Players might think that Snailtown, the latest 5-reel release from ThunderSpin, is primarily concerned with garden molluscs… an understandable error. But there’s more to this slimy slot than meets the eye.
These snails are Old West-style gunfighters. Even if their quick-draw competitions are unusually slow by human standards, the extra time can be used to enjoy this game’s potentially unlimited free spin feature.
Theme
The denizens of Snailtown have built up quite a bustling burg (it must have taken a very long time indeed). The five reels are set on the main thoroughfare of an Old West town, complete with a sheriff’s office, a hotel, a buffalo skull, and a vulture wearing a serape.
Gaming symbols include a whole town of snail folk, some toting beers, some plucking banjos, and some carrying guns. A sheriffs badge acts as wild, while crossed pistols act as scatter, the gateway to free spins.
Even if not quite historically accurate, the down-home bluegrass soundtrack adds a lot of energy to gameplay. Lower-value symbols are provided by the playing card symbols ace through jack.
Betting Options and Functions
AGames is a subsidiary of the Malta-based company BOSS., which offers complete casino packages to its clients. Though not a fully independent designer, however, AGames delivers consistently excellent games on par with anything coming out of industry giants such as Microgaming or NetEnt.
Snails turned out to be great urban planners, and the designers of Snailtown have also done well in their building. This slot offers 10 paylines, all paying from left to right. Bet level is adjustable from 1–10, with coin value adjustable from 0.01–1.00 for an overall per-spin bet range of 0.10–100.00 times the betting currency.
Autoplay is available for up to 500 spins, with optional win and loss limits if the feature is engaged through the settings menu, which also allows players to adjust sound and image options, as well as quickspin. The overall theoretical return to player ratio is slightly below-average at 95.7%.
Features
The free spin feature is the key to big wins in Snailtown. It is triggered by the crossed pistols symbol – players receive 15 free spins and begin with a double win multiplier.
Once the feature begins, a bullet symbol is added to the reels, acting as free spin scatter. This is the key to increasing win multipliers during the feature. 6 collected bullet symbols load a pistol, which then fires, shattering a glass bottle and raising the win multiplier to 4x; 12 raise it to 6x; and 8 raise it to the maximum of 8x. Each free spin scatter symbol also adds 3 free spins to the total.
Our Take
ThunderSpin is to be praised for its innovative theme in Snailtown, as well as its solid execution. The only blemish is its low RTP, which is not a small matter. An underwater slot by AGames, Gold Sea, has a similar structure, but higher RTP (though the salt water would be ruinous for Snailtown’s inhabitants).
Slot data and features
- 5Reels
- 10Pay lines
- $20,000.00Max cash jackpot
- 95.7Payout Percent
- YesWild Symbol
- YesMultiplier
- $0.1 - $100Betting Range
- 0.01 - 1.0Coin bet range
- 10Coins per line
- NoProgressive
- 20000Max coins jackpot
- 100Max coins
- YesScatter Symbol
- YesFree spins available
- YesBonus Game
- NoBuy feature
- Animals , Western Game theme
- Low Volatility