Animal Carnival Slot Review

Animal Carnival Slot Overview

Animal Carnival is a new casino slot from Fantasma Games with a bunch of animals running a circus. You’ll find apes, bears, crocodiles, and other animals in this mix. The reels have 3 regular rows and 3 extra rows on the top, showing wilds and other special symbols behind a red curtain. Those symbols drop down on the reels during avalanches, which occur every time you make a win. Speaking of making wins, Animal Carnival pays both ways, meaning a winline can start both on the first and last reel from the left. Landing wilds also add up on a multiplier that is used with the total win after a series of avalanches.

Animal Carnival is a video slot from Fantasma Games with 5 reels and 6 rows. You can’t make any wins on the top 3 rows, but they show bonus symbols that will fall down on the other positions whenever you make a win. The 10 paylines can be found on the 3 bottom rows, where you can make wins starting from the left and the right. The Min.bet is 0.2, and you can wager all the way to the Max.bet 200. Animal Carnival comes with a pretty low RTP of 95.64%, and the volatility is medium. Landing the max win will give you 1642X the bet, and you can expect the free spins to trigger once in 202 spins on average.

The animals have several helpful things you can enjoy. The features in the game are Avalanches, Hidden Rows, Wild Symbol, Sparkle Wild Symbol, Win Multiplier, Cannon Symbol, Scatter Symbol, Free Spins, and Bonus Buy. 

Animal Carnival Slot Information

A carnival is a Catholic celebration with parades, street parties, and sometimes circus elements. The last detail seems to be what Animal Carnival is about. We’re on a green field with lush trees, far from any street party. A circus wagon is parked in the upper left corner, and there are no people or animals to be found outside the reels. The reels have 6 rows, but only the 3 in the bottom are active for making wins. The top three rows are covered by a red curtain, and you can see some special symbols through the fabric. Whenever you’re making a win, the winning symbols will disappear and make way for new symbols to drop down from above. If a special symbol is behind the curtain on the fourth row, it will fall down to the third row during an avalanche. To make a win, you’ll need to land at least 3 of the same symbols on a payline on the three bottom reels. The combination can go from left to right, starting on the first reel to the left or right to left, starting at the first position to the right. Animal Carnival is available on all devices such as mobile phones, notepads, and desktop computers.

The lower-paying symbols in this somewhat strange circus are 10, J, Q, K, and A. They’re all worth the same, paying 1.5X the bet for a combination of 5 symbols. The higher-paying ones are a bear with a blue hat, a monkey wearing a small purple hat, a warthog, a crocodile, and a yellow cat wearing a crown. After a second look, the cat might actually be a lion or some other feline. These symbols award between 2.5X to 3.5X the bet for a win containing 5 symbols. The Wild Symbol substitutes all mentioned symbols and pays up to 5X the bet, making wins on its own. Sometimes, a Sparkle Wild Symbol appears, turning 1-4 symbols into wilds. There’s also a Cannon Symbol, triggering the Cannon Respins, and a Scatter Symbol that can trigger the free spins.

Animal Carnival Slot Features

What is the max win in the slot Animal Carnival?

You can win up to 1642X the bet.

What features are available in the slot Animal Carnival?

The features are Avalanches, Hidden Rows, Wild Symbol, Sparkle Wild Symbol, Win Multiplier, Cannon Symbol, Scatter Symbol, Free Spins, and Bonus Buy.

Avalanches

This feature is common in Megaways games and cluster slots, but it fits perfectly even in a 10 paylines slot like this. Whenever you make a win, the involved symbols will disappear after the win has been collected on a meter. New symbols will avalanche down on the reels from above, and it continues as long as you keep making new wins.

Hidden Rows

A red curtain covers rows 4, 5, and 6. In some positions, you can see the silhouette of either a Wild Symbol, a Sparkle Wild Symbol, or a Cannon Symbol. In case of a win, special symbols on the fourth row will fall down to the third row during an avalanche if there’s any space for the symbol to fall on. If there’s no special symbol behind the curtain, a random symbol will be added during the avalanche.

Wild Symbol

The Wild Symbol is a star with a W. It can land anywhere and substitutes all regular paying symbols. It also pays on its own, from 0.5X the bet for a 3 symbol combination to 5X the bet for a win containing 5 symbols.

Sparkle Wild Symbol

The Sparkle Wild Symbol looks like the regular wild but has a golden circle around it. When it lands, it turns 1-4 symbols on the reels into wilds. Only regular symbols can be transformed to wilds, and the feature can also put wilds on the top rows.

Win Multiplier

Whenever a wild lands, it is collected on a meter to the left of the reels. Landing 3 wilds will increase the Win Multiplier by 1. The multiplier starts at 1 on every spin – except in the free spins – and grows by 1 for every 3 wilds that are collected during avalanches. When an avalanche is over, the total win sum will be multiplied by the multiplier before it’s reset to 1.

Cannon Symbol

The Cannon Symbol can land anywhere on the reels. When an avalanche is over, the Cannon removes itself and 3-6 other symbols, reactivating the avalanche with the Cannon Respin.

Scatter Symbol

The Scatter Symbol, in the shape of a purple and yellow circus tent, will trigger the free spins by landing 3 symbols anywhere on the reels. In the free spins, each scatter will reward an extra spin.

Free Spins

You’re awarded 10 free spins for landing 3 scatter symbols. All wins during the feature are collected on a meter until the end. The Win Multiplier doesn’t reset between spins, meaning you can reach a pretty high number with some luck. The feature is over when the player runs out of spins. At that stage, the total win sum is multiplied by the final sum on the Win Multiplier. The free spins pay on average 67X the bet.

Bonus Buy

The free spins are never further away than pressing a button. For 70X the bet, you will get 10 free spins. 

Animal Carnival Slot Conclusion

Carnivals are, in general, more known for partying, large amounts of alcohol, and food. There are probably not many people picturing a circus when the word pops up. In fact, the origin of the word is thought to be from the Latin words “carne levare”, which means “remove meat.” During the carnivals, people used to eat a lot of meat before the coming 40 days of fasting during Lent, representing the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert. Fantasma Games recently released the quite awesome air pirate adventure Cloud Corsairs, but Animal Carnival doesn’t manage to deliver the same great gaming experience.

The graphics look alright, but not close to the nice animations in mentioned Cloud Corsairs or the quite complicated Twisted Turbine. The animals are also a rather random bunch, but that might suit a circus perfectly. Several cool features at least make the circus worth visiting, and we appreciate that wins can be made from both left and right. Fantasma Games has been a little stingy on the RTP lately, and the 95.64% in Animal Carnival is no exception – landing quite a bit below the standard slot RTP. The max win of 1642X the bet isn’t impressive either.

Animal Carnival from Fantasma Games is a different circus adventure with a multiplier building up the attention during win avalanches among bears, crocodiles, and monkeys.