Visual Pinball
Pinball game in Games & consoles
A free, highly customizable pinball simulator with a large community and many free tables; people report it runs well on Linux, Mac and mobile.
A free, highly customizable pinball simulator with a large community and many free tables; people report it runs well on Linux, Mac and mobile.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Highly customizable with active community
“Stick to only Visual Pinball (not older emulators like Future Pinball)”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “Space Cadet Pinball on Linux” “it's really mind-blowingly great and supported by a huge, very active community”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “Space Cadet Pinball on Linux” Large library of free tables
“Stick to only Visual Pinball (not older emulators like Future Pinball)”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “Space Cadet Pinball on Linux” “amazing tables people have made for them all available for free”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “Space Cadet Pinball on Linux” Runs well on Linux and other platforms
“VPX now runs on Linux, Mac, iOS, and Android. And it runs great on those platforms”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “Space Cadet Pinball on Linux” “It works fairly well for me in Linux on WINE, even with Visual PinMAME.”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “Space Cadet Pinball on Linux” “last time i tried on Debian it just worked”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “Space Cadet Pinball on Linux”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space Cadet Pinball | 15 | 4 | 79% | 3 | — | — |
| Visual PinballThis page | 6 | 2 | 75% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“VPin rewards that effort by enabling unbelievably high-quality, flexibility, customization, community enhancements and an ever-growing library of amazing content”
“Stick to only Visual Pinball (not older emulators like Future Pinball)”
“last time i tried on Debian it just worked”
“it's really mind-blowingly great and supported by a huge, very active community”
“It works fairly well for me in Linux on WINE, even with Visual PinMAME.”
“It just hangs and crashes no matter what I do or try on Linux/Mac.”
“You might want to check this one for Visual Pinball”
“VPX now runs on Linux, Mac, iOS, and Android. And it runs great on those platforms”
“amazing tables people have made for them all available for free”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.