Pragmatic Play strikes “balance between horror and humour” in latest online slot; Zombie Carnival

Kicking off a new month and the start of ramped-up slot development, Pragmatic Play has launched its latest high volatility spinner, Zombie Carnival. The engaging addition to the provider’s fast-growing product suite covers two themes that are about as opposite as they can be, however, this festival of the undead is more humorous than gruesome. And by throwing in some sticky wild multipliers in free spins, even more entertaining.

Except for a haunted house, players will be hard-pressed to find any of the traditional carnival attractions in this 6-reel, 4-row video slot. What they will find is an RTP of 96.50 percent and 4,096 ways to win, which awards a win when three or more of the same symbol type land on adjacent reels starting from the far left side.

Game Paytable & Features:

As far as the paytable, eight regular pays include J, Q, K and A card suites are lower pays and are worth 0.7x the bet for six of a kind, while four cartoonish zombie characters are the high pays and fetch 1.5-5x the bet the same way. A zombified, blood-thirsty bear serves as the Wild, and only appears during the free spins round.

A Mystery symbol takes the form of a gift-wrapped box and appears at the end of every spin in both the base game and free spins. When they are in view, they randomly transform into the same matching symbol.

You’ll want to keep an eye open for the brain Scatter, which appears on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5. When two or more hit on those specific reels, the bonus round is activated and the brain scatters transform into Wild symbols and remain on the reels for the entirety of the feature.

At the start of the bonus round the game awards players 6 free spins, and if a Scatter lands on the reels, the Wild that is the closest moves towards it and completely consumes it. It takes over its position and boosts the multiplier by 1x each time.