Merge and Pin: Idle Pinball is a semi-idle clicker game with a pinball machine construction and income-generation theme. The player attempts to build a pinball machine that makes them a lot of money from balls hitting basic pins, bumpers, directional catapults and other objects. To clear a level, they must also earn tickets.
The game doesn't become fully idle until the player builds up their base machine. They receive only pins initially. They merge the pins to create bumpers. They must then manually charge the pins and bumpers by selecting each one repeatedly until a vertical bar on the left side of the screen reaches X3 multiplier status.�
The player eventually buys more balls, bumpers and catapults as their wealth, displayed at the upper-right corner, increases high enough to use the right-side purchase buttons. They also merge three green balls at a time to create a pink ball that makes them more money with every hit.�
In Merge and Pin: Idle Pinball, the player doesn't need to perform any more tasks except to claim tickets once they generate enough flow from numerous green and pink balls hitting pins, bumpers and catapults. That said, they can also watch ad videos to claim cash bonuses and use tickets to invest in new tables with unique features such as moving platforms and wall islands.