Born Wild Slot Review

Born Wild Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Born Wild slot is played on 5 reels, 4 rows, and comes with 26 unique paylines. Wins are paid by landing 3 or more matching symbols from left to right, beginning from reel 1.

Stakes range from 10p up to £100 per spin, thus catering to all bankrolls. Simply use the arrows next to the total bet value to adjust your stake. Autoplay is also available for anyone outside the UK. You can choose up to 1,000 autospins and set loss limits as well as win limits.

The Born Wild RTP is 96.2%, which is slightly above the 96% average for an online slot. The game has a hit frequency of 23.72%, which isn’t too bad. This means that just under a quarter of all spins on average will result in a winner.

The maximum win is 2,500 x your stake, which is pretty low as a lot of other Hacksaw Gaming slots are around the 10,000x mark. But with a lower max win value comes lower volatility, which is good to see. It’s rated as 2 out of 5 for volatility, meaning bigger wins will land more often than a slot with higher variance.

Theme – join the wild animals on the reels

The theme in the Born Wild slot game isn’t obvious until you see the symbols. It’s all about wild animals, but the background is black so you don’t really get a sense of the theme initially. The soundtrack is pretty basic, with a calming tune playing throughout. Again, the audio doesn’t represent the overall theme here either.

If you manage to land one of the bonus features, the audio becomes a lot rockier and party-like, which adds to the intensity of the game. The animal sound effects of some of the symbols like the bear and the lion are a nice touch and it all adds to the overall appeal.

On the reels, you’ve got the actions of the animals as the lower-paying symbols such as Roar and Howl. They’re joined by the higher-paying wolves, rhinos, gorillas, tigers, and cobras. The Cobra symbol pays the most, with 2, 5 or 15 x your stake up for grabs if you land 3, 4 or 5 in combination respectively.

The bear is the Free Spin symbol, whereas the Lion represents the Lion’s Roar feature if 3 or more land in view. The game’s Wild substitutes for all except the Free Spin symbol. It also pays 50 x your stake if you manage to land 5 in combination.

Symbol	Payout
Howl	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.5 or 1 x stake
Claw	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.5 or 1 x stake
Hisss	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.5 or 1 x stake
Grrr	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.5 or 1 x stake
Roar	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.5 or 1 x stake
Wolf	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 1.5 or 5 x stake
Rhino	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 1.5 or 5 x stake
Gorilla	3, 4 or 5 = 1, 2 or 7.5 x stake
Tiger	3, 4 or 5 = 1, 2 or 7.5 x stake
Cobra	3, 4 or 5 = 2, 5 or 15 x stake
Lion	3+ triggers Lion's Roar feature
Free Spin	3 in view triggers Free Spins feature
Wild	Substitutes for all except Free Spin symbol + pays up to 50x

Born Wild Mobile

Hacksaw Gaming produced this game using HTML5 technology. This allows you to play the Born Wild mobile slot on iOS and Android devices as well as laptops and desktop PCs. The 5×4 reel setup plays really well on smaller screens.

Born Wild Bonus Features

There are 3 bonus features here – the Lion’s Roar feature, the Free Spins feature and the Buy Bonus option. The 2 main features are goof fun to play and really easy to understand. Carry on reading as we explain how each of the bonus features works.

Lion’s Roar feature

3 or more Lion symbols will trigger the Lion’s Roar feature. This is where you are awarded respins until no more Lion symbols appear on the reels, it’s that simple. When the feature ends, all Lions will convert into Wilds and then you’ll get 3 more additional spins.

Free Spins feature

3 or more Free Spins symbols will trigger the Free Spins feature in the Born Wild slot game. You will be awarded 10 free spins. All Wilds are sticky here during the spins, which opens up the door for some great potential in terms of big wins. The feature will play automatically until the 10 free spins become zero.

It’s a very basic Free Spins feature, which makes it very easy to understand. But it also means that there isn’t too much excitement with it, which is a slight negative when you compare it to some of the better Free Spins features on other slots.

You can buy both of these features if you’re playing outside the UK. They can each be bought for 80 x your stake, with both being played at medium volatility.

Born Wild Review Summary – a wild and sticky ride

The Born Wild slot is a fun game to play and it’s not complicated either, which will appeal to anyone who is just getting into slots or anyone who just prefers simple games like this one. I like the graphics with the sharp colours and the sound effects from the symbols. It plays really well and will appeal to many.

But what stops the Born Wild slot from moving to the next level is the lack of depth as well as the max win potential. Although everything is easy to understand, it’s all very basic and there’s nothing unique to take it from a good slot to a great slot. With the max win being pretty low at 2,500 x your stake, at least the volatility is in the low to medium range, which is nice to see.

Overall, it doesn’t; pack a punch with the features such as Outlaws Inc with its Global Multipliers, and there are no unique features like with Itero and its Echospins. However, it’s all very nicely done and I have to say that I enjoyed frequent wins when I was testing the game, which bodes well.