The game uses an overhead view, which scrolls to track the ball. When multiple balls are in play, the game tracks the lower ball, with arrows pointing to other balls. The end of game match sequences from the physical machines are not used. The game has an easy mode where the player has five balls per game, and a hard mode where the player has the traditional three balls per game, and certain targets reset after a ball drains. Players can nudge the tables. The game manual summarizes the main rules of the original games. Pinball Jam has a high score leaderboard which shows the top three scores on each table. Some digitized voices from the original versions are included, but are somewhat scratchy, and rearranged.