Watching somebody else compete is fun. Sometimes you need to get in the game yourself. Atlanta has an entire category of experiences built for people who would rather play than sit around looking for something to do. Golf. Bowling. Go-karts. Skating. Mini golf. Interactive games. Racing simulators. Arcade competition. Places where the friendly trash talk stops being friendly somewhere around round three. This is where BlkTravel puts them.

Some of these experiences overlap with Family Fun because the kids will love them. Some overlap with Date Night because grown people with cocktails can turn the exact same activity into an entirely different evening. And some are perfect when you came to Atlanta with six friends and everybody is tired of answering the question, “So what are we doing?”

Places like Puttshack, Andretti and Cascade Skating can serve completely different travelers depending on the day, time and group. That's why we're ranking the experience instead of obsessing over categories. This guide is for the competitive ones, the playful ones, the families, the couples, the friend groups and the person who swears they aren't competitive right before becoming entirely too invested in winning. Atlanta has plenty of places to sit down. This isn't that list.