Here's What Happened In 2025 In Pinball
Here's What Happened In 2025 In Pinball
2025 was an amazing year for Pinball where we averaged a new game announcement every single month. In this video I cover all the launches from companies like Stern Pinball, Jersey Jack Pinball, Barrels of Fun, Spooky Pinball, Chicago Gaming Company, and American Pinball. Which games did the best? Big announcements this year included Harry Potter, Star Wars, Dungeons & Dragons, King Kong, Dune, Evil Dead, Beetlejuice, The Walking Dead, Portal, and Winchester Mystery House. ~~~~~~~~ Social Media Links ~~~~~~~~ tiktok.com/timballs twitch.tv/timballs
Kineticist’s take
2025 marked industry consolidation around quality, JJP's Harry Potter breakout, Spooky's resurgence, and American Pinball collapse.
Synopsis
Tim Sexton provides a comprehensive 2025 pinball industry retrospective covering major releases, manufacturer developments, and community trends. Key themes include American Pinball collapse and staff layoffs, Spooky Pinball successful Evil Dead launch and FOMO resurgence, Jersey Jack's breakthrough with Harry Potter becoming the de facto game of the year, Stern's mixed performance with Dungeons & Dragons and Star Wars: Fall of the Empire, and Barrels of Fun's emergence as a serious competitor with two strong releases (Dune and Winchester Mystery House). The video emphasizes code quality as critical to game success and highlights shifting manufacturing dynamics with Texas becoming a secondary development hub.
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Valve· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- Beetlejuice· game
- Cactus Canyon Remaster· game
- Dune· game
- Dungeons & Dragons· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Harry Potter· game
- King Kong· game
- Merlin's Arcade· game
- Metallica Remastered· game
- Portal Pinball· game
- Star Wars: Fall of the Empire· game
- The Walking Dead Remaster· game
- Winchester Mystery House· game
- Carl D'Angelo· person
- JK Rowling· person
- Lyman Sheets· person
- Ree Cooper· person
- Tim Sexton· person