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Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes
Developer Zing Games Inc.
Zombie Rollerz is the ultimate mashup of classic pinball, zombie defense and rogue-like! Shoot, slam and smash your way through hordes of zombies and epic boss fights. Select your hero, it’s time to become a pinball wizard! From the Steam store page
148 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Oct 27, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
82
LovedLoved
112 positive · 24 negative
95% range 75–88%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 112 | 24 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Lemmy * | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
124 of 149 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
83% recommend · 114 yes, 24 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 138 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (334 of 401 positive).
Players find the pinball and roguelite blend surprisingly fun and addictive. [1][2][3] Many note the game feels easy initially but becomes more engaging with higher difficulties and unlocks. [4][5][6] Some reviewers criticize repetitive gameplay and a slow start that can become a slog. [7][8][9]
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- [9]
If pinball without any sense of flow and bumpers everywhere sounds fun then this is right up your alley. Each level takes about twice as long to complete as the time it remained interesting, leaving you in a boring slog forward with 'tables' where shots are impossible and any sense of flow is ruined by the time dilation effect when the ball rolls across the flippers.
- [1]
Bringing classic gameplay mechanics into modern games is a trend that has seen a wide range of successes and failures. Pinball may be one of the oldest mechanics used for this purpose and one that has had some innovative implementations. Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes isn’t the most direct manifestation of that classic game, but it does expand on the addictive qualities of bouncing balls and flashing lights to make …
- [2]
ZOMBIE ROLLERZ is a Nice Change of Pace – Review (Spoiler-Free) Video Review: https://youtu.be/gCcuKeORgbs Steam Curator: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42044015/ TBH, I expected exactly nothing from Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes—a mobile port with a silly name and even sillier-looking gameplay. But I'll be darned if this little title didn’t turn out to be the most fun I’ve had with a game since... well, …
- [7]
I'm rating this as a Yes for the gameplay in the stages, because the actual pinball levels are a lot of fun, but if it was a rating for all the stuff around the pinball levels it would be a massive thumbs down. I'm not a huge fan of roguelite at the best of times but here its a real drag, if you want to complete the game with all the characters at all you're going to be going through the first world a good few times …
- [3]
This game is a neat blend of the classic pinball and zombie defense gameplay, but with a surprising amount of well-developed rougelite mechanics. It sounds like a weird mix on paper, but it just works. There are a lot of items, abilities, and 10 different playable characters, so every run feels unique. The game at first can seem a little easy, as you can get by pretty easily without much thought about your build and …
Summarised from 34 of the 150 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes sits at 82% positive across 136 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 148 · most liked firstIt's a cool game just not for me. A lot less pinball than I expected, ball slow rolls on the bumper everytime so it's super easy to aim. Some arenas are even just an emty box so you just sit there spamming q,w,e, space and shift whenever ready. Game is also super easy, i think this title is better suited for kids.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bringing classic gameplay mechanics into modern games is a trend that has seen a wide range of successes and failures. Pinball may be one of the oldest mechanics used for this purpose and one that has had some innovative implementations. Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes isn’t the most direct manifestation of that classic game, but it does expand on the addictive qualities of bouncing balls and flashing lights to make something that’s pretty easy to get sucked into. Abbreviated Review:…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If pinball without any sense of flow and bumpers everywhere sounds fun then this is right up your alley. Each level takes about twice as long to complete as the time it remained interesting, leaving you in a boring slog forward with 'tables' where shots are impossible and any sense of flow is ruined by the time dilation effect when the ball rolls across the flippers.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To keep it short. Yes if you like digital pinball not just digital reproductions. This game hooked me quickly although felt easy (maybe me) until I unlocked hard and then completed all characters usually first go one easy. It then became a somewhat slog; this does have rogue light elements. Anyways after stumbling though a number of plays thinking it didn't have much to offer.. The skills then started to acquire secondary skills and it was interesting again. I feel I will easily complete Hard…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like other reviews have pointed out, the game is rather boring. It has a slow pace without much going on, and perhaps it ramps up after a few levels, but I'm not going to sit here and bore myself to death for a half hour hoping it gets better. It needs to be engaging from the start, otherwise I'm not going to waste my time. Neat concept, but poor execution. I'm glad I paid less than a dollar.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Funny game with nice graphics.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ZOMBIE ROLLERZ is a Nice Change of Pace – Review (Spoiler-Free) Video Review: https://youtu.be/gCcuKeORgbs Steam Curator: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42044015/ TBH, I expected exactly nothing from Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes—a mobile port with a silly name and even sillier-looking gameplay. But I'll be darned if this little title didn’t turn out to be the most fun I’ve had with a game since... well, late January, but I play way too many games it’s... it’s bad, y’all. And, like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →would be cool if i could play this game. unfortunately no input detected in menu. or frozen. cant tell. anyway pls fix ty
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wish I could give game this a positive review. I love the mechanics of the game, the goofy self awareness of some of the characters, the progression path to unlock things, the music and sound effects are good and satisfying, the game balancing is relatively fair for the assumed younger target audience. It has a lot of things I really do enjoy, but it is simply not to necessary quality which a game should have on release at the current time (4/26/22) Some things can be excused (choppy…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i played enough to know its worth it is rogue-like is pinball is lots of cute zombies getting balls in the face is funny text banter is good sound effects
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's fairly enjoyable. At 15 hours into the game, I have unlocked each character and beat the game with each. The first two characters unlock Hard difficulty, then you beat Hard to unlock Hell. I stuck to Hard to beat the game with each character once, but I will probably jump up to Hell now. The score, which gets a significant multiplier as you go up in difficulty, is what unlocks the different skills and items you will encounter randomly in each play through, and there are a LOT, maybe…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game was pure painful and spiteful grind to 100%. After Last Ship I was expecting nice combo of pinball and roguelike. This is not it. Apparently its sequel of mobile game and port to pc of one. Every element is there but game is painful RNG dependant slog in every aspect. Starting with good, game retain cartoon style of previous games. Has big selection of different heroes and progression system that improve a lot, if not most of items, skills, etc. in game. So where lies the problem? In…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ZOMBIE ROLLERZ: Pinball hero is an essential steam deck rouge like pinball game. Only $3 right now. I've been screaming to the rooftops about this game, it deserves so much more love. It runs amazing on deck and looks great when ballooned to full screen due to the artstyle.
positive · AI labelView post →bad port of a mobile game. will not recognize keyboard and mouse *at all* if you have a controller plugged in... which is some 1999 level programmin. performance can tank heavily on busy boards. sounds are, in a word, annoying. the premise is interesting, but it doesn't really do anything interesting with it. everything is VERY easy. they even have a stopper between the paddles so you can't lose the ball. secrets are unexciting. bosses are more annoying hp/defense sponges than a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm rating this as a Yes for the gameplay in the stages, because the actual pinball levels are a lot of fun, but if it was a rating for all the stuff around the pinball levels it would be a massive thumbs down. I'm not a huge fan of roguelite at the best of times but here its a real drag, if you want to complete the game with all the characters at all you're going to be going through the first world a good few times even if you manage it on a single run each time, and you won't manage it on a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →4 years later and it still has interface bugs that lock the game up. Gross.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This could've been something if it had better ball physics but it feels like sh**.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surprisingly fun if a little tedious at times. Let me explain. The pinball aspect is pretty fun, with some nice powers you can level up and nothing to frustrating, at least on normal. Hell mode is a different story, but hey replayability, right? I dont like having to start a new game each time, and that is my biggest complaint about an otherwise nice time waster. At the time this is 80% on sale (USD$2,99), but I am sure I got it in a bundle somewhere... At that discount I would give it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a quick try on this game, as recommended by my friend Mr. A-Jey. It is really a funny and interesting game. I believe I shall spend some time on it for fun! By the way, this game can run in Windows 7, even it is not mentioned in the requirements of the game store page! Edited at 5 hr of gameplay: It appears that the game is a bit hard at the beginning, as long as you have more unlocks, the game shall be easier to progress.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried to like the game but it is full of game breaking bugs. i shot the ball into one of the crates on the first level and it just gets stuck and keeps saying bang bang bang. Then when i try to shoot the catapult the ball goes out then comes back over and over and over again. Like i said i wanna like it but damn two major game breaking bugs within the first 5 mins of me playing. Geeeeeeeez.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The tower defense on wheels zombie survival roguelite game ZOMBIE ROLLERZ: THE LAST SHIP has been released for PC. More details here: entertainment-factor.blogspot.com/2025/06/zomb... #games #pcgames #indiegames #zombierollerz #zombierollerzthelastship #roguelike @officialwwgames.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →It's an incredibly stimulating game - although when it comes to player agency the skill ceiling seems relatively low. I had no problem pushing through to the first ending on my first play through. I had a lot of fun with it but currently am not really looking to push through multiple playthroughs beyond trying out the new characters as the plot is kind of weak and gameplay variety and choice within runs is limited I applaud this game for trying something new - but its difficult to map the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →zombies, pinball, rpg elements, and rogue-lite so what's not to like? you'll start with one of the characters with 4 states Stam/HP, STR/phys attacks (ball, flappers, some spells), INT/magic attacks, and Luck/Crit. as you play you'll get upgrades and special moves to help you fight undead hoards. you'll start on a randomly generated level that you need to get to the end of before the level is covered in hazards. these will spawn behind you after every fight and will take some hp from you for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a neat blend of the classic pinball and zombie defense gameplay, but with a surprising amount of well-developed rougelite mechanics. It sounds like a weird mix on paper, but it just works. There are a lot of items, abilities, and 10 different playable characters, so every run feels unique. The game at first can seem a little easy, as you can get by pretty easily without much thought about your build and pathing across the overworld. However, if you put in the time to unlock the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a really fun game. Lots of items, levels, puzzles, and characters to unlock and play. Who knew we needed a pinball roguelite in our lives.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My Top 10 Most Played Games on Steam (hours) Rollercoaster Tycoon Deluxe - 170.4 Stardew Valley - 148.4 Idle Slayer - 106.4 Plants Vs Zombies - 63.5 Sonic Rumble - 47.9 Sonic Adventure 2 - 45.4 Zombie Rollerz: 22 Colouring Game 3 - 20.4 Audiosurf - 17.2 Unreal Tournament 2004 - 16.7
neutral · AI labelView post →A bullet heaven that puts you in a ship against hordes of the undead! 🧟 Upgrade your ship and mow through crowds of enemies in Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship, the colourful and chaotic new survivor game. www.qualbert.com/reviews/zomb... #IndieGame #IndieDev #BulletHeaven #PC
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm not normally a pinball player, but I have really been enjoying the variety of challenges presented by this game. The mix of zombie combat via pinball and skill mechanics as well as the physics play to try and hit those sweet spots for high scores has been really enthralling. The little puzzle challenges for power ups and the boss battles have added an extra little bit of spice into a tried and true form of entertainment. The only minor negitive is the sound tracks get old when doing long…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My top 10 most played games on steam (hours) 1. Rollercoaster Tycoon Deluxe 2. Stardew Valley 3. Idle Slayer 4. Plants Vs Zombies 5. Sonic Rumble Party 6. Sonic Adventure 2 7. Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes 8. Colouring Game 3 9. Audiosurf 10. Unreal Tournament 2004
neutral · AI labelView post →Surprisingly fun but I don't know if I can be bothered replaying it after beating it once. So this is a recommend if you can get it cheap and you happen to be interested in a pinball style game. It has a really slow start when you don't have many skills and doesn't ramp up in entertainment until you've got more buttons to press. But then at that point you can start to get into levels where they start to drag on due to respawning enemies. I wasn't interested in the dialogue or story either.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its pretty boring, you cant lose from what I've seen so far. Not really interested in playing more.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The combo pinball, roguelite, rpg that you never knew you wanted. A fun pinball game with basic tables, no loops, no crazy ramps. The main variety is the different characters (balls) there are. It plays just well on the steam deck, but more variety would be nice. You're basically just playing through the same campaign (maybe 10 stages?) over and over.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute bite-sized zombie pinball game with and efficient but very conventional roguelite layer added on top. Pretty good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →my keyboard and controller wont work so i cant even click start or move :(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →7/10 Roguelite Pinball somebody was on drugs when they came up with the idea for this game a few of the bosses are insane, even when playing on normal first one i ran into crushed me before i could even do 5% of the health they had
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Soft recommend from me here. I like goofy roguelikes and this game was quite enjoyable for the first few hours, but there's just not enough change for gameplay not to be repetitive. The runs are already long (about 30-40 minutes) so when you don't get anything new for the next run it can be quite discouraging to keep going. Other than that, gameplay is suprisingly fun and fluid for just being pinball and the art style is pretty funny, so still check it out if you're interested, the price is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really fun pinball style game, runs great on Steam Deck also!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Written By Hidden Gems Review : https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38624426/, Follow me! Here you can see my Gameplay : https://youtu.be/Qi_CPpSyESk Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes is a Pinball Roguelite game. The games looks like rollers of the realm but it's very far from that in fact, Zombie Rollerz is a pinball where the core of the game is a pinball where the ball it's used for kill zombies, but with really nice touches of roguelite sinces you need upgrade the skills unlocks perks…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I reviewed Zombie Rollerz, which is a survival game where you use your vehicle to mow down zombies, for @indiegamesplus.com: #indiegame #games #videogame indiegamesplus.com/zombie-rolle...
neutral · AI labelView post →Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes, developed by Zing Games Inc. and published by Daedalic Entertainment, is a wild and surprisingly inventive fusion of pinball, tower defense, and roguelike elements. At first glance, it’s easy to dismiss the game as a quirky novelty, but beneath its cartoonish surface lies a genuinely creative experience that thrives on chaos, charm, and unexpected depth. The concept alone is enough to turn heads—battling zombies using pinball mechanics—but what’s even more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hell Difficulty is pretty challenging until you get the hang of it but whyy the hell are the achievements for the difficulty separated. If I clear a run on the hardest difficulty, why do i need to replay the lower ones for said achievs....lame sauce
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun as a casual game with very light pinball mechanics. Not very challenging or elaborate for true pinball heads. Also, levels tend to run just a bit longer than they feel fun. Still, decent game for kids or a way to introduce people to pinball.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to recommend this game. I am an old school pinball enthusiast. I still remember the Pinball Arcades and how I would scour the town for cans and bottles to recycle so I could grind a few dollars to play... So when video pinball games became a thing, you can bet I was all over it. I really loved the old Pinball RPG for NES way back in the day... All that aside, this game has a lot of great things going for it outside of actual pinball play, but mostly feels like proof of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a very unique pinball game that I had a lot more fun with then I expected. The different characters have different starting 'pinballs' and some are WAY better than others but you can still succeed and build around each. The key to the game is leveling up through the 'item map' as you will obtain good effects on all the gear! With patience comes results. A great pick up that should garner you hours of fun, especially if you find it on sale!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What can I say about this game? I've never played anything quite like this before (and as a result, a lot of the story stuff referenced from the mobile game I never played goes over my head). BUT. I like it. I'm not bored. I keep coming back for more. It's fun. It's got a very unique premise. I just wish I could find more words to describe how utterly off-the-wall this game really is.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not a bad game. But it quickly becomes repetitive and emphasizes grinding. The levels are few and short. Some bug. Preferably with a discount.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I normally dislike Rouge likes, and that is my least favorite part of this game, but this game is brilliant! I play it in my virtual pinball cabinet. It is functional playing on a vertical screen, but as of now, it is obvious not intended to be play this way. But it is so much fun playing it with true pinball controls. Most of my play time was with the free preview, but I bought it as soon as it was available.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surprisingly fun for such a weird concept, although I must admit some heroes feel so ♥♥♥♥ in comparison to others. Boards are typically pretty varied so the experience will continue to feel fresh for multiple hours to come. Unlockables are nice. Music is ok.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some things are still broken but game is unique and just fun so yea, its good. wish they fixed some simple problems like some secret rooms being inaccessible
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun game buy it if youre big
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I could play this game with my eyes closed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its not pinball, its not a dungeon crawl, its not an A-RPG.. but it seems to combine the worst of all those genres. Combined with atrocious grammatical and spelling issues, terribly twee J-RPG style graphics and no explanation of how the 'overworld' map is supposed to work, if I was still within my timeframe to refund, I absolutely would, even for the super low sale price I paid. Feels kind of like a weird bullet-hell... but with a pinball? In a fiery helmet?? Trying to be a samurai warrior…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fun pinball game with a lot of upgrades and okay roguelike mechanics. No idea what is going on with the story tho.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dying once forces you to restart the entire game. RIP over an hour of progress.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Hero was $3 and I love every minute I play of it. Its best on the steam deck, sitting on the couch watching some TV with your SO.
positive · AI labelView post →Pop-cap vibe game. pretty nice game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cute, fast paced, and challenging pinball dungeon crawler/roguelite thing. the game rewards careful aiming & selection of power ups, also paying attention to your *health* & the various trigger items on each board. protip: if you thought it sounded fun, but were put off by the uptight reviews, ignore them. seriously, it's fun & well put together.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun, relaxing, and a bit more challenging than meets the eye. I was skeptical that it could really be a rouge-lite of any substance, but as I progressed and the game unfolded, it became apparent that this is a gem of a non-pinball pinball game. Its FUN, let me repeat, ITS FUN, its relaxing, its a bit more challenging than you might assume at first blush... maybe a kids game, maybe not... ggs all, its worth a few bucks. A pinball enthusiast, Luc1f3r B0b & Mgmt.. Hail Pinball!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →9/10 Really fun pinball-action-arcade game with noteworthy progression and unlocks. Great job on the creativity.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is such a unique take on a rouge-like. I love the pinball mechanic but get bored of it on nomral solo pinball games, but the structure of this game actually gives me a reason to comeback and keep playing. Worth it at $8 that I got it for, but $15 its still a decent deal... if you like Rouge-likes. You'll be able to put a good chunk of hours into it. Looking forward to getting into it hard for a week, then forgetting for a few months, and have the cycle repeat.
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