3 to Dec 1, 2024.

Insert Coin features 15 playable arcade games that help tell the story of Midway allowing visitors to learn about this iconic company while enjoying some of their most celebrated creations.

Gamespace is pleased to present Time Machine Bronzeville by Philip Mallory Jones and Alchemy Media.

Chicago Gamespace is pleased to announce a new exhibit titled Bug In My Software by new media artist Alina Nazmeeva. This installation is an artistic exploration of the silkmoth, a fascinating, cute creature that is both an organic and human-engineered form of life.

Vector vs Raster exhibition at Chicago Gamespace.

Chicago Gamespace is delighted to present Reality (Beta), an exhibition by new media artist Thorne Brandt for Ars Electronica.

The Midwest's leading video game museum, Chicago Gamespace, is proud to announce an exhibition that explores the game universe of TRON, created more than 40 years ago. TRON electrified theaters and arcades across the world by taking audiences - for the first time - inside a computer game. Computing concepts were transformed in the public mind from abstractions into exciting

Chicago Gamespace is pleased to present a series of art games by New York-based artist Snow Yunxue Fu.

鬼鎮 (Ghosttown) Spirit Simulator

June 3 - July 31, 2022

Sundays 1-5pm, $5

Chicago Gamespace is pleased to present an exhibition focused on the experimental art game 鬼鎮 (Ghosttown) Spirit Simulator. The game's singular gritty and polarized black and white aesthetic made Spirit Simulator one of the most visually distinctive games in recent years. The player assumes the role of a ghost or a glitch, searching the tumbleweed townscape for information about its missing inhabitants, their lives and worlds. It has been described as a "Glitch Western," a term alluding to its use of iconography from the Western film genre, viewed through a lens of visual feedback and breakdown known as Glitch Art.

鬼鎮 (Ghosttown) Spirit Simulator was conceived as part of the 鬼鎮 (Ghosttown) series, also by jonCates. The 2018 experimental feature film, which started the series of films and games, has screened internationally at the 甲美術館 Hong-Gah Museum (Taipei, Taiwan), Gene Siskel Film Center, The Wrong Digital Art Biennale, and dozens of other festivals and platforms. Evan Meaney was Lead Interactive Designer and 3D artist on the 鬼鎮 (Ghosttown) film and then co-created the 鬼鎮 (Ghosttown) Spirit Simulator with Cates.

The exhibition features the playable game, an excerpt from the film, a new publication, and never-before-seen behind-the-scenes artworks from the Glitch Western world of 鬼鎮 (Ghosttown) Spirit Simulator. It will commence with a free public opening on Friday June 3rd and will be open to the public on Sundays from 1-5pm from June 5 - July 31, 2022. General admission is $5. Kids under 12 and students with ID are FREE. Admission will also grant access to the Chicago Gamespace Video Game History Collection and Library and Archive.

50% of profits from the Chicago Gamespace exhibition of 鬼鎮 (Ghosttown) Spirit Simulator will be donated to local Indigenous-led organizations.