Balthazar's Wild Carnival - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

Don’t let the standard 5x3 grid and 20 paylines fool you, as Balthazar's Wild Carnival is packed with potential from the five game modifiers and the free spins features.

It is all about the potions, with Balthazar randomly triggering different types of wilds, mystery symbols and big wins with his famous concoctions.

Balthazar's Wild Carnival certainly lives up to its name with three free spins bonuses, each with its own amazing wild. As if this wasn’t enough, real money players even get a crack at one of seven progressive jackpots with the Party Pots feature. This feature-packed slot features eight standard paytable symbols, three higher paying picture symbols, and five royals.

Don't miss the magical wild, which replaces all symbols except the potion bottle bonuses and pays out the biggest win in the base game.

You might want to explore this slot in risk-free demo mode first. You can play across all your devices, including mobile and tablet.

Theme, graphics & soundtrack

Balthazar's Wild Carnival is like an old-time medicine show in which Balthazar peddles his incredible concoctions and fake remedies, including snake oil!

This slot revolves around the superbly animated figure of the carnival barker. He appears and disappears in a puff of multicoloured smoke, juggles his potions, and lobs bottles at the reels.

The whole carnival setting is really well-drawn in a bold and imaginative cartoon style. The paytable symbols are all perfectly integrated, including the royals in their on-point carnival font.

Tying everything together is a soundtrack worthy of any lovable rogue animation!

RTP & volatility

With medium volatility and a 95 per cent RTP, this feature-packed slot will appeal to most players.

How to play Balthazar's Wild Carnival

1. This is a high production game, so be aware that older hardware may struggle. There is a splash screen outlining the game’s main features, then a screen on the Party Pots feature. Click through both to the game screen.

2. The menu can be found to the top right of the screen. Tap this to explore the paytable and additional game info.

3. Open the autoplay menu and select between 5 and 100 autospins and win and loss limits.

4. On the left of the screen is the bet menu. You will need to adjust your stake before you can play. Set a session budget to protect a portion of your bankroll.

5. Now tap the big green spin button to play.

Min & max bets + top wins

You can play this slot for stakes between a minimum of 0.20 and a maximum of 100.00 coins per spin. The top win available in this game is 250,000 coins, which is super-tricky to land, but the biggest jackpot can go higher. You will need to play for real money to access the seven Party Pots.

The five-of-a-kind wins are the highest prizes in the base game:

- Wild pays 25x
- Gold coin pays 20x
- Potion chest pays 20x
- Top hat and scroll pay 15x
- Ace and king pay 10x
- Queen, jack and ten pay 5x

Bonus features

Potion bonuses

Balthazar can trigger one of five potion bonuses at random:

- Colossal Wilds adds oversized wilds to the reels.

- Wild Reels adds stacked wilds.

- Lucky Wilds adds a 7x multiplier to any wins created with a lucky wild.

- 5 of a kind triggers a guaranteed five-of-a-kind win.

- Big Win will spin in and pay big.

Bonus potion scatter

Any two potion bottles on reels one and two will trigger the bonus free spins gamble. The more consecutive bottles, the higher the number of spins.

Bonus free spins gamble

Play the free spins gamble wheel for the chance to win more spins up to a maximum 300 free games.

Free spins bonus features

You will be offered one of three wild features:

- Exploding Wilds: Balthazar throws an exploding potion at the reels to add wilds.

- Firework Wilds: Balthazar lights a match to try to ignite rocket wilds.

- Marching Wilds: Balthazar’s magic hat makes wilds march across the reels.

Overall review: our verdict

Balthazar is back and the carnival is a riot of fun, entertainment and wild madness in this Core Gaming demo slots game! We first met this colourful character in Balthazar's Wild Emporium. This slot features just as much potential for big wins of up to 250,000 coins!

There is so much going on that you won’t even care about the hard to trigger free spins. You will be on tenterhooks wondering whether he will unleash a modifier when a potion bottle lands.

Superbly integrated features, top-notch gameplay and fantastic visuals - Balthazar has done it again!

Disclaimer: Balthazar's Wild Carnival trademark / license is owned by CORE Gaming. This site is not endorsed by CORE Gaming.