Introduction to Maximum Zombie
Maximum Zombie is a casino slot from Hot Rise Games featuring Zed the Survivor, one of the few people still alive after a zombie apocalypse. Zombie apocalypses are quite common in pop culture, depicting catastrophic scenarios with dead people rising from the dead, threatening humanity. We don’t know what has made the world so chaotic in this game, but we sure know that the Scatter Symbols, depicted by blue-green zombies, come with cash values that you can collect with chainsaws, shotguns, and grenades. Let’s have a look at what more to expect in this dystopian world.
If you’re interested in getting to know the zombies before you start playing the game for real, you can try out the free demo at the top of this review.
Theme, Gameplay, and Payouts
Maximum Zombie is a video slot from Hot Rise Games featuring 5 reels, 4 rows, and 1,024 ways to win. The betting range starts at a Min.bet of 0.1 and goes up to a Max.bet of 40. The RTP is set by default at 96.02%, with alternative versions at 94.01% and 92.02%. With mid-high volatility, the game offers a max win of 6,106x the bet, a hit frequency of 29.41%, and a Free Spins hit frequency of 1 in 138 spins.
Maximum Zombie takes us to a place where it looks like armageddon is close. We’re in a city with a cartoonish look, looking up towards the sky. At the bottom of the screen are buildings on fire, and the dark blue sky looks intimidating. The five black reels in the middle of the screen have a frame with a couple of skulls on it. To make a win, you need to land at least 3 matching symbols on adjacent reels, starting on the first reel to the left, and you can play Maximum Zombie on mobile phones, notepads, and desktop computers.
The lower-paying symbols in Maximum Zombie are J, Q, K, and A, which pay between 1.2x and 1.6x the bet for a five-of-a-kind win. The higher-paying symbols include tombstone, book, hand, squirrel, woman, and man, offering payouts from 2x to 4x the bet for five matching symbols. The Wild Symbol substitutes for all symbols except the Scatter Symbol and Collection Symbol.
Special Features & Slot Mechanics
What is the max win in the slot Maximum Zombie?
You can win up to 6,106x the bet.
What features are available in the slot Maximum Zombie?
The features are Wild Symbol, Collection Symbols, Max Spins Feature, and Feature Buy.
Wild Symbol
The Wild Symbol is depicted by a brain. It appears on all reels except the first one to the left. The Wild Symbol substitutes all regular-paying symbols in making winning combinations. However, it doesn't substitute the Scatter and Collection Symbols.
Collection Symbols
There are three Collection Symbols: Chainsaw, Shotgun, and Grenade. They can appear on any reel in the base game and Free Spins. Each Scatter Symbol has a value between 0,.6x and 40x the bet, which can be collected by a Collection Symbol.
The Chainsaw collects all Scatters on the same reel, the Shotgun collects all Scatters on the same reel and row, while the Grease collects the prizes of all Scatter Symbols on the grid. A Scatter prize can be collected several times if it appears in an area of several Collection Symbols.
Max Spins Feature
The Scatter Symbol doesn’t just come with prize values; it’s also the ticket to the Free Spins. Landing 5 or more Scatters anywhere triggers 8 Free Spins. Any Scatter Symbol that doesn’t have its value collected when the feature triggers sticks to the reels for the first Free Spin. Any uncollected symbol will be held during the feature, and its value is doubled after each spin.
You’re awarded the total prize of all Scatter Symbols if you fill the entire grid with them, and the feature will then end. It’s not possible to retrigger spins.
Feature Buy
You can pay 50x the bet for a spin that is guaranteed to trigger the Max Spins Feature.
Final Thoughts on Maximum Zombie
Maximum Zombie throws you straight into a cartoon-style apocalypse where zombies glow, weapons fly around the reels, and cash values wait patiently to be sliced, blasted, or blown up. The game manages to balance simple rules with enough features to keep things interesting, so you’re not just spinning and hoping for the best. Even if the world has ended and everything around you is dead, at least the gameplay stays lively.
The collection mechanics feature is a star, making Scatter Symbols way more valuable than usual. Watching chainsaws, shotguns, and grenades scoop up Scatter values is as satisfying as cleaning up a very messy city in the most explosive way possible. The Max Spins Feature adds extra tension, as those sticky Scatters keep doubling in value, teasing you with the idea that the next spin could be the big one.
The game’s graphics stick to its theme nicely, with a dark but playful atmosphere that never becomes gloomy. However, the setup and mechanics aren’t innovative at all. This is actually a reskin of Maximum Fish, with the same features in both games, but with the fisherman exchanged for a zombie survivor. Hot Rise Games has also made a few tweaks to the payouts and maximum win, but the games are nearly identical.
Maximum Zombie from Hot Rise Games delivers a lighthearted take on the end of the world, packed with action and explosive features.
