Introduction to Squid Game: Red Light Green Light
Squid Game: Red Light Green Light is a casino slot from Light & Wonder that is based on the famous Netflix series. We expect that most people out there know what Squid Game is, as when it aired its first season in 2021, it became internationally famous, Netflix’s most-watched series of all time, and received a plethora of accolades and awards. Squid Game centers on a secret contest with 456 players who compete in various children’s games, with eliminations leading to death, which is quite an interesting premise. Light & Wonder then wanted a piece of the trendy pie, thus seeing the release of Squid Game - One Lucky Day, Squid Game Gganbu, and now, Squid Game: Red Light Green Light. This game comes with a range of Mini Bonuses from the various colored Piggy Bank Symbols during the Red Light Bonus, ranging from Jackpots, Mystery Prizes, Cash Values, and more. On top of this, we have a Free Spins feature, a Gamble feature, and a pretty interesting Premium Play mechanic that can award the Dalgona Candy Bonus, but more on that one later. These features come together to form a bit of a chaotic gameplay loop of hunting down the Red Light Bonus to trigger the Piggy Bank Symbols for a plethora of prizes, which can help you take home the max win of 5,200X the bet.
Enter the Squid Games and see if you have what it takes in children’s games to cash home the big jackpot wins. If you want to try the game for yourself, be sure to give the Squid Game: Red Light Green Light demo a spin beforehand.
Theme, Gameplay & Payouts
Squid Game: Red Light Green Light is a video slot from Light & Wonder with 5 Reels, 3 Rows, and 10 Paylines. You can choose between making a Min.bet of 0.1 and a Max.bet of 10. Squid Game: Red Light Green Light comes with an average RTP of 96.12%, but do take note that there are multiple versions with lower RTPs at 94%, 92%, 90%, and 87%. However, all of these versions come with the same max win of 5,200X the bet.
As soon as you enter the game, you are in the Squid Game competition, with the first challenge being the titular Red Light, Green Light children’s game, with the large doll standing next to the playing grid, waiting to turn around. The rest of the setting and background is quite basic, with a playing grid to the side filled with various characters and icons from the show. You can play the game on most notepads, desktops, and mobiles.
The lower-paying symbols are 10, J, Q, K, and A. Creating a win with 5 of the same symbols will pay out 5X the bet. The higher-paying symbols are various characters from the Squid Game show, ranging from the purple Han Mi-nye, the blue Cho Sang-woo, the red Jang Deok-su, the main character Seong Gi-hun, and the Netflix Squid Game title card. Landing a win with 5 of the same symbols pays out 10X to 50X the bet. There are also multiple Special Symbols, such as the typical Wild and Scatter Symbols, but also the various Piggy Bank Symbols that will trigger various Mini Bonuses, but more on those in the Feature section.
Special Features & Mechanics
What is the max win in the slot Squid Game: Red Light Green Light?
You can win up to 5,200X the bet.
What features are available in the slot Squid Game: Red Light Green Light?
The features are Wild Symbols, Red Light Bonus, Piggy Bank Symbols, Free Spins, Premium Play, and Gamble.
Wild Symbols
Wild Symbols can appear on any reels and help form winning combinations by being able to substitute for all symbols except Free Spin Scatter Symbols and Piggy Bank Symbols.
Red Light Bonus
Randomly, on any spin where a Piggy Bank Symbol lands, the Red Light Bonus can trigger, or is guaranteed to trigger by landing 6 or more Piggy Bank Symbols on the same spin. The Red Light Bonus activates all currently present Piggy Bank Symbols and will stop when there are no more Piggy Bank Symbols to activate.
Piggy Bank Symbols
There are 4 types of Piggy Bank Symbols, which can only be triggered in the Red Light Bonus. When landing in the Red Light Bonus, each Piggy Bank Symbol will trigger with its own Mini Bonus, and they are as follows:
Gold Piggy Bank = Awards a Cash Value ranging from 1X to 50X.
Blue Piggy Bank = Awards the Super Piggy Bank Mini Bonus, giving you 6 mini reels that can award Blanks, Gold Piggy Bank, or Purple Piggy Bank Symbols, with Respins for each hit.
Purple Piggy Bank = Awards the Jackpot Mini Bonus, awarding a random Jackpot ranging from Mini (10X), Minor (20X), Maxi (50X), Major (200X), to Grand (2,500X).
Green Piggy Bank = Awards the Mystery Win Mini Bonus, granting you a prize ranging from 3X to 20X the bet.
Free Spins
By landing 3, 4, or 5 Scatter Symbols, you will be awarded the Free Spins feature with 10, 15, or 20 spins. During the bonus game, if the Red Light Bonus is triggered, you will be awarded a Respin where all Piggy Bank Symbols are locked in place, and will continue to Respin until no more Piggy Bank Symbols land on the reels.
Premium Play
The Premium Play mechanic allows you to activate Premium Play spins, and during these spins, if you hit a win greater than 2.5X the bet, you will be awarded the Dalogna Candy Bonus, which gives you a selection of 12 candies with Cash Multipliers ranging from 1X to 5X the bet, or Free Spins.
Gamble
When turning on the Gamble feature, each win above 5X will allow you to Gamble Cash Wins or Free Spins. If the Premium Play is active, the Gamble feature will trigger on any win of 2.5X or more. Both Gamble options can be played until the winnings are collected or lost, with a losing gamble ending the feature, and each win can be gambled up to 5 times.
Final Thoughts on Squid Game: Red Light Green Light
While not being the first Squid Game-branded release from Light & Wonder, Squid Game: Red Light Green Light is, funnily enough, named after the first, and pilot, episode of the series. While we’ve enjoyed the previous games, it can’t be denied that we also feel Light & Wonder hasn’t really put all their marbles into developing these games, especially visually, mostly leaning on its brand recognition to get people interested in trying a few spins. Gameplay-wise, the games aren’t the most complex, trying to mix various standard slot features and mechanics with those of the show’s challenges, which we do appreciate and is probably the highlight of these games. However, we’re not so sure if it’s really enough in Squid Game: Red Light Green Light’s case to really say that it was handled well, and we would almost argue that it led to a bit more of a messy gameplay loop than anything. With that said, let us move on to discuss these features.
Starting with the stats, the game comes with a rather average RTP of 96.12% and an okay max win of 5,200X the bet. As the game is more focused on its Mini bonuses, Jackpots, and Cash Prizes, the game’s paytable isn’t exactly its strongest part, and, in our experience, the Wild Symbols aren’t even enough to help offset the rather lacking paylines you might be hitting. Instead, the game is built around its Piggy Bank Symbols, which come in 4 variants, with some way better than others, such as the Blue Piggy Bank. One of our first glaring issues was that, although being the main feature in this game, the Red Light Bonus and Piggy Bank Symbols are just a bit too rare, and some of the Mini Bonuses just feel like worse versions of others, making the entire feature quite a coin flip if it will even feel worth it, depending on what Piggy Bank Symbols lands. Then there is the Free Spins feature, which can help stack up Piggy Bank Symbols thanks to Respins, which can help offset the lacking bonuses if you can land enough symbols. While great on paper, it can still feel a bit lackluster if all you get are low-paying Cash Prizes, which makes it feel volatile and even sometimes rather disappointing. Then, while not exactly part of the main gameplay loop, there are the Gamble and Premium Play mechanics, with the latter being quite interesting as it opens up the possibilities of a new feature, the Dalgona Candy bonus, that can award Cash Multipliers and Free Spins. All in all, we’re gonna sound like a broken clock, but the game ends up as a volatile and chaotic mess with little to do with the show outside of its title and giant doll.
Squid Game: Red Light Green Light is a slot that banks on its brand to help it seem more interesting than what it really is, leaning on Mini Bonuses such as Cash Prizes and Jackpots to form wins.
