Carnival Cove

Carnival Cove Review

Built around a classic template with 5 reels and 3 horizontal lines, Carnival Cove slot offers 243 always active betways. As with classic slot machines, here you set the bet size using the coin selection control and the bet level control. This gives you a huge betting range from €0.25 to €5,000 per spin, which is rare in slot machines. As with many counterparts, your prize is equal to the product of your bet size and the multiplier attached to the combination that landed.

Carnival Cove uses simple rules where your task is to land sequences of 3 or more matching numbers on the payline. The more valuable the symbols in the combination, the bigger your cash prize. According to the paytable, the longest combination on the payline is considered the winning one.

The developers of Carnival Cove have divided all symbols into High-Win and Low-Win ones. The first group includes a seahorse, a seal, a dolphin, and a turtle, which bring up to x375 multipliers for the maximum combo. Among the low-paying icons are 4 lottery tickets of different colors. With their help, you can form a combo worth up to x125 of your bet for 5 matching icons. Carnival Cove slot also offers Wild and Scatter symbols that add intrigue as they give you access to some extras that increase your chances of big wins.

Carnival Cove Slot - Reels Screen

Carnival Cove Features

Despite its rather simple appearance, Carnival Cove offers several features that add variety to the gameplay. These features are responsible for the high volatility, as combinations appear quite often in the base game (albeit with low multipliers). What's more, the bonus features here give you the chance to win big even if you're betting below the average amount.

Wild Symbol

As in other slots, the Wild here can replace High- and Low-Win symbols to help you create paying sequences. Depicted as a Ferris wheel with fireworks in the background, it cannot replace Scatters. Although Wilds only appear on the 2nd and 4th reels, you can still receive payouts for them. For example, land 5 Wilds and you will be awarded a x625 multiplier prize.

Free Games Feature

3, 4, or 5 Scatters on the reels are your key to the free spins round in this slot. Here's how it works:

• Land 3 Scatters to get a payout with a x12.5 multiplier and 8 free spins.
• Get x62.5 your bet size as an instant prize and 15 FS for 4 Scatters.
• 5 Scatters will bring you 30 free spins and a payout with a x1,250 multiplier.

Each free spin starts with the reveal of a carousel showing x2, x3, or x5 multipliers. What's more, you can restart the round by landing at least 3 more Scatters.

Carnival Cove Slot - Free Spins

Progressive Jackpot

Although the maximum multiplier in Carnival Cove is x1,166, this is not the largest prize in the game. Connected to a progressive jackpot system, Carnival Cove allocates a percentage of each bet made by any player to a separate prize pool. Since the cumulative prize can build up over a long period, the jackpot can be enormous.

Super Bet

Available in the base game, this feature increases your chances of triggering the free spins round. However, you will need to pay an additional 200% on top of your bet amount. What's more, once you enter the free spins round thanks to your increased bet, you will see extra multipliers increasing your prizes more often.

Buy Feature

So, Super Bet only increases your chances of getting into the coveted FS round, but does not guarantee anything. However, by using this feature, you will get 3-5 Scatters that will trigger the bonus once. Here you will have to increase your bet 625 times, which is quite risky, and therefore this feature is not available in all countries.

Theme & Graphics

By launching the Carnival Cove slot, you will be transported to a magical underwater carnival with well-drawn seahorses, turtles, and other ocean dwellers. The graphics are far from the highest quality, but the bright pastel shades of pink, blue, and gold are pleasing to the eye. You may also enjoy the soundtrack with cheerful melodies and festive effects that perfectly complement the atmosphere. But if you prefer to play in silence, you can turn off the sound with just one click. Like many other Habanero titles, Carnival Cove is well optimized for mobile devices, even offering landscape mode support.

Pros and Cons of the Carnival Cove Slot

Our Verdict

I liked Carnival Cove for its simple mechanics, decent payouts in the base game, free spins, and progressive jackpot (although the chances of winning it are extremely low). This charming slot from Habanero perfectly combines a fun theme with simple mechanics and 243 betways. But it clearly does not claim to be revolutionary in the genre.

I tried the Super Bet feature and actually hit the free spins bonus where the carousels give extra multipliers. But I didn't use the Bonus Buy, as it's too risky (x625 the bet is quite a lot in my opinion, even for such a promising bonus). The RTP of 96.82% seems fair, but due to the high volatility, I didn't see frequent payouts. To understand this game better, start with the risk-free demo mode.