Pinball FX

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 free to play, pinball and arcade game developed and published by Zen Studios.
Released on April 13th 2023 is available only on Windows.

It has received 1,857 reviews of which 1,267 were positive and 590 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.6 out of 10. 😐

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Pinball FX into these genres:

Free to Play Pinball Arcade Realistic Retro 1980s 1990's Simulation Physics Atmospheric Casual Score Attack Family Friendly 3D Relaxing Singleplayer Local Multiplayer Asynchronous Multiplayer 4 Player Local Top-Down

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Requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K@3.3GHz or AMD FX 6300@3.5GHz / Intel Core i7-4770K@3.5GHz or Ryzen 5 1500X@3.5GHz
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 960 or AMD R9 380
Storage: 35 GB available space

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

I have literally made several videos in which I have praised Pinball FX calling it both the "best value proposition in gaming" by comparing the cost of playing real machines to the FX recreations and I also called Pinball FX "the best Live Service game" because they have removed the strange paid currency from the game and they have been updating and tweaking the tables to make them better. It's actually baffling that I could have played this game for a year without reviewing it but now i'm 500 hours deep and I have entered my Wizard Ascention which is a period of rapid improvement where players start collecting wizard modes and table awards that seemed impossible before and crushing their previous high scores with ease and I wouldn't be crushing Wizard Modes if Pinball FX wasn't an amazing experience that deserves much much better than "mixed reviews".

Oct. 2024

I've always loved pinball, but never fully got dedicated enough to learn the ins & outs of the rules of various tables. After playing real tables locally, I decided to use the various virtual pinball simulations available on PC to help figure out the rulesets so that I could improve when playing pinball in person. I have quickly become hooked, and Pinball FX has become my game of choice when it comes to virtual pinball. I still enjoy The Pinball Arcade from time to time, as I like its recreations of the Gottlieb & Stern tables (the Bally/Williams tables were good as well, but they're no longer available), that said, it has since been abandoned by the developer, and so much needed updates to both the physics engine & the simply the way the program itself runs will never come. Pinball FX is a vastly more enjoyable experience. VPX is excellent in that it has a TON of tables available, and pulls off the physics extremely well, but there are a lot of quirks that I found frustrating. I also really enjoy the online features that Pinball FX has, such as leaderboards, challenges and tournaments, but that's not really the focus of something like VPX. I do use it for tables that I can't play on Pinball FX, but in general, I just find Pinball FX to be a more enjoyable experience. Maybe I'd feel differently if I was using a virtual pinball table, but for desktop PC play, I gravitate towards Pinball FX when I can. I will also say that I'm baffled when people say that Pinball FX runs poorly compared to Pinball FX 3 - of course, that may be earlier versions of Pinball FX, or it may just be a difference in in hardware that leads to something wonky, but when Pinball FX runs MUCH more smoothly on my older PC (i7 8700K with a 1070ti). "Your mileage may vary", of course, but that's my experience. I will also say that I find the physics in Pinball FX to be satisfying, and realistic enough that it's made me a much better player when I play on the real thing. All in all, I highly recommend Pinball FX, based on my experience with it. Personally, I wish there were more recreations of real tables, but I get that there's an audience that prefers video pinball over recreations, so I get it.. Still, the recreations that are there are very well done.

Aug. 2024

These simulations are incredibly realistic with all the tension, frustration and joy of success that comes with playing physical tables. The added bonus comes in the form of often witty animations to complement the game play. A lot of attention has been paid to getting the voice prompts right.

July 2024

Love it,, Besides having to re-buy everything previosly purchased, you heard that correctly,,Everything I already owned on previous versions of same games,🤪 crazy

July 2024

Really enjoyed the attention to detail here and I plan to buy more tables. The intro sequence walking into the arcade, with the 80's floor and synth music was just the way it was when I was a kid, and having 100+ tables to purchase and unlock is pretty great too. It's been a long time since I was mocked by the dummy in Funhouse, but now we're reunited and it feels so good. The biggest downers here are the UI is overly complicated for no good reason and the download is 38gb, even though I only have 7 tables for the game. Still, worth it in my book.

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Steam data	16 December 2024 00:48
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Steam reviews	22 December 2024 23:46

Free to play

6.6

1,267

590

Developer

Zen Studios

Publisher

Zen Studios

Release 13 Apr 2023

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