PapayaPop Slot Review

PapayaPop Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The PopWin mechanic is central to the action in the PapayaPop slot. It comes into play each time you create a winning combination by landing 3 or more matching symbols or wilds on adjoining reels, starting from reel 1.

Stakes range from between 20p and £100 per spin. Click on the bet button below the spin button then choose from the range of stake sizes. The payouts for symbols appear in stakes which makes it easy to see what each symbol pays.

The Papaya Pop RTP is 96% which is standard. What most certainly isn’t standard is the variance. The volatility sits in the high category. Expect a win in over a quarter of spins as the hit frequency rate is 22%. The maximum win is 10,542 x your total stake.

Theme – Audio & Design Features – elegant Art Deco inspired setting

The PapayaPop slot is a fruit machine but a very posh looking one. There’s a very elegant, Art Deco feel to the visuals here which is very easy on the eye.

Accompanying the action is a jazzy, ragtime soundtrack which is a perfect match for the vintage visuals. It’s simple yes, but also very stylish, especially for what is in essence a fruit machine.

The reels are made up of A to 9 royals and 7 exotic fruit symbols. In the base game, the top symbol is the pineapple that awards 8 x your total stake if you land 5 on adjoining reels. The top prize increases to 15 x stake with the arrival of the Super High Symbol which can only appear in the free spins.

Papaya Pop has been optimised for play on all devices including desktop and laptop, computers, tablets and smartphones. They all offer the same blend of rich sound and visuals and volatile gameplay.

PapayaPop Bonus Features

In addition to the PopWin mechanic, there are a few extras to take note of in Papaya Pop. With 4 bonus features, there’s a free spins bonus, complete with an expanding multiplier. You can also try and improve your free spins starting position by giving the Gamble Wheel a spin.

PopWin feature

Each time you land a winning combination, a ‘Pop’ occurs and the PopWin feature triggers. The successful symbols are removed from the grid and a cascade follows. Instead of a single symbol, 2 symbols replace the vacated symbols. It’s similar to the xWays feature found in Nolimit City’s East Coast vs West Coast.

This increases the number of ways to win. In the base game, each reel can contain up to 6 symbols which means up to 7,776 ways to win. With win both ways technology, this doubles to 15,552.

This increases to a maximum of 9 symbols during the free spins which will give you 59,049 ways to win. The win both ways mechanic means this will give you 118,098 ways to win. Following a winless cascade, the reels revert to their original size.

Unlimited Free Spins feature

Trigger the Unlimited Free Spins feature when all 5 reels are unlocked and contain the maximum 6 symbols.

Before starting, you’ll have the opportunity to use the Gamble Wheel feature. Win the gamble and the starting multiplier rises from 2x to 3x and the size of the reels from 3 to 4 rows high. Lose the gamble and you won’t receive any free spins.

You can gamble 1 more time to potentially take the multiplier to 4x and the starting reels to 5 rows high. Again, a loss voids the free spins. Hope to land on the golden segment of the gamble wheel as this awards a 5x starting multiplier.

Once in, you’ll then go on to play a minimum of 3 free spins. Land a winning combination and the number of free spins resets to 3. If you don’t spin the Gamble Wheel, the round starts with a 2x multiplier. On each free spin, that multiplier increases by 1.

The PopWin mechanic is active in the free spins round. Instead of reels reverting to their original size following a winless cascade, the reels only drop to the size of the smallest reel currently active. For example, says the reels are 7-7-8-9-7 rows high at the end of a spin. The next spin would start with reels 7-7-7-7-7 high because the shortest reel was 7.

When a reel contains the maximum 9 symbols, it becomes unlocked. When all the reels are unlocked, the multiplier increases by 2 on each free spin rather than the standard 1x. The feature ends when you’ve run out of free spins.

Finally, and in some territories, players will be able to pay a fee of 75 x stake and buy your way into the free spins. Known as the Buy a Bonus feature, this option isn’t available to UK players.

PapayaPop Review Summary – a stylish, volatile take on a PopWin mechanic

The PapayaPop slot is a take on the classic fruit that offers something a little different both in terms of design and gameplay. Visually, the Art Deco design is rather lovely, backed by a catchy, swinging soundtrack.

The PopWin mechanic keeps things moving in the base game. It’s the Unlimited Free Spins feature where things have the potential to motor thanks to the increasing multiplier.

With 10,542 x stake max wins, tread carefully here though as the volatility is very high. If you’re a fruit machine fan who likes their classic action to come with a twist or two thrown in, PapayaPop should be a tasty proposition.

If you like the PopWin mechanic, my choice would be PopRocks which comes with a high 96.8% RTP and max wins of 72,188 x stake. CherryPop is also decent and offers top wins of 56,386 x stake.