Here Are the 10 Ugliest Gaming Chairs

It’s a space egg. Cooler Master calls this thing a “multi-purpose semi-enclosed workstation for gamers and professionals” but who among us would have this in our houses? The chair supposedly has 6 ways to adjust the lumbar support and headrest, and the screen mount supports either a single 49" monitor or three 27" monitors. Did I mention it has an automated motorized shuttle dome? I just... what kind of house do you need to have where a rainbow egg pod would blend in?

Supposedly, this $390 chair has a “velvet-like fabric upholstery surface.” I mean, I guess if you were really into farming games? So much so that you needed a really supportive chair... that looked... like a cow?

Ah yes, nothing screams comfort like a plastic inflatable chair that looks like it came straight from Tron. Nothing against Tron—Tron is cool. Despite the Amazon listing saying this chair’s high backrest and oversized armrests mean you’ll be able to long and game for hours, I have never sat in an INFLATABLE, PLASTIC chair that didn’t suck. Well, at least you can deflate it so no one has to see your shame.

First of all, this thing is listed at $12,000. Second, it looks like a reject mecha cockpit built exclusively for Tony Stark. Did I mention it’s $12,000?

Our dearly departed Catie Keck wrote about this monstrosity once. At the time, Catie was promised that Gizmodo would buy the hideous scorpion chair if her write-up got 200 separate comments.

She never got the scorpion chair, even though I’m pretty sure we got up to 200 comments.

But honestly, this is probably for the best because look at this thing. Why, why would you do this to yourself? Also, the Alibaba listing has it at $2,399. That’s a lot for something so freaking hideous.

I’ve seen this thing in person. It is not worth $14,000. Trust me. The irony is the Thronos Air was the “cheaper” version. The original Thronos was $30,000 and weighed at least 715 pounds. At IFA 2019, Acer told me it takes 3-4 hours to dismantle this thing. It was for that exact reason that despite assembling this monstrosity for the press conference, Acer decided it just wasn’t worth it to schlepp it down one hall for their actual booth.

My husband bought one of these—not this exact model, but something very similar. It had the stupid little built-in speakers and for months it was an eyesore in our otherwise very cozy apartment’s living room area. Even though it was foldable, he never put it away. It just sat there, less than a foot away from our TV, mocking me. It’s hard to look “cool” while gaming, but I assure you, it’s impossible when sitting in one of these.

Nevertheless, my husband loved this godawful chair. I was forced to deal with it until in a moment of caprice, our cat decided to take a giant dump on it. I thank the cat every day for that.

I mean, yeah, if Razer was going to make a gaming chair it’d look like this. But as it is, this looks like the chair Voldemort would use if he was a sad Millennial gamer.

If you’re ever wondering, “Have we taken RGB lighting too far?” please remember this gaming massage chair. The marketing spiel says the “colorful lights add a sense of science” but I don’t know, man. Also, you have to charge this thing with a power bank instead of a plug because it might break the USB connector. This is too much.

Um, I’m sorry. This thing is $249 for what looks like to be a red-and-black lawn chair or highchair for an adult baby. It is supposedly for simulating racing games but surely, surely, you can get something better for the same price.