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Pinball FX

Zen Studios · 2023-04-13

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SimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 31, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 16, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Feb 16, 2023 (Xbox One), Feb 16, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Feb 16, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jul 06, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

Pinball FX is digital pinball evolved. Get the highest score on tables inspired by the biggest brands in entertainment. New tables arrive frequently!

Pinball FX is a Simulation and Free To Play game released in 2023, priced at free-to-play, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 2749 reviews).

73%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
60/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
3.60★
PlayStation Store rating (6,790 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)
Pinball FX is a 2023 pinball video game developed by Zen Studios. It is fourth main release in the Pinball FX series, succeeding the original Pinball FX (2007), Pinball FX 2 (2010), and Pinball FX 3/Classic (2017). It was released on February 16, 2023.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 369 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~46/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 8 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26126120232026Week of 2023-04-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.00$0.002022-03-312026-10-142022-03-31 — best price $0.002023-09-27 — best price $0.002026-08-26 — best price $0.002026-09-02 — best price $0.002026-09-09 — best price $0.002026-09-16 — best price $0.002026-09-23 — best price $0.002026-09-30 — best price $0.002026-10-07 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
84.1%
earned "Ball Launched"
0.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing65 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Post-launch support: 65 DLC released, first 2023-04-13, latest 2026-04-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)18,0371%15
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)7,0700%49
PS5 (PlayStation)4,8780%49
Steam (Steam)4,2990%44
PS4 (PlayStation)3,5510%46
PS5 (PlayStation)3,2470%49
Switch (Nintendo)3500%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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