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Pinball FX Classic cover art

Pinball FX Classic

Zen Studios · 2017-09-26

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

Simulation

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

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.

Pinball FX Classic is a 2017 Simulation game that is free-to-play, with a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 5436 reviews) and an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners.

58
playing now
88%
positive of 5.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

58 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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
  • · 58 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 5% of 16,607 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 8 of 8 observed days · at its all-time low (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

108422026-09-14 21:00 — 78 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 58 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 66 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 84 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 65 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 61 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 78 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 62 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 43 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 92 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 57 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 42 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 92 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 63 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 51 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 108 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 72 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 48 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 64 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 93 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 71 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 61 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 90 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 58 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2640Jul 2017Aug 2026Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 12Oct 2017 — avg 100 · peak 282Jan 2018 — avg 76 · peak 183Apr 2018 — avg 65 · peak 121Jul 2018 — avg 59 · peak 110Oct 2018 — avg 92 · peak 234Jan 2019 — avg 93 · peak 179Apr 2019 — avg 90 · peak 149Jul 2019 — avg 101 · peak 181Oct 2019 — avg 98 · peak 199Jan 2020 — avg 129 · peak 228Apr 2020 — avg 264 · peak 796Jul 2020 — avg 139 · peak 245Oct 2020 — avg 141 · peak 276Jan 2021 — avg 167 · peak 309Apr 2021 — avg 168 · peak 261Jul 2021 — avg 165 · peak 269Oct 2021 — avg 169 · peak 272Jan 2022 — avg 221 · peak 372Apr 2022 — avg 212 · peak 358Jul 2022 — avg 182 · peak 279Oct 2022 — avg 176 · peak 281Jan 2023 — avg 228 · peak 372Apr 2023 — avg 198 · peak 339Jul 2023 — avg 143 · peak 224Oct 2023 — avg 127 · peak 212Jan 2024 — avg 162 · peak 274Apr 2024 — avg 131 · peak 207Jul 2024 — avg 119 · peak 198Oct 2024 — avg 102 · peak 163Jan 2025 — avg 128 · peak 205Apr 2025 — avg 102 · peak 158Jul 2025 — avg 89 · peak 143Oct 2025 — avg 93 · peak 155Jan 2026 — avg 94 · peak 170Apr 2026 — avg 81 · peak 143Jul 2026 — avg 74 · peak 116Aug 2026 — avg 78 · peak 132
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$23.97$0.002018-06-102026-10-142018-06-10 — best price $23.972020-04-03 — 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

45172026-06-02 — 31 pageviews2026-06-06 — 23 pageviews2026-06-10 — 24 pageviews2026-06-14 — 23 pageviews2026-06-18 — 27 pageviews2026-06-22 — 42 pageviews2026-06-26 — 38 pageviews2026-06-30 — 34 pageviews2026-07-04 — 36 pageviews2026-07-08 — 27 pageviews2026-07-12 — 45 pageviews2026-07-16 — 30 pageviews2026-07-20 — 25 pageviews2026-07-24 — 38 pageviews2026-07-28 — 34 pageviews2026-08-01 — 37 pageviews2026-08-05 — 31 pageviews2026-08-09 — 32 pageviews2026-08-13 — 25 pageviews2026-08-17 — 41 pageviews2026-08-21 — 42 pageviews2026-08-25 — 26 pageviews2026-08-29 — 22 pageviews2026-09-02 — 39 pageviews2026-09-06 — 39 pageviews2026-09-10 — 19 pageviews2026-09-14 — 37 pageviews2026-09-18 — 30 pageviews2026-09-22 — 23 pageviews2026-09-26 — 32 pageviews2026-09-30 — 23 pageviews2026-10-04 — 31 pageviews2026-10-08 — 38 pageviews2026-10-12 — 24 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 34 DLC released, first 2017-09-26, latest 2022-03-10 (Steam store data)

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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