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Stern Pinball Arcade cover art

Stern Pinball Arcade

FarSight Studios, Inc. · 2016-12-23

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

CasualSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person, Side view, Virtual Reality

Releases: Dec 12, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), TBD (Oculus Rift), Dec 23, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 18, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Dec 29, 2016 (Xbox One), Dec 21, 2016 (Android)

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Stern Pinball Arcade is a Casual and Simulation game released in 2016, free-to-play, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Negative review sentiment (36% of 289 reviews).

0
playing now
36%
positive of 289 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
40/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
3.69★
PlayStation Store rating (4,868 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Stern Pinball Arcade is a pinball simulation video game developed by FarSight Studios and a spin-off of their earlier title The Pinball Arcade. This game includes recreations of pinball machines manufactured or licensed by Stern Pinball Inc., which also owns the rights to machines from Data East and Sega Pinball.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (72 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 7 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
484820162026Week of 2016-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.00$0.002016-12-242026-10-112016-12-24 — best price $0.002026-08-30 — best price $0.002026-09-06 — best price $0.002026-09-13 — best price $0.002026-09-20 — best price $0.002026-09-27 — best price $0.002026-10-04 — best price $0.002026-10-11 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2642026-06-02 — 16 pageviews2026-06-06 — 14 pageviews2026-06-10 — 15 pageviews2026-06-14 — 9 pageviews2026-06-18 — 14 pageviews2026-06-22 — 11 pageviews2026-06-26 — 14 pageviews2026-06-30 — 21 pageviews2026-07-04 — 11 pageviews2026-07-08 — 10 pageviews2026-07-12 — 8 pageviews2026-07-16 — 14 pageviews2026-07-20 — 14 pageviews2026-07-24 — 22 pageviews2026-07-28 — 18 pageviews2026-08-01 — 9 pageviews2026-08-05 — 11 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 13 pageviews2026-08-17 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 19 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 pageviews2026-08-29 — 10 pageviews2026-09-02 — 14 pageviews2026-09-06 — 20 pageviews2026-09-10 — 9 pageviews2026-09-14 — 16 pageviews2026-09-18 — 7 pageviews2026-09-22 — 19 pageviews2026-09-26 — 16 pageviews2026-09-30 — 11 pageviews2026-10-04 — 10 pageviews2026-10-08 — 9 pageviews2026-10-11 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
23.5%
earned "Last Action Hero High Score"
3.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing11 DLC

Post-launch support: 11 DLC released, first 2016-12-27, latest 2017-11-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)5,5550%8
Xbox One (Xbox)4370%36
Steam (Steam)3871%33
Switch (Nintendo)900%0
Switch (Nintendo)130%0
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

ArcadeCasualPinballSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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