We’ve come to love all of the free online slots that Pragmatic Play deliver each year, and, well, each week – they really are busy aren’t they!? They come in all different shapes and sizes, and sometimes we just sit back and ask ourselves, how on Earth do they come up with all these crazy ideas, especially the bonus rounds and features? This got us thinking, wouldn’t it be awesome to head down memory lane and have ourselves a look at some of the coolest bonus round-in slots that came out in 2023? Throwback time!
Chase for Glory Demo – Pick your Fighter
When the Chase for Glory slot came out, we think the whole office collective lost their minds, purely based on how fun the bonus round was! Triggered by 3 or more Scatter Symbols, this bonus feature first had us picking a fighter – what?? Each fighter had their own perks, which we’ve listed below for you:
- Green faction Champion: Plays all 25 Free Spins with x2 multiplier Wild symbols.
- Red faction Champion: Plays 20 Free Spins with x2 and x3 multiplier Wild symbols.
- Blue faction Champion: Plays 15 Free Spins with x3 and x5 multiplier Wild symbols.
- Purple faction Champion: Plays 10 Free Spins with x5 multiplier Wild symbols.
Anyway, once you picked your champion, the battle began, opening up 4 grids, each assigned to a fighter, spinning simultaneously. Now here’s where the next twist comes in – you only get the winnings from your fighter’s grid, unless that is, if they manage to win the battle, then, you get the winnings of all four grids! During the battle, the champions collect coins, and whoever collects the most coins by the end of the 25 Free Spins is gloriously crowned champion of the arena!
8 Golden Dragon Challenge Demo – Reveal the Dragon
Travel across the seas from ancient Rome to the mystic mountains of the Far East for the next bonus-rich Pragmatic Slot, 8 Golden Dragon Challenge slot. Unlocked by Scatters (a bit of a theme, isn’t it), the bonus round sees the conventional grid disappear, replaced by 8 smaller slot machines that spin to reveal different parts of the fabled dragon symbol, the entire dragon symbol, or nothing! If the slot lands a dud, the slot is locked and will not spin the next round. Every time you land a full Dragon Symbol, it will trigger the Envelope Bonus at the end of the bonus round.
The Envelope Bonus is epic as there is a set multiplier, plus every mini reel machine that had a winning combo with a full Dragon Symbol adds +1x to the total multiplier, +2x for two full Dragon Symbols, and +8x for three full Dragon Symbols. At the end, we will see eight envelopes on the screen, hiding a money amount of up to 10x the total bet that still has to be multiplied by the total multiplier. All envelopes open, and you’re rich!
Fire Stampede Demo – Connect and Collect
It’s on to the windy plains of the frontier in the Fire Stampede slot, where the buffalo reigns supreme! The main attraction of this free online slot is surprisingly not the Free Spins round, but rather the Connect and Collect feature! It gives players the ability to win more than once on any given spin by providing a whole bunch of modifiers that totally spice up gameplay.
How it works, you wonder? There are special positions situated on reels 3 and 6, you must hit adjacent Connect and Collect Symbols until the chain of symbols reaches them – that’s it! Depending on which symbol you hit will set your modifier:
- Respins Symbol – Hits on reel 3, and triggers 5 respins!
- Money Value Symbol – a predetermined cash value is awarded to the player, from 2x to 800x the bet.
- Add Wild Symbols – This symbol will add Wild Symbols in totally random positions on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5.
- Free Spins Symbol –This symbol awards either 7, 10, 15, 20, or 25 Free Spins and pays out 2x the bet.
- Minor, Major, or Grand Symbols – When hit, they pay out from 25x, 200x, and 4000x – amazing, right?!
Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways Demo – Holding & Spinning and Fishing for Cash
We are all probably familiar with the series by now, and they’re all excellent, but the Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways slot made a number here, with the Hold & Spinner feature that’s also part of the name! Three Coin symbols on the reels will trigger this exciting feature where all the standard symbols fade away, leaving only Coin symbols on the reels. You then have 3 tries to spin the reels and land coin symbols to bag up the most cash possible – cause all the values of Coin symbols are added to the total win of the round. You can also expect a fanatic payout every time as a minimum win of 20x total bet is guaranteed!
If that is enough, there’s also the Free Spins round, which is triggered by 3 or more Scatters, that’ll send us into a fun-filled session of fishing as the Wilds act as collectors of Money Fish, and all Money Fish all have cash values attached. Since the Wild is the Fisherman himself, this is awfully fitting. If you manage to land a Wild, but there’re no Fish Money Symbols in view, he can add Fish Money symbols in random positions on the reels with a dynamite explosion – Booya!
Wisdom of Athena Demo – Tumbles fit for a Goddess
Last but certainly not least is the Wisdom of Athena demo, with all the tumbling goodness we could imagine. We wanted to spice things up a little on this list and mention a feature that also takes place in the base game, as well as the Free Spins round. Here, we see an entire extra row, ripe with possibility, and one way to unlock each cell – tumbles! Each spin starts with the row at the top locked, and every successful tumble unlocks a cell from left to right, enhancing the possibilities of winning each time by bringing more symbols to the grid. It goes something like this:
- The first cell – gets unlocked with the first tumble
- The second cell – gets unlocked after 3 more tumbles
- The third cell – gets unlocked after 6 more tumbles
- The fourth cell – gets unlocked after 9 more tumbles
- The fifth cell – gets unlocked after 12 more tumbles
- The sixth cell – gets unlocked after 15 more tumbles
This feature also takes place in the Free Spins round, with added bonus of juicy multipliers stacking on each successful tumble!
There you have it, some of the most exciting and innovative bonus features from slots that came to Social Tournament in 2023. We’ve made a whole series on the top slots 2023, but now we know what the best features within these slots are! We had a blast putting this list together, so we hope you enjoyed it! If you’re anything like us, you’ll be off to try out all these great slots right away!
