[3] Multiplayer games are won by being the first to achieve the set high score, which can be adjusted from 10 to 100 million points.

[7] A third table featuring characters, sounds and music from Street Fighter II Turbo was released November 12, 2008.

[10] ^a Free downloadable content ^b Paid downloadable content ^c Also available on other major Zen Studios pinball games Pinball FX was first revealed to the press November 7, 2006 at a Microsoft press event in San Francisco.

[1] The game has been delisted from Xbox Live Arcade as all content can be imported into Pinball FX 2.

"[3] GameSpot's Jeff Gerstmann praised the addition of online multiplayer, stating that it "has some neat ideas that keep things interesting a bit longer.

"[17] Eurogamer's Dan Whitehead was more critical, stating use of the Xbox Live Vision camera was "an oddly remote and distant way of playing.

"[3] "For the most part the physics in Pinball FX hold up, but there are a few issues that harm the overall experience" stated Hilary Goldstein of IGN.

Hilary Goldstein of IGN felt the game did not have enough features, stating it had "three mediocre boards, a couple-hundred Achievement Points, and little else.

"[18] Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot also criticized the variety, calling the table designs "generic", adding that they "grow old quickly.

After many months following its initial announcenment in 2021, with only a few updates on its developmental status, the game entered early access exclusively on the Epic Games Store on March 31, 2022[22] and was released digitally as a free-to-play service on eighth- and ninth-generation consoles, along with Microsoft Windows, on February 16, 2023,[23] with a version for Nintendo Switch later that year.