Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Indore’s Gen Z Swaps Traditional Games for Immersive VR
Children in Indore once commonly played games such as gilli-danda, marbles, pitthu and cricket outdoors.
Today, many young people are choosing phones, computers, consoles and VR headsets instead.
Virtual reality can make players feel like they are flying, riding a roller coaster or fighting zombies.
Gaming zones around Indore offer these experiences for a few minutes at a time.
Prices mentioned in the article range from Rs 50 to Rs 300.
Some students visit with friends and enjoy watching one another react.
Young people say VR is an easy way to take a short break from college, work and traffic.
This change is linked to smaller open spaces, busy schedules and changing lifestyles.
Traditional games such as gilli-danda, marbles, pitthu and cricket are giving way to digital recreation among Indore’s Gen Z.
Shrinking open spaces, busy schedules and changing lifestyles are encouraging youngsters to choose gaming zones and virtual reality.
VR attractions in Indore include roller coasters, paragliding, sci-fi zombie games, PUBG, VR cricket and interstellar experiences.
Prices range from Rs 50 for short experiences to Rs 300 for longer gaming sessions.
Young visitors say VR provides a quick escape and makes them feel as if they are inside the game.
- Who
- Indore’s Gen Z, college students and other young visitors to local gaming zones.
- What
- A shift from traditional outdoor games toward smartphone, console, PC and virtual-reality gaming.
- When
- Today, with gaming-zone visitors arriving from around 1 pm at one location.
- Where
- Gaming zones near C21 Mall, at Strikke Playzone Gamezone, VirtueStrike, Metaverse Gaming World and Phoenix Mall in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- Shrinking open spaces, packed schedules and changing lifestyles have made quick, technology-based recreation more attractive.
- Location
- Indore, Madhya Pradesh
- VR roller coaster
- Rs 99 for four minutes at a gaming zone near C21 Mall
- Paragliding experience
- Rs 199 at Strikke Playzone Gamezone
- VirtueStrike sessions
- Twenty-minute sci-fi zombie games, PUBG and VR cricket cost between Rs 150 and Rs 300
- Metaverse Gaming World
- Three-to-five-minute experiences cost Rs 50
- Other experiences
- Phoenix Mall’s Clicktra offers VR Interstellar and VR 360
- Traditional games mentioned
- Gilli-danda, marbles, pitthu and cricket