Stars Bonanza

Stars Bonanza Review

The summer roadmap leads us to another feature-packed slot, Stars Bonanza, this time produced by the trending studio Nailed It! Games. The title was released in the Games Global's casino network on the 8th of August and is already gaining serious attention. In the following lines, I'll introduce all of the available features and payouts!

When I think of an online slot with Classic theme and a female joker appearing stacked on the reels, one game always comes across my mind. But Joker Stoker is much simpler than the newest Nailed It! Games release. Stars Bonanza comes with spectacular visuals and animations, as well as striking sound effects.

It's hard to stand idly by watching all this dynamic happening on the reels, and the fast-spinning option (Turbo Play) is truly accelerative. Players can also use other tools to make their experience smoother, like Autoplay and landscape mode in mobile view. Stars Bonanza is fully HTML5-optimized and compatible with Android and iOS devices!

The fiery background and all the gold-and-sparkle effects look even better on the advanced screens of the latest smartphones and tablets. But let's go under the obvious and see what mechanics are there! Nailed It! Games becomes bolder and bolder, and here is another slot with fixed jackpots.

This time, they are much easier to win, as you will find out in the next sections of this review. Multipliers are also common, and they come as consolation prizes after unsuccessful Starfruit line-ups. Wild Reels is another amazing feature, but these aren't ordinary stacks of symbols, and they last longer than usual.

Cutting the chase for now, let's explore the slot's layout! The Star-framed grid comes with 5 reels and 3 rows to underline the classic elements. There are 10 fixed lines, paying from the leftmost reel to the right for 3 or more symbols of a kind. Unlike other slots, that applies to the special Starfruit scatters as well.

Stars Bonanza Slot - Reels Screen

Symbols pay on consecutive reels from 4x to 200x the bet for five-of-a-kind combinations. The high-valued characters are Sevens and Bells, while the low-valued ones are succulent fruits: watermelons, plums, oranges, lemons, and cherries. The Cherry Pair is the only symbol that pays for 2 on a line - 0.20x.

The pretty Joker in yellow and red persists on the grid's left side during the base game and moves on the board to perform its role. It may land on reels 2, 3, and 4, and substitutes for all regular symbols. Only the Starfruit scatters are out of her wild reach!

The betting range is narrower than I expected - €0.20 to €40 per spin, which limits the possible betting strategies. Moreover, the Wild Reels progress is saved for each stake level, and that will further hinder such endeavors. Nevertheless, it is not everything against strategy experts in this game!

Stars Bonanza boasts medium levels of volatility and a very good RTP rate of 96.10%. The Hit Frequency coefficient is good for a slot with such variance - 22.28%, so nothing is lost! The Stars Bonanza max win is 5,000x the total bet or up to a decent €200,000.

Stars Bonanza Features

It is time to present the Stars Bonanza bonus features and explain how to win the max payout! At first glance, this RNG machine is packed with all a classic casino player would need - dynamic reels, wilds, and random bonuses. But it has much more - lucrative scatters paying as regular symbols!

Wild Reels

As I already mentioned, the wild Joker lands on the middle reels only, and above each, you will find a Joker's Hat. It consists of 2 parts, and every landed wild activates one of them. If you collect 2 wilds within a single spin or over the course of several, the respective Wild Reel will activate.

It will remain in that form for the following 2 paid spins and players can activate up to 3 Wild Reels at the same time. The trick is that the progress of the Joker's Hats is saved for each stake level, so changing the bet on every spin will lower the feature's potential.

Starfruit Symbols

These scatters land on all reels and carry cash regards or jackpot values. In order to activate, they must land on at least 3 consecutive reels, starting from the leftmost column. The Starfruit symbols pay from 0.50x to 5x the bet when they land on reels 1, 2, and 3. On reel 4, they carry prizes between 5x and 8x, Mini, or Minor.

Starfruit symbols on reel 5 always carry one of the fixed jackpots displayed below. In case the total reward exceeds the maximum win set by the provider, the max win is paid (5,000x).

• Mega Jackpot - 500x the bet
• Major Jackpot - 50x the bet
• Minor Jackpot - 20x the bet
• Mini Jackpot - 10x the bet

Starfruit Multipliers

The current Starfruit Multiplier is displayed above the jackpot values on the grid's right side. It always starts from 1x and increases with +1 every time Starfruit symbols land on reels 1 and 2, but not on reel 3. The maximum multiplier value is 10x, and it is applied on all Starfruit values, including the static jackpot prizes!

Stars Bonus

The non-winning Starfruit symbols during every spin are collected by the game logo beneath the Joker. At the beginning of any round, the bonus feature may randomly trigger for a guaranteed Big Win. It does not affect the Starfruit Multiplier, and adds a random number of Starfruit symbols on the reels.

Stars Bonanza Slot - Bonus Win Screen

Pros And Cons Of Stars Bonanza Slot

Our Verdict

Undoubtedly, Stars Bonanza is an exciting slot that will easily captivate those players looking for classic-themed spinners. Like other show-designed games, it has a spectacular appearance and hidden entertaining potential. I really like the Expanding Wilds mechanics, despite the link to the current bet level.

If you want to try similar games, I can recommend Joker Queen by BGAMING. It is much closer to Stars Bonanza than Joker Stoker by Endorphina, which I mentioned earlier in this game overview. Another drawback of the title is the lack of complex minigames, like free spins or at least a Respin feature.

If compared to another classic slot by the provider, Cosmic Coins, it has a much lighter bonus package. But I guess that was the initial idea of Nailed It! Games, and if so, it has been executed brilliantly. Keep in mind that the Stars Bonus is not very frequent, so don't count on it for your strategy.

I ran 300 test spins and was unable to trigger it despite my positive balance at the end of the trial. Perhaps that was my luck or perhaps it is just really rare. In any case, I wasn't disappointed by the overall experience and definitely recommend the game. It would be wise to practice a little, and our Stars Bonanza demo is perfect for the purpose!