How much does a laser tag party cost in St. Louis?

A mobile laser tag party in St. Louis and the Metro East costs $329 to $529 with Me 2 You Game Truck. That is a flat per-event price, not per person: $329 for Nature's Field, $429 for the Quick Up Field, and $529 for the Premium Field, each covering two hosted hours, 10 tagger and headset kits, and up to 20 total players, with setup, teardown, and a host who runs every game. Schools and churches run on their own rate, $600 for up to 10 players or $800 for up to 20 over two hours. Indoor laser tag arenas around St. Louis charge per person instead, roughly $6 to $16 per player depending on how many games they play.

"It was easy to book, and they set up and took down everything plus sent 2 guys to work. Super easy and the kids loved it!" That's Melissa Bussmann, and it names the part of the price people forget to count. You are not buying equipment. You are buying the two hours where somebody else builds the field, briefs the kids, referees every round, and packs it all down while you talk to the other parents.

Here is the whole number, with nothing held back for a phone call.

The three fields, and what actually differs

All three run two hosted hours, include 10 tagger and headset kits, and cover up to 20 total players. What changes between them is the cover on the field, which changes how the game plays.

The honest guidance: if your space already has cover, Nature's Field plays great and you keep the $100. If your space is a flat rectangle, pay for the Quick Up. An empty field with no cover is the one setup where laser tag gets boring, and it is the only thing the price difference is really buying.

What is included in every price

• Two hosted hours of play. Not a session on a clock shared with strangers, and not a rental you run yourself.
• 10 tagger and headset kits. Ten players on the field at once, which is a five-on-five game.
• Up to 20 total players. Twenty players costs exactly what eight players costs. There is no per-head charge at any point.
• A named Event Manager. Arrives about an hour early, builds the field, gears up every player, explains each mode, referees every round, and tears it down.
• Setup and teardown. Included in the number above, not billed separately.
• Multiple game modes. The host switches them as the group settles in, which is what keeps a two-hour block from going flat.

Schools, churches, and youth groups

Organizations run on a capacity rate rather than the private-party ladder: $600 for up to 10 players or $800 for up to 20, over two hours. Past 20, we scale with rotations for a whole grade or a full youth group, and that gets quoted for your headcount rather than guessed at here.

Two things worth knowing before you take it to a committee. Schools and churches book with no deposit at all, and we carry a certificate of insurance and a W-9 for your file, licensed and insured in both Illinois and Missouri. Full-day School Specials bundles, which pair laser tag with the other services across a whole school day, start at $3,500 on weekdays.

Travel, deposits, and the things that are not hidden

• Travel is free within 29 miles of Granite City, Illinois. Thirty to 39 miles adds a flat $40, and we confirm your address up front rather than after you book. Farther out, call and we will check.
• A $100 deposit holds your date for a private party, with the balance due on the day. Schools and churches pay no deposit.
• The $40 travel fee is the only possible add-on to the quoted price. That is what "no hidden fees" means here: it means there is exactly one variable and we tell you about it before you pay anything.

What an arena costs instead, worked out

An arena charges per person, so its price rises with every guest while ours does not. Around St. Louis, published rates run roughly $6 to $7 per person for a single game and about $12 to $16 for three games depending on the day and time, with Amp Up Action Park starting near $7.99 a game and running an unlimited-play Wednesday at $19.99. Those are tickets only.

Do the arithmetic honestly and it does not fall the way most vendors claim it does:

So on ticket price alone, an arena is usually the cheaper line item up to about 20 guests. We would rather say that plainly than pretend otherwise. The crossover on tickets lands somewhere around 20 to 27 players, depending on the arena's pricing that day.

What the ticket price leaves out is the rest of the bill and the rest of the day. A party room is normally extra and often carries a food minimum. Every guest drives, which means a carpool chain and a pickup time. And three games is the part people misjudge most: three rounds is roughly fifteen to twenty minutes of actual play, spread across a session shared with whoever else walked in. Two hosted hours in your own yard is somewhere north of six times the playing time, private to your group, with nobody watching the clock.

Measured per minute of play rather than per head, it stops being close. Measured per head at a group of eight, the arena wins, and if that is your group, book the arena. We have written up every laser tag option in St. Louis and Metro East, arenas included, with the ones we would send you to by name.

Ways to bring the number down

• Invite more kids, not fewer. This is the only party where the guest list is free. Going from 10 to 20 players costs nothing, and it halves the cost per child.
• Take Nature's Field if your space has cover. A yard with trees and a shed does not need the pop-ups.
• Book inside 29 miles of Granite City and the travel line is zero.
• If it is a school or church event, say so. The organizational rate and the no-deposit terms are not something you have to negotiate for.

Booking, and what happens if the weather turns

Laser tag runs outdoors, so it is weather-sensitive in a way the game truck is not. If there is no indoor backup, we work with you to reschedule within 60 days for private parties, and we may hold the final balance until we know the forecast, sometimes the day of. A bad Saturday should not cost you the party, and it does not.

If you want the number for your date and your headcount, call or text (618) 845-7171, or see the laser tag fields and everything we charge for everything. Laser tag is built for ages 8 and up.

Competitor prices verified August 2026 and change without notice. Confirm directly with each venue.

Updated August 2026.