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

A mobile laser tag party in St. Louis and the Metro East costs $429 to $629 with Me 2 You Game Truck. That is a flat per-event price, not per person, and you pick a mission by how many players you want on the field at once: Laser Tag Recon is $429 with 10 on the field at a time, Laser Tag Strike Team is $529 with 16, and Laser Tag Elite Force is $629 with all 20. Every mission covers two hosted hours for up to 20 guests, with hunting blinds for cover, setup, teardown, and a host who runs every game. An extra thirty minutes is $100. Schools and churches are priced by the hour instead: $300 per hour for 10 taggers on the field at a time, $400 per hour for 16, or $500 per hour for 20, with a two-hour minimum, so $600, $800 or $1,000 for 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 missions, and what actually differs

All three run two hosted hours, play on the same field with pop-up hunting blinds for cover, and take up to 20 guests. What changes between them is how many of those guests are on the field at the same time, which decides how much waiting there is.

The honest guidance: choose by headcount. With ten or so guests, Recon already puts almost everyone on the field, so the extra kits in Strike Team buy very little. Somewhere past 12 guests the waits start to add up, and that is what the next mission up 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.
• Tagger and headset kits for 10, 16 or 20. That is how many are on the field at once, set by the mission you pick.
• Up to 20 guests. Twenty guests costs exactly what eight costs on the same mission. There is no per-head charge at any point.
• Hunting blinds, callsigns and live scores. Every player gets a callsign and a live score, the birthday kid leads a team as Commander, and the host reads out the top three at the end.
• 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 are priced by the hour rather than on the private-party ladder, and the hourly rate is set by how many players you want on the field at once:

There is a two-hour minimum, so $600 is the floor. Because it is hourly rather than per head, a longer block is how you get a whole grade or a full youth group through the field: two hours suits a youth night or a single-grade session, three hours suits a festival station or a school carnival, and four hours covers a full field day. Tell us the headcount, the window, and the surface, and we quote it the same day rather than guessing at it 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.
• Extra time is $100 per additional 30 minutes, if the party is going well and you want to keep it running.
• That is the entire list. Travel and extra time are the only things that can move the number, extra time is optional, and we tell you about them before you pay anything. There is no equipment fee, no host fee, no per-child charge, and no cleanup charge.

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 the cheaper line item at every birthday-party size. We would rather say that plainly than pretend otherwise. Our lowest flat price only matches arena tickets at somewhere around 27 to 36 players, and every private mission tops out at 20 guests.

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 on tickets alone, the arena wins, and if tickets are the whole budget, 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 guests costs nothing on the same mission, and it halves the cost per child.
• Pick the mission by headcount. A group of ten or so is well served by Recon, and the bigger missions earn their price once more kids would otherwise be waiting.
• 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 missions 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 November 2026.