Wild Bounty Showdown (PG Soft) Slot Demo & Review

We’re huge fans of Wild West-themed games here at Demoslot, but I’m going to resist the urge to namedrop the most famous examples in this review… NetEnt and their slots already get more than enough attention! Instead, I’ll tell you about some more recent examples of the genre that we have reviewed and deserve a few moments of your time. Let’s start with Silverback’s Wilds of the West and Gold Coin Studios Outlaw Saloon, which both scored close to a solid eight in our recent reviews – check them out if you get the chance. Running a bit short on time? Then you’ll need to make some, as Big Time Gaming’s Outlaw is an upgraded version in some ways to the sensational Danger High Voltage and is a slot which you cannot afford to miss.

Back on topic now, and let’s move on to the paytable offered in Wild Bounty Showdown. Remember, this is a 3,600 payway machine, meaning that you’ll need to win on a large number of those ways simultaneously to win anything truly impressive! The Outlaw Character is the highest-paying symbol, but with a return of just 2.5x your bet for a single complete payway of six of a kind, I think you can guess why I included that short disclaimer. The Gun takes the second-place spot with a return of 1.5x for all six symbols, followed by the Hat and Whiskey Bottle, which both pay 1x the bet for a complete pay way. After that, we have four more royals completing the bottom half of the table, with the Ace and King sharing returns of 0.5x and the Jack and Queen with equal payouts of 0.25x for a six of a kind winning combo.

Choosing your stake is performed via several scrolling selectors. This type of user interface works great on a touchscreen device, and I guess, in fairness, that is the target of the games produced by PG Soft. It isn’t great with a trackpad, but mouse users shouldn’t have any difficulty with this. A nice spread of bets is available, starting at €0.20 per spin and topping out at €100.00.

The base game of Wild Bounty Showdown has been spiced up with an unusual playfield design. There are six reels, with reels 1-3 increasing in size from three to five rows as you move towards the centre of the screen, and reels 4-6 doing the same in reverse to create a diamond-like shape. This is how the game reaches its unusual count of 3,600 payways. Grabbing yourself a win is very straightforward, and you’ll need to match a minimum of three symbols across this format, starting from the leftmost reel first.

Gold Framed Symbols

A golden frame border can appear around any regular symbol that lands on reels three and four. If a symbol with a golden frame forms part of a winning combination, the positions where it landed will now transform into wilds.

Ascending Multiplier

This is a cascading symbols game, meaning that any winning combinations which land on the reels are immediately removed from play, allowing new symbols to land in their place. Each time this occurs, the current multiplier will double up to a maximum of 1,024x.

Scatter symbols appear on all six reels, and you’ll need to hit at least three of these simultaneously to bag yourself ten free spins. If the triggering combination includes more than three scatters, the game will award an additional two free spins for each extra scatter.

Free Spins Feature

The free spins feature plays identically to the main game, with one critical difference: the starting multiplier on every free spin is increased to a chunky 8x! Every winning combination that forms after this will double your multiplier, and I managed to reach over 128x in the bonus round several times whilst I was testing the game. Of course, you’ll need to hit something once you reach these impressive multipliers to make the most of them! The free spins feature can be re-triggered by hitting three or more scatter symbols whilst the bonus is in play.