The marble drops, bounces off a row of pegs, and rolls into the scoring slot.
Then add another one.
Add ten more.
Before you know it, the board might be ablaze with fire, crackling with electricity, and overgrown with vines, while your score rockets from hundreds or thousands into numbers too big to comprehend.
The pinball Roguelike "Tokyo Pinball Story" is now officially released, with a launch discount of -25% ongoing!
If you enjoy games like Balatro and Luck be a Landlord, where you research combinations and stack numbers ever higher, you can start playing now.
Start with One Marble and Roll Your Way to Bigger Scores
The rules of "Tokyo Pinball Story" are not complicated.
Each round has a target score to meet. Launch marbles onto the board, let them bounce off pegs, trigger effects, and finally land in the scoring slot. After successfully clearing the stage, you can take your earned points to the shop to buy new marbles and charms.
Purchased marbles join your current lineup, while charms further enhance your entire build.
At the start, you might only have a few ordinary marbles. But after a few trips to the shop, your lineup could look completely different.
When to restock marbles, when to grab charms to strengthen your current setup, and whether to spend your points immediately or save them for the next round can all influence just how big a number you'll roll by the end of the run.
Fire, Water, Lightning, Vines... Let the Marbles Connect Themselves
Different marbles also have their own unique effects.
Fireballs can set pegs ablaze, waterballs apply wetness, and lightning effects can chain off these statuses; Earthballs wrap vines around pegs, while mechanics like bubbles, souls, and black holes also come into play on the board.
Individually, they might seem like minor effects, but the real fun lies in seeing what happens when you combine them into a single build.
One ball triggers a status, the next capitalizes on it; charms add extra effects, and new marbles extend the chain. Once your full build starts running, the once-quiet pinball board quickly turns into a score-explosion machine triggering effects everywhere.
Sometimes a carefully planned route comes together smoothly, and other times, something you bought on a whim suddenly brings your entire combo to life.
This is what keeps players coming back for another run.
Challenge Higher Scores While Adding to Your Collection
Beyond chasing higher target scores, the game features various stage rules and gacha characters to collect gradually.
As you progress, you'll encounter more marbles, charms, and combinations. One day you might build around elemental effects, and the next you might change strategy based on what appears in the shop.
The random choices from Roguelike builds, combined with the unpredictable trajectories of the marbles themselves, ensure that every run brings unexpected surprises.
Of course, the final goal is simple:
Find ways to keep that number climbing higher.
"Tokyo Pinball Story" is now officially released.
Launch Discount -25% Now Available!
If you enjoy pinball, Roguelikes, explosive numbers, and build crafting, give it a try now and see just how absurdly high a score a tiny marble can roll up to.