Zombie Carnival Slot Review

Zombie Carnival Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Zombie Carnival slot is played on 6 reels, 4 rows, and comes with 4,096 ways to win. Wins are formed by matching symbol combinations from left to right, starting from reel 1.

The game caters to all bankrolls with stakes ranging from just 20p up to £100 per spin. to alter your total bet, simply use the + and – buttons below the reels on either side of the spin button. There’s also an autoplay function available to players outside the UK.

The Zombie Carnival RTP is 96.5%, which is generous and above average for an online slot. But please bear in mind that volatility here is very high and rated 5 out of 5 by Pragmatic Play. This slot will pay out less often on average, but the chance to potentially hit big wins in a shorter space of time is higher.

The max win is 5,000 x your stake, which is the same as a lot of other titles from this provider. It’s not huge but it’s by no means the worst we’ve seen. It sits somewhere in the middle compared to many other slots on the market.

Theme – a carnival atmosphere

The Zombie Carnival slot theme is obvious as soon as you load the game and hear the circus-like audio. You’ll see a Big Top in the background, with fireworks constantly going off in the background with balloons flying high in the sky as birds crow and the wind swirls to give it an eerie feel.

Set in front of an array of displays you’ll likely see at a funfair or a virus. the reels are bold and bright, with symbols coming to life at times to add to the overall thrill of a horror-themed game. Land 2 Scatters and the audio switches to give an intense and upbeat feel to the bonus feature that takes place inside the Big Top. Although the soundtrack is repetitive, it works really well.

On the reels, you’ve got the usual A-J royals that are the low paying symbols. They’re joined by numerous zombies that pay out slightly more but not too much more. The Clown Zombie is the most lucrative symbol, paying 1, 2 3 or 5 x your stake for 3, 4, 5 or 6 in combination.

The game’s Wild is a Bear zombie that comes to life and consumes scatters in the Free Spins feature if one appears next to it. The Scatter is in fact a brain, so they’ve linked the horror theme well here.

There’s also a Mystery symbol in the game, which can appear at the end of each spin in both the base game and the bonus feature. Any in view will transform into a random paying symbol to potentially create a winning combination.

Symbol	Payouts/Info
J	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,2, 0.3, 0.5 or 0.7 x stake
Q	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,2, 0.3, 0.5 or 0.7 x stake
K	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,2, 0.3, 0.5 or 0.7 x stake
A	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,2, 0.3, 0.5 or 0.7 x stake
Zombie with Fireworks	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,4, 0.6, 1 or 1.5 x stake
Blue Zombie	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,5, 0.8, 1.2 or 2 x stake
Zombie Ringmaster	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0,6, 1, 1.5 or 3 x stake
Clown Zombie	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 1, 2, 3 or 5 x stake
Scatter	2+ triggers Free Spins feature
Wild	Consumes Scatters + appears in Free Spins feature only
Mystery Symbol	Randomly transforms into a paying symbol after every spin

Zombie Carnival Mobile

You can join these eerie-looking zombies on mobiles, tablets and desktop devices. Visually, this is a great looking slot, even when using a smaller screen. The simple gameplay works well too with the Free Spins feature delivering the best opportunities.

Zombie Carnival Bonus Features

There’s 1 main bonus feature here; the Free Spins round. It would have been great to see more to set the game apart from many others, but we have to make do with a bonus feature that does come with some fun aspects. Let’s break it down for you so that you fully understand how it all works.

Free Spins feature

Land 2 or more Scatter symbols in the base game to trigger the Free Spins feature with 6 free spins. This is also where the Bear Wild comes into play as it’s not available in the base game.

The Scatters that triggered the feature will transform into Wilds at the start of the round and will remain on the screen through the bonus feature. Each Wild will move to one of the closest Scatters that land, consume it, takes its position, and will increase the multiplier by 1x. If more than 1 Wild is involved in a winning combination, the multipliers are multiplied together.

It’s also important to note here that if more Scatters land than Wilds on a spin, any leftover Scatters turn into Wilds for the remaining free spins.

Buy Free Spins feature

In most territories but not available in the UK, you can buy the Free Spins feature for 80 x your total stake. 2, 3 or 4 Scatters will then land randomly on the reels to trigger the bonus round.

Zombie Carnival Review Summary – more variety is needed at this circus

When you load the Zombie Carnival slot game and initially see the graphics and listen to the audio, it instantly takes you to the circus with fantastic visuals. But even though a circus has a lot of different acts, the variety is below par here.

I enjoyed the Free Spins feature, but I wanted more. I wanted some additional features to bring the game up a level compared to many other Pragmatic Play slots that have the same 1 Free Spins feature, albeit with a different theme. The lack of bonus features lets it down a little.

What the slot does have going for it is an above-average RTP, which will appeal to many. The max win of 5,000 x your stake isn’t too bad either, but there’s better out there. It’s definitely worth giving our free demo a try first to see if you like it.

If you want an alternative, consider Big Top Bonanza Megaways from Skywind. Although it has the same max win of 5,000 x your stake, there are a lot more bonus features to enjoy, including an exciting Free Spins feature with numerous modifiers.

Another slot worth your time is the Cabin Crashers slot from Quickspin, which has a zombie theme and max wins of an appealing 22,144 x your stake.

And if you’re into the zombie theme with a cartoony twist, try Peter & Sons’ Mutagenes.