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Pinball FX Classic cover art

Pinball FX Classic

Zen Studios · 2017-09-26

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Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 26, 2017 (Xbox One), Sep 26, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 12, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 26, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Pinball FX Classic is the biggest, most community focused pinball game ever created. Multiplayer matchups, user generated tournaments and league play create endless opportunity for pinball competition.

102
playing now
88%
positive of 5.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

102 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Pinball FX Classic is a pinball simulator video game developed and published by Zen Studios and is the sequel to Pinball FX 2. It was released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 in September 2017 and then released for the Nintendo Switch in December 2017. A follow-up called Pinball FX was released in February 16, 2023. The game was renamed from Pinball FX 3 to Pinball FX Classic on some platforms in April 2026.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 102 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 162 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 6,703 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $23.97 at Steam (2018-06-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25125120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

117392026-08-06 22:00 — 83 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 58 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 74 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 84 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 56 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 76 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 86 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 58 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 68 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 74 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 39 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 70 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 69 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 49 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 61 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 73 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 54 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 72 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 83 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 70 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 72 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 115 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 79 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 89 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 111 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 92 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 76 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 98 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 72 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 102 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Twitch viewers

702026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
58.3%
earned "Feel the power"
2.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing34 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,4980%110

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.

Player tags

Retro1990'sArcadeCasualPhysicsPinballRelaxingTop-DownSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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