Shipwrecked

Shipwrecked Review

With Shipwrecked, studio SpinOn, a promising prospect working under the wing of iGaming giant Yggdrasil, debuts in the pirate slot niche, and it's definitely set to make some waves. Masterfully blending adventure, humor, and powerful gameplay, it promises plenty of fun and rewards for players willing to join the buccaneer crew and set sail across the high seas. As the marketing team at SpinOn put it:

Cluster Pays, Dynamic Hot-Zones, Win Multipliers, Colossal Wilds, and Free Spins - Shipwrecked has it all! We’ve put a lot of passion into this game, and we hope players have as much fun exploring it as we did creating it.

Though shipwrecked, the hopes are still high. You and your crew find yourselves on an uninhabited island, yet, don’t fall into despair, as the place is filled with precious gems and numerous treasures waiting to be uncovered. The vibrant, cartoonish, humorous style of the Shipwrecked online slot looks absolutely gorgeous, with detailed graphics meticulously crafted by the skillful SpinOn design team. During the gameplay, an epic pirate soundtrack plays in the background, perfectly complementing the adventurous atmosphere and setting the right mood for the session.

Shipwrecked Slot - Base Game

The actions of the Shipwrecked slot take place across a huge 6x6 grid, featuring the Cluster Pays system at the core. Here, payouts are achieved when at least 5 of the same symbols land touching horizontally and/or vertically, and each win triggers the cascading mechanic. All participating symbols get removed from the reels, leaving room for existing ones to fall down and new symbols to drop from above to fill the empty positions. This keeps going as long as winning combinations are achieved, basically with no limits.

Playable on any device, the Shipwrecked slot machine caters to a wide range of gamblers, accepting stakes from as little as €0.2 to as high as €50, meaning both careful, non-risky punters and high rollers should find suitable options here. It’s also designed to meet various regulatory requirements with three different RTP settings. However, they are fairly disappointing, with only 94% being the highest.

Shipwrecked Features

The gameplay is where the game truly shines. It has a bunch of features to offer, promising plenty of fun and winning opportunities at any stage. Here’s each one explained:

Hot-Zones

The Hot-Zone feature can activate randomly during both the base and the bonus game, highlighting sections of the grid in size ranging from 2x2 up to 6x6. When a Chest symbol lands inside one of these Hot-Zones, they can trigger different rewards:

• Wilds -  the entire area covered by the Hot-Zone transforms into Wild symbols.
• Coins - each cell within the Hot-Zone spins to reveal Coins with multipliers featuring values from 1x to 50x. If a Collector symbol appears, it gathers all Coin values in the zone, and all other cells respin.
• 500x Award - if Hot-Zone is at the maximum size of 6x6, players receive an instant prize worth 500x the bet.

Shipwrecked Slot - Hot-Zone Feature

Hot-Zones disappear between spins and cascades. Any winnings can be multiplied based on the number of chests that appear within the zone, up to a maximum of 18x.

Shipwrecked Bonus

Landing 3 or more Scatter symbols simultaneously on a base spin triggers the Shipwrecked free spins bonus game. Based on the number of triggering symbols, players get the following number of initial spins:

• 3 Scatters - award 10 free spins
• 4 Scatters - award 12 free spins
• 5 Scatters - award 15 free spins
• 6 Scatters - award 20 free spins

During the Shipwrecked Bonus, the Hot-Zone feature is active for the entire round, starting with a 2x2 area. Like in the base game, landing a Chest inside the zone triggers one of the aforementioned Hot-Zone features. For every 3 Chests dropped within the required area, the Hot-Zone expands in size as well as players receive +3 additional free spins.

Shipwrecked Slot - Free Spins

Bonus Buy

As an alternative to naturally catching the elusive Scatter symbols on the reels, players can activate the Shipwrecked bonus buy feature to access the free spins immediately. The feature comes at a fixed cost of 75x the stake and triggers a spin with at least 3 guaranteed triggering symbols.

Pros And Cons Of Shipwrecked Slot

Our Verdict

There’s a lot of anticipation for Shipwrecked, it’s a slot enthusiasts dream thanks to its innovative mechanics and thrilling cluster pays action! We can’t wait to see how this game performs!

— says Zoe Bird, Head of Masters at Yggdrasil. Well, I’m not entirely sure about it being someone’s dream, but I do believe it’s going to perform well, given the amount of effort the SpinOn team has put into it.

The game’s brilliant design and action-packed gameplay definitely stand out. From the colorful, bold visuals to the engaging mechanics and features, there’s a lot to keep players engaged. Every aspect of the game seems to be well thought out, except the return percentage values, perhaps.

Despite the slightly underwhelming RTP, the particularly exciting gameplay with plenty of opportunities for substantial wins will appeal to many. With that said, Shipwrecked is certainly worth a spin or two, especially if you enjoy pirates and cartoons.