Piñata Popper Dream Drop Slot Review

Piñata Popper Dream Drop Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Piñata Popper Dream Drop slot takes place on a 7×7 grid with Cluster Pays. To land a win, you need 5 or more matching symbols appearing adjacent to one another (i.e. in a cluster). The more symbols that are connected either vertically and/or horizontally, the bigger the payout. For more information on this kind of game, check out our Cluster Pays/Grid Slots section.

You can play Piñata Popper Dream Drop from 20p to £100 per spin. Use the plus/minus buttons under the reels (desktop version) or the ‘Coins’ icon on the mobile/tablet version to change your bet. Players outside the UK can opt for an Autoplay function which allows loss, win and single-win limits. There’s also Turbo Mode for faster spins.

The Piñata Popper Dream Drop RTP rate is 94% which is about average for a progressive jackpot slot. 12% of all bets will contribute towards the jackpots meaning the actual RTP is 82%. That said, Relax Gaming has produced a non-jackpot version, called Piñata Popper, which offers a 96.15% RTP rate.

In terms of volatility, it’s very high (5/5). At the time of writing, we have no hit frequency rate information. Finally, the Piñata Popper Dream Drop slot offers you 10,000 x bet max wins (this is for the jackpot and non-jackpot versions). You can of course win 5 progressive jackpots with the Mega Jackpot worth up to €3 million.

Theme: grab a margarita and celebrate the Day of the Dead celebrations

With a Mexican theme, the Piñata Popper Dream Drop slot sees you grab a margarita and climb to the rooftops of Mexico City which could begin a journey to the foot of the ancient Chichen Itza.

Known as the Día de Muertos to locals, Day of the Dead is a holiday celebrated in Mexico where family and friends pay their respects to those who have passed. Set at night-time, it has a traditional Mexican/mariachi soundtrack. The design is excellent as always from Relax Gaming.

On the reels, you will see club, spade, diamond and heart candle symbols that have a distinctly Mexican style. The higher-value symbols include tacos, tequila, sombreros and red chilli peppers. Best paying is the red chilli pepper symbol which awards 1,000 x bet for 45 or more in a cluster.

With no wild symbol, other symbols include Blue, Green, Red and Orange Piñatas which award a variety of modifiers. The final symbol of note is the diamond-encrusted B Bonus Scatter that is key to playing the Bonus Game feature.

Piñata Popper Dream Drop Mobile

Released on the 22^nd of August 2023, Piñata Popper Dream Drop has been created using HTML5 technology. Playable on mobile, desktop and tablet devices, smartphone players can enjoy this slice of Day of the Dead action on iOS, Android and Windows mobiles. The 7×7 grid lends itself well to playing on handheld devices.

Piñata Popper Dream Drop Bonus Features

The Piñata Popper Dream Drop slot comes with 3 to 4 bonus features (depending on which version you’re playing). Piñata symbols award re-spins which explode once the re-spins finish to reveal 1 symbol type. In the Bonus Game feature, you get free spins with Piñata symbols held. If they cross, multipliers are added. There’s also a new Piñata symbol which adds a multiplier up to 5x. All multipliers are added together and applied to your final win. You also have the small matter of 5 progressive jackpots.

Re-Spin feature

Look out for Piñata symbols as they trigger the Re-Spin feature and are held in position on the 7×7 grid. Re-spins continue as long as Piñatas continue to land with a final re-spin awarded once -respins have ended. Before the reels stop spinning, any Piñatas present explode and reveal a symbol type in all positions marked around them. Here is what the Piñatas offer:

Blue Piñata	Reveals symbol in diagonal positions
Green Piñata	Reveal symbols in horizontal + vertical positions (in a cross shape)
Red Piñata	Reveals symbols in all directions
Orange Piñata	Adds multiplier up to 5x (only in Bonus Game feature)

Bonus Game feature

The Piñata Popper Dream Drop slot comes with a Bonus Game feature that is triggered by collecting 3 Bonus Scatter symbols throughout a spin/series of re-spins. They can land on reels 3, 4 and 5. You head to the foot of the ancient Chichen Itza which is 1 of the New Seven Wonders of the World and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

3 free spins are awarded. A Piñata symbol resets the free spin counter back to 3 when landing. Once the spin counter reaches 0, the Piñatas explode to reveal symbols in their patterns described above with new symbols spinning in for a final spin. There is a new Orange Piñata which reveals a multiplier between 2x and 5x.

A +1 multiplier is awarded for each symbol position that has a Piñata reveal pattern overlapping. All multiplier values are then added together and applied to the total win from the Bonus Game feature.

Dream Drop Bonus feature

In the jackpot version, there is a randomly-triggered Dream Drop Bonus feature. With 5 jackpots up for grabs, you are presented with 15 skull options. The aim is to reveal 3 of the same jackpot. Here is what the jackpots are worth:

Piñata Popper Dream Drop Review Summary: Piñatas key to enjoying this fiesta

Playful, colourful and fun, the Piñata Popper Dream Drop slot is a simple cluster pays game that focuses on Piñata symbols. The graphics and soundtrack are exactly what you’d expect which isn’t a bad thing in my opinion.

In terms of the gameplay, winning clusters don’t lead to tumbles/cascades which is unusual for a grid slot. However, the Piñatas award re-spins and explode to reveal a symbol type in the marked positions. The Red Piñata is by far the most lucrative as 9 symbol positions reveal 1 symbol type. Re-spins continue as long as Piñatas land.

In the Bonus Game feature, you get free spins with Piñata symbols resetting the free spins tally back to 3 each time. There is an added Orange Piñata which reveals a multiplier up to 5x. If Piñata patterns overlap, each position sees the multiplier increase by 1. The total multiplier is then added to your total feature win.

Lastly, you have the Dream Drop Bonus feature that is activated randomly on any spin. You want to win the Mega Jackpot which is worth up to €3 million.

In conclusion, the Piñata Popper Dream Drop slot is quite a simple cluster pays game which focuses on Piñata symbols. They come into their own during the free spins as they can increase the overall multiplier. This is where you’re likely to win the 10,000 x bet max wins possible.

It’s not as impressive as Relax’s Cluster Tumble slot in my opinion but a decent game if you like the Day of the Dead celebrations and fancy a chance of winning life-changing jackpots. I recommend you try Money Train Original Dream Drop (by Relax Gaming) which also comes with 10,000 x bet wins and 5 jackpots but better bonus features.