diff --git a/components/hud/TouchControlBar.tsx b/components/hud/TouchControlBar.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0d97f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/hud/TouchControlBar.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useCallback, useState } from "react";
+
+interface KeyBinding {
+  key: string;
+  code: string;
+}
+
+const LEFT_FLIPPER: KeyBinding = { key: "Shift", code: "ShiftLeft" };
+const RIGHT_FLIPPER: KeyBinding = { key: "Shift", code: "ShiftRight" };
+const PLUNGER: KeyBinding = { key: "Enter", code: "Enter" };
+const INSERT_COIN: KeyBinding = { key: "4", code: "Digit4" };
+const START_GAME: KeyBinding = { key: "1", code: "Digit1" };
+
+function dispatchKey(type: "keydown" | "keyup", binding: KeyBinding) {
+  // SDL3's Emscripten video backend listens on the default "#window" target,
+  // so a real KeyboardEvent dispatched on window reaches the engine the same
+  // way a physical keypress would (see @valknar/vpinball-wasm's own
+  // touch-controls.js, which this bar replaces with app-styled UI).
+  window.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent(type, { key: binding.key, code: binding.code, bubbles: true }));
+}
+
+function isTouchDevice(): boolean {
+  return typeof window !== "undefined" && ("ontouchstart" in window || navigator.maxTouchPoints > 0);
+}
+
+function ControlButton({
+  binding,
+  label,
+  size,
+}: {
+  binding: KeyBinding;
+  label: string;
+  size: "lg" | "md" | "sm";
+}) {
+  const [pressed, setPressed] = useState(false);
+
+  const onDown = useCallback(
+    (e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) => {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      e.currentTarget.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+      setPressed(true);
+      dispatchKey("keydown", binding);
+    },
+    [binding],
+  );
+  const onUp = useCallback(() => {
+    setPressed(false);
+    dispatchKey("keyup", binding);
+  }, [binding]);
+
+  const sizeClasses =
+    size === "lg"
+      ? "h-20 w-20 text-3xl"
+      : size === "md"
+        ? "h-14 w-14 text-lg"
+        : "h-12 w-14 font-mono text-[11px] tracking-widest";
+
+  return (
+    <button
+      type="button"
+      aria-label={binding.key === "Shift" ? `${label} flipper` : label}
+      onPointerDown={onDown}
+      onPointerUp={onUp}
+      onPointerCancel={onUp}
+      onContextMenu={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
+      className={`touch-none select-none rounded-full border-2 font-display transition ${sizeClasses} ${
+        pressed
+          ? "border-marquee bg-marquee/30 text-marquee shadow-[0_0_16px_rgba(255,122,41,0.5)]"
+          : "border-chrome/40 bg-black/40 text-chrome"
+      }`}
+    >
+      {label}
+    </button>
+  );
+}
+
+export interface TouchControlBarProps {
+  active: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Coin-door-styled bottom control bar for mobile play. Replaces
+ * @valknar/vpinball-wasm's default floating overlay buttons with UI that
+ * matches the cabinet look and puts the flippers at the screen's bottom
+ * corners, in thumb reach when holding the device landscape.
+ */
+export default function TouchControlBar({ active }: TouchControlBarProps) {
+  // Computed once at mount (matches usePinballInstance's hasWebGL2 pattern) —
+  // touch support doesn't change over a session, so this doesn't need an
+  // effect/listener, just a lazy initial state.
+  const [isTouch] = useState(isTouchDevice);
+
+  if (!active || !isTouch) return null;
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      data-hud
+      className="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 z-10 flex items-center justify-between gap-2 border-t border-chrome/30 bg-ash/90 px-3 pb-[max(0.75rem,env(safe-area-inset-bottom))] pt-3 backdrop-blur sm:hidden"
+    >
+      <ControlButton binding={LEFT_FLIPPER} label="◀" size="lg" />
+
+      <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-2">
+        <ControlButton binding={INSERT_COIN} label="COIN" size="sm" />
+        <ControlButton binding={START_GAME} label="START" size="sm" />
+        <ControlButton binding={PLUNGER} label="⬆" size="md" />
+      </div>
+
+      <ControlButton binding={RIGHT_FLIPPER} label="▶" size="lg" />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/components/pinball/PinballCanvasImpl.tsx b/components/pinball/PinballCanvasImpl.tsx
index 8686ef5..cd01ff0 100644
--- a/components/pinball/PinballCanvasImpl.tsx
+++ b/components/pinball/PinballCanvasImpl.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 import { useRef } from "react";
 import { usePinballInstance, type RomSelection } from "@/lib/pinball/usePinballInstance";
-import { useTouchControls } from "@/lib/pinball/useTouchControls";
 import CoinDoorHud from "@/components/hud/CoinDoorHud";
+import TouchControlBar from "@/components/hud/TouchControlBar";
 import type { TableInfo } from "@/lib/pinball/types";
 
 export interface PinballCanvasImplProps {
@@ -14,16 +14,14 @@ export interface PinballCanvasImplProps {
 
 export default function PinballCanvasImpl({ tableData, rom, tableInfo }: PinballCanvasImplProps) {
   const canvasRef = useRef<HTMLCanvasElement | null>(null);
-  const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
   const { status, progress, error, loadTimeMs, instanceRef, start } = usePinballInstance(
     canvasRef,
     tableData,
     rom,
   );
-  useTouchControls(containerRef, status === "running");
 
   return (
-    <div ref={containerRef} className="relative h-full w-full overflow-hidden bg-black">
+    <div className="relative h-full w-full overflow-hidden bg-black">
       {/* SDL3's Emscripten backend resolves its own window/GL-context target via
           document.querySelector("#canvas") independently of Module.canvas — the
           id is required or context creation silently no-ops (findCanvasEventTarget
@@ -35,6 +33,8 @@ export default function PinballCanvasImpl({ tableData, rom, tableInfo }: Pinball
         <CoinDoorHud instanceRef={instanceRef} tableInfo={tableInfo} loadTimeMs={loadTimeMs} />
       )}
 
+      <TouchControlBar active={status === "running"} />
+
       {status === "loading" && (
         <div className="absolute inset-0 flex flex-col items-center justify-center gap-4 bg-ink/90 text-paper">
           <div className="font-display text-2xl tracking-wide text-marquee">LOADING TABLE</div>
diff --git a/lib/pinball/useTouchControls.ts b/lib/pinball/useTouchControls.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 49f9d6c..0000000
--- a/lib/pinball/useTouchControls.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-"use client";
-
-import { useEffect } from "react";
-import type { attachTouchControls as AttachTouchControls } from "@valknar/vpinball-wasm";
-
-const ENGINE_BASE_URL = "/vendor/vpinball-wasm";
-
-function isTouchDevice(): boolean {
-  return typeof window !== "undefined" && ("ontouchstart" in window || navigator.maxTouchPoints > 0);
-}
-
-/** Attaches the engine's on-screen touch overlay to `containerRef` while `active` is true. */
-export function useTouchControls(
-  containerRef: React.RefObject<HTMLElement | null>,
-  active: boolean,
-): void {
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!active || !isTouchDevice()) return;
-    const container = containerRef.current;
-    if (!container) return;
-
-    let handle: { detach: () => void } | undefined;
-    let cancelled = false;
-
-    (async () => {
-      const { attachTouchControls } = (await import(
-        /* webpackIgnore: true */ `${ENGINE_BASE_URL}/index.js`
-      )) as { attachTouchControls: typeof AttachTouchControls };
-      if (cancelled) return;
-      handle = attachTouchControls({ container });
-    })();
-
-    return () => {
-      cancelled = true;
-      handle?.detach();
-    };
-  }, [containerRef, active]);
-}