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PinBuilder

Propulsion Studios · 2023-06-02

Steam

ActionCasualSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 02, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Have you ever wanted to design your own pinball machine? Then build it? And then play it? You can do all of that and more with PinBuilder!

PinBuilder is an Action, Casual, Simulation, and Early Access game priced at $9.99 and released in 2023, with an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (53% of 17 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
53%
positive of 17 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 82% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 5 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520232026Week of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$4.992023-06-022026-07-092023-06-02 — best price $29.992023-07-10 — best price $29.992023-08-21 — best price $29.992023-11-06 — best price $29.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-01-22 — best price $29.992024-02-28 — best price $29.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-04-22 — best price $29.992024-06-08 — best price $29.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-08-19 — best price $29.992024-10-01 — best price $29.992024-11-04 — best price $10.492024-11-12 — best price $29.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-01-25 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-04-08 — best price $29.992025-05-19 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-07-21 — best price $29.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
7.6%
earned "Play a Full Game"
0.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DRetroActionArcadePhysicsPinballSandboxBuildingCraftingModdable

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.