Shelltastic Wins - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction 

Search for treasure underwater in RTG's Shelltastic Wins online slot, a 6x5 game with cascading action and a free spins bonus. Winning symbols disappear, leaving more to fall into their place and providing chances for extra wins. Unlike many online slot games with cascading action, the symbols pay in any position rather than in clusters, as long as 8 or more land anywhere on the reels. 

The free spins bonus is triggered by scatters, during which you can collect multipliers to boost wins. Read on in this Shelltastic Wins slot review to find out how.

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack

The cartoon-style graphics are full of animated bubbles, with the game set on a colourful sea bed. Shoals of fish dart between rocks and coral in the background, while sea plants wave gently in the current to either side of the reels. 

A puffer fish in a pirate's hat is the scatter, while various seashells represent the upper tier, all looking as if they've been made out of brightly coloured boiled candy. Lower-tier symbols are coins bearing pirate-themed icons, such as a skull, a hook, an anchor, a crown and a fish skeleton.

Shelltastic Wins RTP and variance

The RTP for Shelltastic Wins is unknown and the variance is medium.

How to Play Shelltastic Wins

When the online slot loads, a splash screen will show briefly, outlining the main features before the reels appear.

1. Before you start, take some time to familiarise yourself with the game's rules, paytable and features by touching the information button to the lower left of the screen. There are also some basic sound and input settings that can be found via the menu button to the lower right of the screen.
2. Set your bet amount using the + and - buttons to either side of the spin button, or choose the maximum bet by touching the coins button.
3. For a faster game, you can enable the turbo button located towards the lower left of the screen. This will speed up the reel animations.
4. To use autoplay, touch the autoplay button to the right of the spin button. Set the number of automatic spins, which will trigger autoplay immediately. There are no win or loss limit settings in this game. Keep an eye on your credits, and be ready to hit the stop button before you need to.
5. You're ready to start. Please gamble responsibly.

Bet Sizes & Paytable Wins

Bet sizes range between 2 and 100 coins per spin. Wins are paid by the number of symbols of a kind, regardless of where they appear on the reels. The highest-paying paytable symbol is the yellow shell, which will pay from 200x your bet for 8 or 9 of a kind to 1000x your bet for 12 or more of a kind. The maximum number of scatters that can land is 6, and that will pay out 2000x your bet.

Shelltastic Wins Features and Bonus game

Bonus Bet feature

Players can activate the bonus bet feature to increase the odds of triggering a free games bonus by 25%. This is achieved by adding more scatters to each reel. The cost of the bonus bet feature is an extra 25% of the current bet. 

Buy bonus feature

For players looking for immediate bonus game action, they can trigger the bonus games immediately using the buy bonus feature. The cost to buy is 100x the current bet amount. Players should be aware that there is no guarantee that wins from the free games will equal or exceed the amount paid. 

Free games bonus feature

10 Free games are triggered when 4 or more scatters land on the reels. During the free games feature, multiplier symbols can land with values ranging from 2x to 100x. Multipliers will stick until all cascading wins are finished for the spin. The multiplier symbols are then added up and multiply the total win for that spin. 

If 3 or more scatters land during the free games bonus, 5 extra free games are added. The free games bonus ends once all the free games have been played.

Shelltastic Wins review

Shelltastic Wins' bright colours and light soundtrack looks and sounds great, although the style of this free slot may appeal to underage players. Its 'pay anywhere' feature means that symbols can land anywhere and pay, as long as 8 or more of a kind land. It's a variation on the cluster win mechanic, demonstrated by Play N Go's Rich Wilde and the Tome of Madness (check out its slot review), where symbols must appear in groups of 4 or more of a kind. The gameplay in Shelltastic Wins is engaging, especially in free games mode, where the number of multipliers can potentially increase with each cascade, adding an extra dimension and the possibility of bigger wins. 

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