Pinball FX Classic

Pinball FX Classic

Worth it · Strategy · 2017

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

PLAY IT.

Worth it, and it costs nothing.

PriceS
Free to play
Reviews▼
88% of 5,450
Critics
89 players 1 lower
Genre rank
Top 4% Strategy

Holding it back: Reach, Reviews

Time and effort

Finish
2% reach the ending
Achievements
110

Players and genre

Online
69 now
Better reviewed
92% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

58% start to 2% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Its score puts it in the top 4 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 92 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Learn to Fly 3 (free, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats Pinball Arcade (free, scores 38).

It is still busy. 69 players were online when we last checked, on Nov 7, 05:46 UTC, across 42 days of weekly checks.

More about Pinball FX Classic

Steam's global achievement data puts about 2 percent of players at this game's ending achievement.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Engagement2% finish
How far players get (achievements). It can only add points
MonetizationNone
No in-game purchases. Paid DLC exists and is not docked
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 87% after the small-sample adjustment
Reach750K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
For context
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

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.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvida GTS 450 or AMD equivalent, 6 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: length (HowLongToBeat).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Pinball FX Classic scores 72/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/442120/pinball-fx-classic
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 14. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-1
Critics89
Players88
Metacritic critics · 5,450 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperZen Studios
PublisherZen Studios
GenreStrategy
Released2017
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements110