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Pinball FX
Pinball FX is digital pinball evolved. Get the highest score on tables inspired by the biggest brands in entertainment. New tables arrive frequently!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Realistic pinball physics” (36 of 99 reviews) and “Attractive table graphics” (11); the most common complaint is “Expensive table DLC” (18). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
What the most-helpful reviewers agree on
36 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“A great pinball sim with some absolutely classic tables! Pinball FX has a ton of awesome tables but my main reason for playing is the Williams and Bally tables, the classics, the big dogs like High Speed and Medieval…”
“I would of been impressed if they managed to stuff up a pinball game. It's simple fun!”
“Nice, I love playing my favorite pinball tables. That I played on pinball arcade ten years ago, Pinball Arcade still has some good tables on it. But sadly most of the really good one's are gone. The animation on the…”
11 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“This game made me give up on the idea of buying or building a digital pinball machine. It made me realize that I just need to go out and buy a real pinball machine instead. This is seriously one of the worst pinball…”
“Nice, I love playing my favorite pinball tables. That I played on pinball arcade ten years ago, Pinball Arcade still has some good tables on it. But sadly most of the really good one's are gone. The animation on the…”
“Its great pinball software, probably the best commercial option. I use this on my virtual pinball cabinet in cabinet mode. The graphics are great and run smooth on most machines. I prefer the Williams tables to the…”
8 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“just buy the tables you want, people complain too much and want everything for free”
“I will gladly pay for pinball tables rather than aquire them free by less than equitable means leaving owners or developers without the just compensation they deserve. But more importantly I love the these fully…”
“TL;DR: Many classic and original tables. Play with realistic physics for closer the settings closer to real life. Pick up tables on sale when you can unless there is one you must have. 24 hour trial after you launch the…”
7 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“A great pinball sim with some absolutely classic tables! Pinball FX has a ton of awesome tables but my main reason for playing is the Williams and Bally tables, the classics, the big dogs like High Speed and Medieval…”
“I break this out for a few games here and there, it's my goto pinball game. The "other one" tries to recreate classic tables while Pinball FX does more fanciful modern tables. I would ask the devs to implement keyboard…”
“never played pinball before playing this and now im fully addicted.”
6 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“Its great pinball software, probably the best commercial option. I use this on my virtual pinball cabinet in cabinet mode. The graphics are great and run smooth on most machines. I prefer the Williams tables to the…”
“Love it! Runs great on legion go highly recommned if you are a pinball fan”
“I can't speak for FX3, as I've only run the new FX, but I can honestly say I'm not experiencing the problems some others have had, so perhaps their issues are not really a Pinball FX problem. My gaming PC is only mid…”
18 of the 99 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“Over 42 gb for a pinball game. You are forced to download tables locked behind a paywall. $560 worth of DLC. LAME”
“Zero stars. I paid the $23 for a pack and received only a few of the games I was expecting. After playing those games, the next day the games I paid for and played are now "trial" for purchase. I failed to get a refund.…”
“The developers refuse to fix their tables on Pinball FX Classic (FX3) so you have to rebuy them here. Ever since an update a long time ago, there have been noticeable audio bugs with many tables on FX Classic. They've…”
14 of the 99 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Over 42 gb for a pinball game. You are forced to download tables locked behind a paywall. $560 worth of DLC. LAME”
“Zero stars. I paid the $23 for a pack and received only a few of the games I was expecting. After playing those games, the next day the games I paid for and played are now "trial" for purchase. I failed to get a refund.…”
“After the tragicomic Epic-exclusive launch, I figured I'd let PFX cool for a while before jumping in but.. I'm still not gonna buy exactly the same tables again (even with a 50% discount) when there doesn't appear to be…”
9 of the 99 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This game made me give up on the idea of buying or building a digital pinball machine. It made me realize that I just need to go out and buy a real pinball machine instead. This is seriously one of the worst pinball…”
“Every loss feels cheap and unnatural (impossible angle shots coming straight back at you with no chance to save). The tables don't feel right (kickers dont fire when they should, creating cheap losses) All the extra…”
“So to get it out of the way, I like a lot of the base stuff here. Gameplay, tournaments, the CONCEPT of having a customizable pinhall. But this is Zen just being apathetic. Instead of adapting challenges back to all…”
8 of the 99 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I am not sure why a game that is over 3 years performs so poorly. I cannot in good conscious recommend this pinball game with 0 optimizations to anyone. 40.9 GB download for a pinball game. Really???”
“After the tragicomic Epic-exclusive launch, I figured I'd let PFX cool for a while before jumping in but.. I'm still not gonna buy exactly the same tables again (even with a 50% discount) when there doesn't appear to be…”
“I'm not sure what's going on, but on my PC, 100% powerful enough and with a monitor with G-SYNC, I get weird freezes and lags basically all the time regardless of the machine. On PS5 everything is silky smooth, even…”
7 of the 99 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Zero stars. I paid the $23 for a pack and received only a few of the games I was expecting. After playing those games, the next day the games I paid for and played are now "trial" for purchase. I failed to get a refund.…”
“The developers refuse to fix their tables on Pinball FX Classic (FX3) so you have to rebuy them here. Ever since an update a long time ago, there have been noticeable audio bugs with many tables on FX Classic. They've…”
“I cannot get this to fully run on my steam machine or steam deck.”
Counted across 99 English reviews (the 99 most helpful) · as of 2026-09-26
“Flipper lag seems to be fixed on Steam Machine, I haven’t checked on Deck yet.”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“A lot of the negative reviews of Pinball FX seem to focus almost entirely on pricing and the fact that tables from previous games have to be purchased again. Very little of that criticism seems to acknowledge what an extraordinary product Zen Studios has actually built. Pinball…”
— a player, Steam review · 125 hrs played“I am not recommending this game not because it isn't fun but because it forces you to redownload the game over and over again whenever there is a little update (even on tables you do not own/play!). Wanted to play this remotely? Nope you need to download a 35GB update... Forcing…”
— a player, Steam review · 50 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-24.
Latest official news
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Simulation, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Pinball · Arcade · Realistic · Retro · 1980s · 1990's · Simulation · Physics · Atmospheric · Casual · Score Attack (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 45 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64bit Processor: Intel Core [email protected] or AMD FX [email protected] / Intel Core [email protected] or Ryzen 5 [email protected] Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 960 or AMD R9 380 Storage: 42 GB available space