Introduction to Pawstar Beats
Pawstar Beats is a casino slot from NowNow Gaming, a new game studio that uses Hacksaw Gaming’s OpenRGS platform. The developer has taken us to a Greek party in Opa Santorini and to a royal penguin trip in Penguin Royale. This slot also features animals, but this time, four canines run the show. Three of them grab the microphone while the fourth one takes center stage behind the drums.
The game features large speakers, neon colours, and a lot of purple and blue lighting at this doggy rock concert. The 5x5 grid is filled with colourful symbols, and you can expect some cool Beat Boosts during cascading wins. There is also a Rockstar Bonus for those who land enough Scatter Symbols or go straight to the Feature Buy option. Let’s see if these musical mutts can get the notes right.
Theme, Gameplay & Payouts
Pawstar Beats is a video slot from NowNow Gaming, played on 5 reels and 5 rows, with 3,125 ways to win. The Min.bet is 0.1, while the Max.bet is 100. The game has an RTP of 96.28%, a hit frequency of 23.02%, and medium volatility. The headline number is the max win of 10,000x the bet, giving the game plenty of room for some seriously loud payouts.
The reels are placed in a brightly lit concert setup with blue and purple neon lights. To the sides stand thick speakers, and to the right, in front of the reels, sits a dog behind a drum set. He’s smoking a cigar while playing the drums as you spin the reels. You score wins by landing 3 or more matching symbols on adjacent reels, starting on the leftmost reel, and the symbols vanish in cascades after a win is paid out. The Beat Boost multipliers underneath the reels provide an extra element to the gameplay with the potential to make even small wins rock. Pawstar Beats can be played on mobile phones, notepads and desktop computers, so it is easy to take the canine concert with you wherever you are.
The lower-paying symbols in Pawstar Beats are J, Q, K, A, headphones, and microphones, paying 0.3x to 0.5x the bet for a 5-of-a-kind win. The higher-paying symbols are four different dogs, with three of them singing and the fourth taking care of the drums. These musical pooches pay between 1x and 10x the bet for a complete winline. The Wild Symbol can substitute for all the other mentioned symbols when forming wins and is also the most valuable symbol on its own, paying 50x the bet for a 5-of-a-kind win. It doesn’t substitute the Scatter Symbol.
Special Features & Slot Mechanics
What is the max win in the slot Pawstar Beats?
You can win up to 10,000x the bet.
What features are available in the slot Pawstar Beats?
The features are Wild Symbol, Cascading Wins, Beat Boost Multipliers, and Rockstar Bonus.
Wild Symbol
The Wild Symbol is depicted by a paw pattern. It acts as the game's substitute musician and takes the place of all the other symbols on the paytable, helping to form winning combinations. It is also the game’s by far best-paying symbol.
Cascading Wins
Whenever you score a win, the winning symbols vanish, and new ones are added to the grid. If you’re able to make another winning combination when the grid is refilled, those symbols also vanish, and new symbols fill up the reels once again. The cascades continue until no more wins are made.
Beat Boost Multipliers
The Beat Boost Multipliers increase the volume quite a bit. At the start of each spin, Beat Boost multipliers between 2x and 5x are put beneath the five reels. Once a win has been paid and the winning symbols have vanished in a cascade, the five multipliers are randomly positioned onto the grid, while new multipliers are generated below the reels.
The multipliers don't disappear after they've been used, but remain on the grid and can be used in subsequent cascades. If a symbol that is part of a winning combination has a multiplier, the multiplier is applied to the win. If a Wild Symbol has a multiplier, it applies to all wins that symbol takes part in. When more than one multiplier acts on the same winning combination, their values are added together before being applied.
Rockstar Bonus
The Rockstar Bonus is Pawstar Beats' major finale. You trigger 10 Free Spins by landing 3 FS Scatter Symbols. The feature uses the standard base-game mechanics with one exception: the Beat Boost multipliers are not reset between the free spins. Instead, they carry over from one spin to the next, so that they can build up and combine during the bonus.
Final Thoughts on Pawstar Beats
Pawstar Beats knows the kind of atmosphere it wishes to create. As soon as the reels come on, it seems as though we have gone backstage to a rather vibrant concert at which the band happens to be made up of dogs. The bulldog playing drums next to the reels is most likely the highlight of the performance, even though the three singing dogs are making every effort to draw some of the attention away.
The stage is bright but doesn't become entirely chaotic, and the big speakers, together with the glowing lights, give the game a suitable music-themed atmosphere. Moreover, the gameplay matches the theme rather than just putting a few microphones on the reels and calling it a finish. The cascading wins keep the action going, and the Beat Boost multipliers mean that each successful cascade has the chance of becoming more exciting.
The multiplier feature brings excitement when the multipliers under the reels jump onto the grid after a win. Another plus is that they stay on the reels for further cascades and join together when they land side by side, so a good spin can slowly develop into something a lot more significant.
The Rockstar Bonus is just easy to understand. You get 10 Free Spins that beat the regular spins since the multipliers carry over from one spin to the next.
Pawstar Beats by NowNow Gaming is a vibrant and cheerful music-themed slot that knows how to put on a show thanks to the drumming dog, the singing pups and the multipliers moving around the reels.
