The award-winning science fiction classic makes its pinball debut, bringing the Battle Room, Formics and Andrew “Ender” Wiggin to the playfield
In Ender’s Game, you play as Andrew “Ender” Wiggin, a six-year-old prodigy who has just arrived at Battle School with no idea that the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders. The machine asks the same question as the novel: can Ender find the balance between the compassion of his sister Valentine and the aggression of his brother Peter? Tip too far in either direction and consequences follow.
“Throughout the novel, the reader is deeply connected to Ender’s struggle to accept that he defeats his deadliest opponents by understanding and even loving them,” says Gerry Stellenberg, founder and president of Multimorphic. “We wanted to connect the pinball player in similar ways, requiring them to constantly adjust that balance between compassion and aggression throughout gameplay.”
There are two marquee mechanical features on the playfield. One is a 360° double-level disk that brings interactive features right in front of the flippers, such as a target bank, kickback, moving shot paths and a player-loadable and controllable cannon. The other is a large, two-sided captive ball balance mechanism, into which the player can load up to six balls and transfer them from side to side to adjust their levels of compassion and aggression.
Additional playfield features include a bashable fight ring with magnetic ball lock, sling-lock ball stops on each in-lane and a jump ramp with magnetic catch-and-fling action.
Progression through the game mirrors Ender’s climb through Battle School: players make allies, survive confrontations with rivals, develop skills through training and prove themselves in battle.
Survive it all and players advance to Command School, where the final simulation awaits. Succeed there and Ender becomes fleet commander. But as fans of the novel know, not everything in Ender’s world is what it appears to be.
A P³ pinball machine with Ender’s Game is $11,750, and existing P³ owners can add the Ender’s Game game kit to their collections for $4,400. Production for machines and game kits is set to begin in late 2026. A deposit of $2,500 is required to reserve an order spot for a P³ pinball machine with Ender’s Game, and a $1,500 deposit reserves a standalone Ender’s Game game kit.
The launch follows a series of high-profile licensed titles for the P³ platform, including 2025’s Portal, based on the hit video game series, The Princess Bride and Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity, as well as original themes such as Final Resistance and Heist.
To order the Ender’s Game pinball game, visit multimorphic.com/enders-game or connect with an authorized Multimorphic distributor at multimorphic.com/distribution-partners.
Founded in 2012, Multimorphic Inc. is ushering in the next phase in the evolution of pinball with its multigame P³ physical pinball platform, which combines a dynamic, interactive playfield with modular physical shot layouts to offer unlimited gameplay variety. For more information about Multimorphic and the ever-growing library of games for the P³, visit multimorphic.com.
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