Hot Pinball Thrills

Hot Pinball Thrills is a set of three pinball tables laid out on an ancient pinball simulator. The release date says 2015 but the game seems much older than that. While you get 4K support, the game assets are so low poly and the textures so low resolution that this still somehow looks like it's running at 640x480 or something. You can even see the edges of the polys on the ball! Likewise, choosing 4K resolution doesn't help the aspect ratio for the game... it looks squashed somehow, like it's 4:3 stretched (it may very well be). This game just doesn't look right on modern displays. Putting the substandard visuals aside, the gameplay is equally poor... the pinball physics are just off. The ball will bounce at angles you don't expect. It bounces a little too high and too fast. Catching and trapping the ball is equally ineptly done and just doesn't feel right or play right. The poor quality of this game is reflected by how many people spent time with it. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 3 players. This is a remarkably low number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading i…

Fun pinball with a nice variety of tables. I am at a complete loss to explain all the hateful comments and ratings. Some are absurd. One person said you can't control the speed of the ball at launch. So what? If that's a deal-killer for you, ask for a refund and only buy tables which offer this feature. Don't write a nasty review. I love pinball and own almost every table available on Steam. I set up a game room in my home with a 55 inch UHD TV and X-Box controller. There are many tables "better" than these, which also cost more. There are tables not as good which cost more. If you buy something and don't like it just drop the drama, get a refund and move on. To quote Bart Simpson: "Don't have a cow, man."

These tables are very enjoyable and creative. I am thoroughly enjoying them.

It´s three Pinball tables ... generic as it can become. The Sex sell attitude doesn´t work here. It´s as sexy as an oil change. If you pay one Dollar it might me okay but three is already definetely too much here. There are waaaaay better Pinball games out there.

Hot Pinball Thrills, developed by Fancy Bytes and Reactor and published by United Independent Entertainment, is a digital arcade pinball game that embraces the straightforward appeal of classic pinball while adding a stylish presentation and multiple themed tables. Rather than attempting to reinvent the genre, it focuses on delivering a polished interpretation of traditional pinball where quick reflexes, precise timing, and high-score chasing remain at the center of the experience. Players are presented with three uniquely themed tables inspired by a beach, a car wash, and a cabaret-style venue, each bringing its own atmosphere while preserving the familiar mechanics that have defined pinball for decades. The gameplay is built around realistic ball physics and responsive controls, allowing every successful shot to feel rewarding. Ramps, bumpers, lanes, and targets are positioned to encourage players to learn the layout of each table through repeated attempts. Although the basic objective is always to keep the ball in play and accumulate points, every table introduces slightly different shot opportunities and scoring patterns that help distinguish one environment from another. The …

One thing to clear up is, this is not an "adult" game, or even a very suggestive one, as the title would seem to imply. One reviewer describes it as being about as sexy as an oil change. I think that, ironically, makes it sound far dirtier than the rather chaste experience on offer here. Mind you, i'm not complaining. I'm here for a pinball game, and for the price, this one is not half bad! The "Moulin Rouge" table plays the best, IMO, and is a far better theme than the generic "Beach" and "Car Wash." Though these other two included tables still have board features that demonstrate some care and thought went into the design. Definitely, as other reviewers have mentioned, turn off V-Sync to improve the physics, and while you're at it, check that the detail is set to max. As the game defaulted it to a lower setting for me, for some reason. Of course, if you put this collection up against all-time classics or original tables from the big names in digital pinball, it's not going to hold up in that comparison. But even as I was typing that, just now, I realized that there are a handful of tables in those other collections which, for all their higher production values, I'm actually les…