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Animal Carnival Review

The predecessor release, Hades: River of Souls, is somewhat underappreciated in our view, and perhaps a more fun and lighthearted theme is what is needed to give the wild collect multiplier concept mainstream appeal. Animal Carnival comes with fun animal animations, and apparently the animals live in a circus wagon in the middle of the forest.

A river runs through this follow-up release as well, but it’s not separating the living from the dead as far as we can tell. It might separate the circus animals from something though, but they seem mostly unconcerned about it. You get to build total avalanche win multipliers via the wild collect system, and there are a couple of random features as well. The bonus round is the big highlight, and the max win is a solid 5,000x your stake.

Animal Carnival Slot - Reels Screen

Animal Carnival Slot Features

The premium animal symbols pay between 2.5 and 3.5 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and the Wild pays 5x your stake for the same. The Wild symbol also steps in for regular pay symbols to help complete wins, and it can appear on all 5 reels. The Avalanche mechanic removes winning symbols, which allows new and/or existing symbols to drop down to fill the gaps.

Wilds, and other special symbols, shine through the red curtain that covers the upper part of the inactive reel strips, and they can drop down via the Avalanche mechanic. Wilds are collected in the Wild Meter, and this increases the win multiplier by +1 for every 3 wilds you collect. The total Avalanche sequence win is boosted by the multiplier when the avalanches stop, and everything resets per paid spin.

Special Sparkle Wilds may land, and these trigger the Sparkle Wild feature. You will then see each sparke wild clone itself into 1 to 4 randomly placed wilds. The Cannon symbol removes itself and 3 to 6 other random pay symbols, which triggers the avalanche mechanic. This feature triggers at the end of avalanche sequences, and will thus help prolong winning streaks.

You need 3 bonus symbols in view to trigger the Bonus Round, and this awards 10 free spins. The Wild Meter never resets in the bonus round, which means the win multiplier keeps accumulating. The win multiplier is applied to your total winnings when the feature ends, and you win +1 extra spin per bonus symbol that lands during the feature.

Finally, non-UK players, and anyone eligible, can purchase the bonus round for 70x the stake. This gives you a higher RTP of 95.94 %, and the feature triggers organically once every 202 spins on average.

The 200 Spins Animal Carnival Slot Experience

You get to see a win being boosted by the wild meter multiplier, before we purchase the bonus round at 1:41 into the 5:44-minute highlights video. We got a fair amount of extra spins, and you can see for yourself what kind of multiplier we managed to rack up by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

The similarities to Hades River of Souls are obvious, and we preferred the stylish Greek mythology theme to be honest. Animal Carnival comes with plenty of fun animations and animal antics though, so it will probably appeal to those who crave humorous elements instead of the dark mysticism of the predecessor. The pace is decent with the turbo switched on, but racking up a significant multiplier isn’t all that easy.

The math model is pretty similar to the original game as well, although the RTP has been sliced down to a less decent 95.64 %. You can still win up to 5,000x your stake, which is a tad lower than the 5,058x on offer in Hades. The multiplier comes more to its right when it never resets in the bonus round, and getting a fair amount of extra spins seemed to be the norm rather than the exception. Overall, a decent carnival installment with some fun antics, but nothing too memorable either.

If you appreciate Animal Carnival Slot you should also try:

Hades River of Souls - takes you to the ancient Greek underworld, and more precisely the river Styx that separated the dead from the living. It comes with similar features, but the 96.56 % RTP is significantly higher, and the max win is 5,058x your stake. The wild collect multiplier never resets in the bonus round.

Zombie Carnival - is a Pragmatic Play circus-themed slot with a twist. You get to meet not only zombie carnis, but even a brain-eating zombie bear. Mystery symbols abound in all stages, and the bear increases the multiplier in the bonus round by eating brain scatters. The max win is 5,000x your stake.

3 Clown Monty - is a circus installment from Play’n Go, and it comes with a random multiplier meter that can assign up to x25 multipliers to wilds. The meter is always doing its thing in the bonus round, which can lead to payouts up to 20,000x your stake.