Bozo Cats

Designed by Playson, this new online slot game is one for all the cat lovers out there. With a selection of exciting feline characters, this game is ideal for those that enjoy online gaming whilst in the company of their furry friend. Mechanically, this is a five-reel, three-row game with twenty pay lines and an RTP of 96.3%. The volatility rating for Bozo Cats is at the higher end of the spectrum. The top win players can achieve on one spin is a generous 4,935x the stake. The Bozo Cats game is available to play on mobile, tablet and desktop platforms.

Bozo Cats Overview

The features of this game begin with the wild icon. It can appear on reels two through four. It substitutes in for all regular icons to help players score more wins. Furthermore, it can randomly carry attached multipliers, boosting the resulting payout of any win it becomes a part of. The main feature here, however, is the free spins game. This feature is triggered when players land three or more scatter icons on the board simultaneously. The more scatters that you land to trigger the bonus, the more spin will be awarded to you. The free spins round also comes with modifiers that help to improve the value of the round. Finally, this game also has bonus buy facilities. All features will be explained in more detail later in the review.

Bozo Cats Theme and Symbols

The theme for this game is the domesticated house cat. Interestingly, recent research shows humans have domesticated house cats for centuries. In fact, evidence suggests that people domesticated cats in the Middle East more than 10,000 years ago, and cats were revered in many of the region’s traditions. Researchers consider the Middle East the place where people first domesticated cats. However, this phenomenon spread throughout the Asian continent and around the world. Now, almost every country on the planet has domesticated cat species. In this game, players will see almost all of these represented on the reels.

The background for this game is a city scene from the perspective of a cat perching on a rooftop. The gathering darkness makes the image feel cosy, whilst the magenta light provides a soothing dusky colour. This tableau is one of a city preparing to slumber whilst the notoriously nocturnal hunter, the cat, begins to awaken and sharpen its senses for the impending night’s action. The image is interesting and engenders a mysterious yet comforting atmosphere. The playing board for this game has been designed to emulate the stall of a street magazine seller.

The symbols are split into low-paying, high-paying and special symbols. The low-paying symbols are the 10, J, Q, K, and A in purple, blue, green, red, and orange. Landing a 5-of-a-kind win with them awards between 1X and 2.5X the bet. On the other hand, the more valuable icons are the ball of yarn, a toy mouse, and four cats. There’s a grey cat, a furry orange cat, a blue-eyed kitty with a pink ribbon, and an elderly grey and white, rather distinguished-looking cat. These more valuable icons are worth between 5x and 30x the bet. The specials for this game comprise the wild, the normal scatter and the golden scatter icons.

Game Play

Bozo Cats is played on a 5-reel, 3-row machine with 20 fixed pay lines. To win combinations, players must land three or more matching symbols on pay lines moving from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel. The betting range for Bozo Cats is 20p to £100 per spin. To adjust their bet levels, players can toggle their stakes up and down using the tool located at the bottom left-hand side of the screen.

Further information, including a short tutorial and a display of the paytable, can be found via the menu button in the right-hand corner of the screen. The spin and auto spin buttons are located in the centre of the screen. Volatility for this slot is rated in the range. The return-to-player percentage for Bozo Cats is 96.3%, which is above average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 4,935x the stake.

Bozo Cats Features

The first feature to explain in this free online slots is the wild feature. This bonus concerns the wild icon, which is the green label of a fish. It can turn up on reels two through four and substitute for all regular icons to help score more wins. It may also randomly have attached to it a multiplier of 2X or 3x which boosts the size of the payout of any win they are involved in.

The next feature is the free spins feature. This is triggered when players land three or more of the scatter icons on the reels simultaneously. The more scatters you land, the more free spins are awarded to you. Every golden scatter gives you an upgrade in the free spins. The scatters also pay 2X the bet when you trigger the free spins. Before you begin this free spin round, you are given the option of gambling your spins for an extra upgrade. If you choose to do this, you’ll enter a mini-game that lets you choose between three coins. Get two to reveal an upgrade, and you’ll win that upgrade. Fail this, though, and you will lose all your free spins. You can gamble up to 5 upgrades, but you can always choose to start the free spins without any gambling.

The free spin round itself can start with one or several upgrades if you triggered the feature with at least one golden scatter or if you won an upgrade in the Free Spins Gamble. There are three different upgrades:

• +3 FS = Gives the player three extra spins.
• +2 Instant Sticky Wilds = Guarantees at least 2 Sticky Wild Symbols at the start of the feature.
• Double wild Multipliers = Doubles the multipliers of all wild Symbols.

During the free spins, all Wilds become sticky and stay in their position for the rest of the feature, which finishes when the player runs out of spins. Finally, this game also has bonus buy facilities, allowing players to purchase access to bonus features. Depending on the territory you are accessing this game, this facility is not always available.

Conclusion

This is a well-performing game with a solid theme that is exciting, easy to play, and with a nice selection of features. In terms of the win potential, things are a little mixed. Although the RTP is good and the top payout is decent, the volatility rating is very high; meaning wins are pretty difficult to predict. The features also from playing this game aren’t very forthcoming. Having a few spins on the demo mode is our advice before placing any real bets. Try also Gate of Olympus for free.