Wild Swarm (Push Gaming) Slot Demo & Review

You might not have thought it, but Bumble Bees have become the theme of several good slot games over the years. The first to enter my head, simply because I enjoy spinning away on progressive jackpot slots, is Relax Gaming’s Beelionaires Dream Drop. Aside from giving you the chance to win life-changing sums of money, that slot also features two bonus rounds, a bit like this one. Other slots that have caused a buzz here on our platform are the Honey Rush slot demo from Play’n Go and 3 Buzzing Wilds from Pragmatic Play.

While those titles are good alternatives, they’re not quite the bee’s knees. That’s a title I’m hoping we can give to Wild Swarm by the end of this review, although much of that will depend on the bonus features and the paytable. It’s the latter I’ll bring attention to first, and, to be honest, there’s nothing overly spectacular here. The Dollar symbol tops the charts with 30x the stake rewarded when a five-symbol combo is created. The Queen Bee is next up with a max payout of 15x, and the Jar of Honey returns a maximum of 10x. The two Flower symbols share a 7x the stake reward, leaving us just the playing cards to get through. Five Ace symbols on a payline return 3x, while the King and Queen have the same max win of 2.5x, and last but not least, the Jack can deliver prizes of up to 2x the stake.

To finish off this section, we end with the staking options available on Wild Swarm. These begin at a budget-friendly €0.20 a spin and finally max out at a whopping €100 a press.

Wilds

There are two types of wild symbols on the Wild Swarm slot:

• Regular Wilds: Can land in all game modes and will substitute for all regular-paying symbols.

• Sticky Wild Symbols: These only appear during the two free spins bonus games and remain sticky on the reels until the respective feature ends.

Pick Me Feature

Each time the Chest symbol lands during the base game or either of the bonus games, you’re in for a treat of some kind. You’ll receive a pick of five chests containing random instant prizes. What you can receive depends on the mode in which the feature is triggered.

• Base Game: Chests can reveal bet multipliers between 2x and 250x or will trigger one of the two free spin bonus games.

• Bonus Games: During either free spins bonus game, if a Chest symbol lands, you can win an additional 1, 2, or 5 free spins or enhance all the sticky wilds. The latter could turn the wilds into roaming wild symbols that move one position left on each spin or into expanding wilds.

As further evidence, this slot is swarming with features; there are two free spin bonus games. However, there’s hardly any difference between the two, aside from how they trigger and the number of free spins you receive.

Free Spins Feature

The main free spins bonus game can be activated in one of two ways. The first involves landing at least three Hive scatter symbols simultaneously on the reels during a base game spin. You’ll receive 7, 10, and 15 free spins for 3, 4, or 5 scatters, respectively. The second is via the Pick Feature Bonus, giving you 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or 12 free spins.

Collectable Bees & Swarm Mode

While the Swarm Mode Free Spins game plays out the same as the above bonus, triggering it does not require a single lucky spin delivering a set number of scatter symbols. Instead, you can build up a chance of this feature during regular base game spins. When Bee symbols land, they fly into a hive, nesting above the reels. The position they previously occupied now becomes a wild symbol. Once five levels have been collected, there is a chance the hive will explode, sending a swarm of bees buzzing around the reels and the activation of the Swarm Mode Spins feature. You’ll get 10 free spins, and again, sticky wilds that land will remain on the reels until the feature ends.