Fat Panda Slot Review

Fat Panda RTP, Details & Wager Limits

Fat Panda is played on 5 reels, 3 rows and 20 fixed paylines. A special reel at the top of the main game area also spins horizontally, but we’ll talk more about that in the Bonus Features part of this review. To create a win, just land 3 or more matching symbols, from left to right, along a payline.

You can play Fat Panda for as little as 10p up to £100 per spin. This wide betting range makes the game perfect for all types of players, and you can adjust your bet by using the + and – buttons to the side of the main spin button.

Outside of the UK, Fat Panda also boasts an Autospin feature. Use it to spin between 10 and 1,000 times without clicking, but do note there’s no option to set win or loss limits.

The slot comes with a 96.07% RTP rate, though other RTP versions also exist. To make sure you’re playing at the most advantageous rate, simply choose one of our recommended slot sites.

Fat Panda offers max wins of 20,000 x stake and has a super high volatility rating of 5/5. Bigger wins are created by stacking modifier multiplier symbols and expanded wilds.

Theme – adorable journey to oriental riches

With Fat Panda, Pragmatic Play has once again demonstrated its prowess in creating visually stunning games. Whilst the Asian theme isn’t very original, vibrant and colorful graphics bring it to life. The reels hang against a Himalayan scene, and the soundtrack is upbeat and enjoyable – don’t head straight for the mute button!

On the reels, low paying symbols include 10 to Ace royals, while the upper half of the paytable includes fans, drums, lucky money bags and fans. The pair of gold sycees is the highest paying symbol, rewarding you with 5 x your stake for a 5 of a kind combination.

Fat Panda also boasts a paw print Scatter symbol which can appear on all reels and is used to trigger the Free Spins round. The Fat Panda himself is the wild symbol, substituting for all others and also offering up to 5 x your bet.

Symbol	Payouts/Info
10	3, 4 or 5 = 0.25, 0.4 or 0.5 x stake
J	3, 4 or 5 = 0.25, 0.5 or 0.6 x stake
Q	3, 4 or 5 = 0.4, 0.6 or 0.75 x stake
K	3, 4 or 5 = 0.4, 0.6 or 0.75 x stake
A	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 0.75 or 1 x stake
Money Bag	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 0.75 or 1 x stake
Fan	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 1 or 1.5 x stake
Drum	3, 4 or 5 = 0.7, 1.25 or 2 x stake
Lantern	3, 4 or 5 = 1, 2 or 2.5 x stake
Sycees	3, 4 or 5 = 1.5, 2.5 or 5 x stake
Wild	Substitues for all symbols above + pays up to 5 x stake
Scatter	3+ triggers Free Spins feature

Fat Panda mobile

It wouldn’t be a Pragmatic Play slot if it didn’t look great on mobile, and Fat Panda is no exception. The latest HTML5 technology means you can play it on mobile, PC, laptop and/or tablet devices and the 5×3 layout is suitable for smaller screens.

Fat Panda Bonus Features

Fat Panda has 2 main bonus features, and a Bonus Buy option outside of the UK. The Top Reel feature adds a range of modifiers to the base game, whilst the Free Spins round can be particularly lucrative.

Top Reel Feature

As mentioned earlier, Fat Panda comes with a special reel on top of the main layout. This spins horizontally and can either contain blanks or the following modifiers:

• Add Wild – adds one wild symbol in a random position in the reel under it.
• Expand Wild – if there’s a wild symbol in the reel beneath, the wild expands to fill the full reel.
• Add Wild Multiplier – carries a random multiplier value worth 2x to 10x, and adds this value to all wilds in the reel beneath it. Multipliers apply to all wins passing through those wilds.
• Add Multiplier to all Wilds – carries with a multiplier value of x2 to 20, which is added to all wilds on screen. Multipliers apply to all wins running through those wilds and, if a wild already has a multiplier from another modifier, the values multiply between themselves.

Free Spins Feature

Land 3 or more scatter symbols to trigger the Free Spins feature. You will receive 10, 12 or 15 free spins to begin with, based on the number of scatters collected to trigger the feature.

During free spins the gameplay is the same as the base game, with one important difference. All wilds are sticky, remaining in place till the end of the feature.

There’s also an extra Additional Free Spins modifier added to the Top Reel. When this lands, you’ll receive between 1 and 10 extra spins.

Bonus Buy Feature

If you’re playing from outside of the UK, you also have 2 options to buy your way into free spins. These are as follows:

Fat Panda Summary – slightly uninspired but potentially rewarding

Let’s start with the positives. the Fat Panda slot looks great. It’s full of the kind of attention to detail that we’ve come to expect and love from the provider. Whilst there are hundreds of Asian slots around, Pragmatic Play have managed to give the theme a new lease of life.

That said, when it comes to gameplay there’s nothing too exciting going on. The Top Reel feature can be very rewarding when it gets going, though it’s very similar to the Prize Disk feature you find in Megaways slots. We also found that the modifiers often fall on reels where they can’t perform. If you’re aiming for the 20,000 x bet max wins, you need to combine it with the Free Spins feature and sticky wilds.

Of course, dry spells are natural in such a high volatility game. So, whilst the Panda might be adorable, this game isn’t as cute as it first appears. Overall, it’s a decent release but there’s plenty of more interesting new slots around.