Blazing Piranhas - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Blazing Piranhas Slot Review

Many slots have lakes and fish, but very few have the drama of Blazing Piranhas, which is unlike any other Microgaming online slot we’ve seen. The setting and character of the 5-reel base game make it engaging from the start, but if you move beyond the 20 paylines to the apparently never-ending collection of bonuses, its potential becomes extraordinary. 

It’s in the Water

We’ve all seen the fishing-themed slots where idyllic lakes are full of colourful, smiling fish just waiting for you to catch them. This isn’t like that. Sure, there is a very pretty lake surrounded by idyllic scenery, and yes, there are human characters enjoying nature as they surround themselves with holiday trappings like picnic gear, but there’s something menacing lurking beneath.

It's actually fairly clever how Microgaming have depicted the Blazing Piranhas slot. The lake fills the foreground, and the huts and greenery are squeezed into the back. That means you can see more of the water than you’d expect, including an ominous glimpse of just how deep and dark it goes. During free spins, you can even visit the greenish world of the lake bottom. It’s a subtle way of telling you that something dangerous is hiding just out of sight.

Mouths Full of Teeth

If you’ve seen the title, you already know the danger. The piranha, one of the most iconic and feared fish in the world, is capable of tearing its prey apart with astonishing speed. Just look at the pile of bones symbol.

Okay, so we mostly associate piranhas with the Amazon and this scene doesn’t look particularly like a South American rainforest, and yes, blazing seems an odd word to describe creatures who live underwater, but the Blazing Piranha slot is packed with fish across its reels, each a different colour, growing in size, but all with vicious faces.

Blazing Piranhas RTP and Variance

Slots always have a return to player average, a theoretical figure representing payouts over millions of spins. Sometimes, developers don’t reveal the RTP or make it variable, which can make it hard to see how it stacks up to similar slots. 

Blazing Piranhas is one of those games. We found it with a low 94.02% RTP, but we’ve heard not all casinos have it set to the same level.

What adds to the unpredictability is the high variance, representing a volatile relationship between the size and frequency of wins. As always, if you're worried about returns, the best answer is to turn to free demo mode.

How to Play Blazing Piranhas

Stay out of the water!

1. The slot has its own guide on how to play, complete with rules and paytable. Just press the info button next to mute.
2. Controls include the plus and minus symbols of the bet adjustor. Be sensible.
3. Floating around the spin button are options for autoplay, turbo, max bet and opening the bet window.
4. Responsible gaming means starting in demo play, having a budget, sticking to your limits and taking breaks.
5. Have fun, but know when to stop.

How to Win at Blazing Piranhas

The Blazing Piranhas slot base game has 20 paylines, running from left to right. Winning symbols must match across one of the paylines. You need at least three, but with five reels, the biggest payouts are for five. There are also lots of Blazing Piranhas bonus features to trigger.

Top Wins

• The payout potential for winning symbols is revealed in the paytable. It’s dynamic, so the win multiplier is already applied. Piranhas lurk at the bottom. 
• Move further up for more valuable human characters. The highest-paying one is the woman in the purple frame. Find her five times for a x25 win multiplier.
• Coins, the scatter symbol and piranha wilds are involved in features.
• The max win is x5000.

Bet Range

• Minimum bet: 0.1
• Maximum bet: 50

Blazing Piranhas Bonuses

We’re not sure our Blazing Piranhas slot review can cover all these bonus features because there are so many of them! Special wilds, lock and win, free spins, jackpots... there’s loads that can boost your total win but mostly add to the excitement.

Piranha Wild

A piranha wild symbol moves left if it has a character on its left, leaving a regular wild behind.

Lock and Win

Six coins unlocks 3 free re-spins. Coins lock every time they land. Other symbols are gone. Unlock rows as you play, reset your re-spins with more coins and collect prizes. Gold coins have values of up to x12, purple coins have multipliers of up to x5, green coins unlock rows and pay up to x5, and star coins collect jackpots. Jackpots are micro, mini, minor, major or mega.

Free Spins Bonus

The scatter symbol triggers free spins, but it’s not that simple. More spins means fewer wilds. You must choose:

• 3 scatters = 5-12 spins with 6-3 wilds.
• 4 scatters = 10-24 spins with 6-3 wilds.
• 5 scatters = 15-36 free spins with 6-3 wilds.

Jackpot Wheel

As you play the base game, you can fill the jackpot bar. When it is complete, it triggers the jackpot wheel and more opportunities to win one of the five jackpots, worth 15x, 25x, 100x, 500x or 5000x your bet.

Blazing Piranhas Review - Our Verdict

The Blazing Piranhas slot has a lot of depth, and that’s not just because it’s set in an exceptionally deep lake. There are so many bonus features with so many layers that you may find it confusing at first. What is clear is that adding ferocious piranhas instead of generic trout makes for an exceptionally thrilling and highly original video slot.
 

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