Wild Showdown - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction 

This Wild Showdown slot was developed by Light and Wonder, and it brings us a fun Wild West theme. Played using five reels with four rows, this slot has scatter bonus symbols and wild symbols as well as several bonus features. They include free spins games, a wild gun chamber symbol and a gun chamber symbol, but this Wild Showdown slot review will explain those later.

There are 10 regular symbols on the reels of this game, which is fairly average compared to other free slots. They include a cowboy in a white hat, a beautiful young lady, a cowboy in a black hat and a bottle of whisky, as well as the classic playing card symbols A, K, Q, J, 10, and 9. In addition to those, there are also the wild sheriff’s badge symbols and the bonus safe and bonus gold bars (these are both scatters). Wilds appear on reels 2 to 5 and will substitute for any symbol except the bonus symbols and two gun chamber symbols. It’s the scatter bonus symbols that give access to free spins.

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack 

Wild Showdown has a fun Wild West theme, complete with cowboys, whisky, beautiful young women and revolvers. All this is set against the backdrop of a Wild West saloon, where we see bottles strewn around. The soundtrack is reminiscent of something you’d expect to hear playing in a Western movie and helps to set the scene. There are also some nice sound effects, such as the ‘clinking’ of a bottle whenever you press buttons on the game.

Wild Showdown RTP and Variance 

The theoretical return to player of Wild Showdown is 95.96% RTP, which is close to the average expected at an online casino when compared to similar free slots. As for its volatility, this one’s classed as a high-variance slot, as it offers mainly higher and less frequent potential payouts.

How to Play Wild Showdown

Get yourself in on the action in a few short steps:

1. Set your bet by hitting the coin stack icon, and then use the + and - buttons to increase or decrease the bet value.
2. You can see the paytable by using the settings cog on the left, followed by the ‘?’ symbol.
3. You can enable autoplay by pressing the smaller circular button near the start button.
4. Should you prefer manual spins, simply press start whenever you’re ready.
5. Remember to gamble responsibly. We do have timeouts and self-exclusion functions, but you should stop playing this Light and Wonder slot if the fun stops.

Bet Sizes & Paytable Wins 

The minimum total bet level in this Wild Showdown online slot is 0.20, and the maximum total bet level is 8.00. This provides a reasonable range of wagering options, although not as expansive as some other online slots. Players can see all possible payouts in the paytable, but some of the top ones could be as high as:

• 32.00 for 5 cowboys (white hat)
• 24.00 for 5 ladies
• 16.00 for 5 cowboys (black hat)

The game pays one way, from left to right, and three or more symbols must be identical and adjacent on one of the 1024 paylines for it to count as a win.

Max-win 30,000x

Volatility High

Top RTP 94%

Wild Showdown Bonus Features 

This slot has a good range of bonus features that you’d expect to find at an online casino. Firstly, there are the multiplier gun chambers and wild gun chambers: these symbols show the barrel of a revolver, each with six chambers. The multiplier gun chamber symbol appears only on reel 2 and acts as wild. After the spin, it’ll pop out to show a multiplier value. One of its chambers house the golden bullet: this one’s multiplier could be up to 10x, while the other chambers in the barrel will be 2x or 3x. The wild gun chamber symbol appears on reel 4 and also acts as wild. When this one appears after the spin its chambers will reveal a number representing the number of wilds: the golden bullet could have a three, four or five, while the others could have a one or two.

Now, the free spins. Triggered by landing a bonus symbol on reel 3, this starts off with eight free spins. These games feature the gun chamber symbols but with the added feature of their locking in place throughout.

Overall Wild Showdown Review 

Wild Showdown is one of the most fun-to-play online slots that we’ve reviewed in a while. We particularly liked the Western-themed soundtrack and the ‘clinking’ bottle sound effects when we pressed buttons. There are some great bonus features on offer, too, such as the free spins games.

However, we did find the game rules quite extensive at first and thought that the game was pretty volatile. High-variance fans might want to try the Mystery Museum free slots fun gameplay.

Disclaimer: Wild Showdown trademark / license is owned by Light & Wonder. This site is not endorsed by Light & Wonder.