Introduction to Zombie Road
Zombie Road is a casino slot from Peter & Sons where you need to fight back against a zombie apocalypse with your fellow survivors. In this action-packed zombie-themed slot game, you find yourself on the frontlines, gun in hand, side by side with others just trying to survive. This setting has been converted into a slot game by the use of cascading reels, which we think is quite clever, to create the idea of zombies marching towards you as you gun them down, and it reminds us quite a lot of the old game series Plants vs Zombies, but in slot format. While Peter & Sons has tried their hands before at making a zombie game with Zombies At The Door, released in 2021, Zombie Road feels a lot more like a zombie apocalypse and features the studio's signature animation style and funny characters, even if it's in a slightly serious setting. Among the zombie horde that continues marching through the cascading reels, you’ll find Wild Ammo Box Symbols, which will help you hit more wins and get extra Multiplier bonuses, and if you hit enough streaks, you might just reach the max win of 20,000X the bet.
Zombies, Cascading Reels, Stacking Multipliers, and Bonus Games are what you’ll find on the long road home. Be sure to check out the Zombie Road demo whenever you start getting the taste for blood.
Theme, Gameplay & Payouts
Zombie Road is a video slot from Peter & Sons with 5 reels, 3 rows, and 243 ways to win. You can choose between making a Min.bet of 0.1 and a Max.bet of 50. Zombie Road comes with a better-than-average RTP of 96.56%, but has other versions with lower RTPs at 95.5% and 94.5%. The game is played on high volatility, with a hit frequency of 24.88%, and a high max win of 20,000X the bet.
Zombie Road is set on, well, a road, with zombies, and it is at the end of this road where you and your comrades have set up a defensive position, loaded with guns and ammo to protect yourself with. As you line up wins, your friends will pop out behind their cover and shoot down any wandering monsters in sight.
The lower-paying symbols are X, Clubs, Spades, Hearts, and Diamonds. Creating a win with 5 of the same symbols will pay out 0.3X to 0.5X the bet. The higher-paying symbols are the green farmer zombie, the blue cutter zombie, the pink lady zombie, and the orange firefighter zombie. Landing a win with 5 of the same symbols pays out 0.7X to 1.5X the bet. You’ll also find Ammo Crates as Wild Symbols and radioactive barrels as Scatter Symbols, but we will discuss those and other features in the next section.
Special Features & Slot Mechanics
What is the max win in the slot Zombie Road?
You can win up to 20,000X the bet.
What features are available in the slot Zombie Road?
The features are Wild Symbols, Cascading Reels, Free Spins, Feature Buy, and Ante Bet (Golden Bet).
Wild Symbols
There are 3 types of Wild Symbols, all of which will help you form winning combinations by being able to substitute for all symbols except Scatter Symbols, and they are as follows:
Normal Wild Symbol = Will add a +1 Multiplier to the reel it lands on.
Double Wild Symbol = Will add a +2 Multiplier to the reel it lands on.
Random Wild Symbol = Will add +1 Multipliers to random reels.
If there are no more wins at the end of a spin, any Wild Symbol may explode at random and clear surrounding symbols.
Cascading Reels
After making a Winning Combination, the winning symbols will be removed from the playing symbols, allowing other symbols to fall down from above, with chances of creating new wins. The Cascading Reels will continue until no more wins are made, ending the current spin.
Free Spins
By landing 3, 4, or 5 Scatter Symbols, you’ll trigger the Free Spins with 7, 9, or 11 spins. During the bonus game, all Multipliers stay persistent between spins, and landing any Scatter Symbols will award you +1 spin.
Feature Buy
There are two Feature Buy options that allow you to instantly enter the Free Spins feature, for a price based on the current bet.
100X = Triggers the Free Spins bonus game with 7 initial spins.
200X = Triggers the Free Spins bonus game with 7, 9, or 11 spins.
Ante Bet (Golden Bet)
You can activate the Ante Bet to double your chances of triggering the Free Spins, but at a cost of increasing your current bet by 1.2X.
Final Thoughts on Zombie Road
Every time we see a new Peter & Sons release on the horizon, we get a bit excited, as even though their games are not genre-defining or the next top slot, they’re always a treat to play and offer fun and engaging spins. Zombie Road, while having some pretty standard gameplay filled with Reel Multipliers and Cascades, provides more than just features, as its range of characters, from the zombies to the survivors, really make the game. While of course this game features Peter & Sons' signature animation style, which we personally are big fans of, as they’re really unique in the industry, but we can also understand the criticism certain players may have of it looking kinda same as other releases, such as Peter Hunter or Dig It. Well, let’s talk less about visuals and instead move over to the gameplay.
Starting with stats, we got a higher-than-average RTP of 96.56%, a hit frequency of 24.88%, letting you hit on average once every 4th spin, and a pretty big max win of 20,000X the bet. If you’re a fan of Cascading Reel slots, then you know the magic is that just about any spin could net you the max win, and as the game has plenty of Wilds that are ready to deliver on Multipliers, then you’re sure to be looking at something juicy when you start a chain streak of wins. But you’ll probably have more luck in the bonus game, as during the Free Spins, all Multipliers are persistent between spins, giving you an easier time of building up the really big wins. While we did have quite a good bit of fun with our time on Zombie Road, there’s no denying that we’ve seen this type of Cascading Reels game before, and for good reason, as it is a staple formula that is beloved by many. The slight differences here are the Reel Multipliers, and during the bonus game, they can really mix together for some consistently big wins, and with the great visuals and theme, we think that Zombie Road is definitely a game worth checking out, and you can always start by trying out the demo.
Zombie Road is a slot built around Cascading Reels of marching zombies that you have to defend against, with ammo crate Wilds that grant Multipliers, and a Free Spins feature that turns the deadliness up.
