Venom

Name: Venom
Brand: Stern Pinball Inc.
Rating: 82.7 (1 reviews)

Currently In Production

Updated October 2026

Stern Pinball Inc.2023|Pinside IPDB

83/100

Fun Score

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Game Info

Players step into the role of Venom, a parasitic symbiote with the capability to hijack other beings, as they take down the source of their invasive species.

Game type: Solid State

Display type: LCD

Players: 4

MPU: Stern SPIKE 2 System

Tags:2020s,Licensed,Solid State,Comics,Progression Mechanics,Superhero,Fantasy,Marvel

Editions

Edition	Year	Production	MSRP
Premium Pinside	2023	—	$9,699
Pro Pinside	2023	—	$6,999
LE Pinside	2023	1,000	$12,999

Where to buy

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Game Info

Design Team

Design: Brian Eddy
Art: Jeremy Packer (Zombie Yeti)
Software: Dwight Sullivan, Raymond Davidson, Corey Stup
Mechanics: Kevin Kolodziej
Animation: Paul Chamnankit
Music: Mark Tremonti
Sound: Jerry Thompson

Design Team

How to Play

Kineticist tutorial

“We Are Venom”: The Symbiotes' Survival Guide

Learn how to play Stern's Venom pinball machine.

Read our full tutorial

Prefer a rulesheet?Pinball Rule Sheets (opens in a new tab)

Keys to the Game

Start as Eddie Brock, the far left host. Use the right flipper to select the skill shot, "spot a mini-mode", at the left loop. Making this skill shot will instantly spot the highest mini-mode up the ladder (yellow, by default) and make quick progress towards completing Eddie's mini-mode ladder.
Once the ladder is completed, change host will be lit at the left ramp. Hit the left ramp when lit, then change to Flash Thompson and select "spot a mini-mode" as the bonus shot at the right loop. Complete Flash's mini-mode ladder just like you did Eddie's.
Go for Mayhem Multiball locks at the flashing green shots. The amount of mini-mode shots you made up to this point should guarantee you'll have 6-ball multiball available. Just make sure that you hold the action button after each lock following the 2nd ball lock.
Play Mayhem Multiball after locking all 6 balls. Aim for Carnage during the initial ball save, then hit the center ramp when lit red to start Carnage multiball. Then, during the stack, hold the action button to activate spider-sense. Hit the random flashing shot to light super jackpots for both multiballs. Keep spamming the center ramp to light the bell tower for playfield X during the multiball stack as well.
Once the stack ends, aim for the scoop. Scream video mode will often be qualified at this point (from defeating enough Infected). After playing Scream, shoot the scoop again to start Toxin Team-Up. Select Sleeper during the team-up selection screen at the start of the mode, and press the action button to save your ball if it is about to drain during Toxin.
Still playing as Flash? Go for his character combo: right loop, scoop, left ramp, scoop. This character combo doesn't involve the center ramp and is a reliable source of points. Then hit the scoop again to start host hurry-up. Aim for the four shots again, in the same order, to put the hammer down on your opponents!

Community rules

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Venom Pinball – Quick Rules (3M’s and Extra Ball)

Venom Pinball Playfield

Learn the quick rules to Venom Pinball by Stern. Get an idea of the 3M’s (Modes, Multiballs, and Multipliers) as well as how to get extra balls.

Modes:

Mini-modes

Selecting your host at the beginning of the ball determines your available mini-modes
The lights on the grid in the middle of the playfield shows you your path
Complete color-coded mini-modes (yellow, light blue, and white) to collect corresponding lights in the grid. These color-coded mini-modes are each just two shot combos for each color.

Changing your host changes the mini-modes in the grid

Battle Modes

Once you reach level 10 through completing mini-modes you qualify the battle mode for your host
Beat the villain by making shots to deplete their life bar within the time allotted
The higher level you are at the more damage each shot will make to the villain

Multiballs:

Carnage Multiball

Hit Carnage captive ball enough to knock Carnage back into Ravencroft
Start the multiball on the center ramp (Police Station)
Knock Carnage back into Ravencroft again to light the Super Jackpot

Mayhem Multiball – 2 to 6 ball multiball

Completing mini-modes will light locks
Hitting a green arrow shot will lock the ball in either of the 2 stacking ball locks
Once 2 balls are locked then the multiball will start
Holding the action button will cancel the multiball start allowing you to lock more balls up to 6 total
Once started the multiball has multiple stages to complete

Multipliers:

Shooting the center ramp enough times will light the Bell Tower target. Hit the lit Bell Tower target to increase the playfield multiplier.

Extra Balls:

Light an extra balls to be collected in Daily Bugle scoop by:

Defeating infected at standup targets
Mystery award

Video tutorial

How to Play

Where to Play

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Documentation

Model Comparison Chart
For machine: Propdf418 KB
Service Manual
For machine: Propdf10.4 MB
4 downloads
Service Manual
For machine: LEpdf12.2 MB
2 downloads
Service Manual
For machine: Premiumpdf12.2 MB
1 download

Documentation

Mods & Toppers

PINBLASTER for Stern SPIKE 1 & 2

Mod$199.95

Mods & Toppers

Takes

1 take

colin68/100

premium is better than the pro

6mo ago

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Flyers & Promo Media

Featured Videos

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“We Are Venom”: The Symbiotes' Survival Guide

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Sep 16, 2023

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