Our rating:
Developer: Stakelogic
Release date: 29th Feb 2024
Manimals Slot - Screenshot
RTP: 96.01%
Max Payout: 5,000x stake
Volatility: High
Min Bet: 0.20
Max Bet: 100.00
Reels: 5
Paylines: 32,768
Themes: Action, Animal, WTF
Jackpot: No

Manimals

Paul Clare
Reviewed by Paul Clare Last updated:

Stakelogic’s Manimals is set in a ‘dystopian’ future where humans are extinct or have evolved to resemble their animal counterparts - it's a weird one! This highly volatile slot boasts reel modifiers, up to 32,768 win ways and a max win of 5,000x.

Full review continued below ↓

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Our Rating

“A beast of a slot with top modifiers”

4.1 out of 5

Features
8/10
Design
9/10
Gameplay
8/10
Win potential
7.5/10

Manimals Screenshots

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Manimals Features

There are 5 reels but it's hard to say how many rows there are! Every time you hit a winning combo, those symbols disappear, allowing for more to drop down. However, those subsequent symbols split, so the game area can effectively end up being 5x8 (5x16 in free spins).

Winning combinations consist of landing matching symbols on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel. 10 to Ace are the game’s low pays. A 5-of-a-kind is worth up to 1x the stake. The high pays are the animal-humanoid characters and a 5-of-a-kind consisting of one of these is worth up to 10x the bet. Wilds appear on reels to 2 to 5 and substitute for all pay symbols.

Reel Modifiers and Free Spins

There are 3 different reel modifiers, which randomly activate in both the base game and Free Spins. They only interact with the high-pay symbols.

The Stacks modifier is effectively an expanding symbol, which covers between 4 and 8 positions (between 4 and 16 in Free Spins) and potentially 2 reels at a time!

The Quake modifier potentially falls when there are no more wins - it destroys all low-value symbols, thereby allowing for more split symbols to fall.

The Blaster Disaster is only available in the base game. This futuristic grenade removes all instances of a selected pay symbol from the grid, again allowing for more split symbols to fall.

3 Bonus scatters win you 8 free spins, but land 4 instead, and you’ll get 10 free spins. 5 Bonus scatters give you 15 free spins! Once the falling-free symbols increase the dimensions, they remain and only return to normal once the round is over.

Wilds land on reels 3, 4 and 5 but only appear after symbols split. They then drop to the bottom of their reels and stay there until the end of the round.

Players outside the United Kingdom can buy 8, 10 or 15 free spins for 100x, 150x and 200x, respectively.

Manimals - Reel Modifiers

Reel Modifiers

Winning symbols disappear, allowing for split symbols to drop down. Reels receive modifiers in the form of the Stack, the Quake and the Blaster Disaster. These provide expanding symbols and remove others to increase win potential and ways.

Manimals - Free Spins

Free Spins

Land 3, 4 or 5 scatters and you'll get 8, 10 and 15 free spins, respectively. Increase the size of the game area by landing more split symbols. The game area’s dimensions can grow up to 5x16! If a Wild lands, it’ll fall to the bottom of the reel and stay there until play is over.

Manimals Review

These modifiers are even more powerful than that gorilla in a fetching purple waistcoat, and this could mean good news for your balance. Sure, it feels like a Megaways rip-off at times, but I’m alright with that!

Design

The first thing that strikes you is the quality of the presentation. The tense epic orchestra playing in the background seems to be building up to something, perhaps a big win. It wouldn’t feel out of place in a Christopher Nolan thriller, and it certainly adds to the excitement.

The setting is a neon-lit warehouse in a dystopian future and the artistic design is superb. You also get some nice animations when you hit winning combos or trigger one of the reel modifiers.

The game loses a little of its audiovisual heft on mobile phones, as you can’t see much of the backdrop, but all the vivid colours and smooth animations remain in pace.

Game Play

Once you hit winning combos and start seeing split symbols, it feels like you’ll never stop winning! There’s also the possibility that the Quake reel modifier might drop when all the wins have dried up, which can effectively start the winning process again. 

The Free Spins round is even more engaging than the base game as the symbols can now split into even smaller symbols - ending up with a max 5x16 game area. Even though there’s often so much going on, the game never feels difficult to follow.

Win Potential

Given all the potential win ways (up to 32,768) and the different features, hopefully, you’ll get plenty of chances to hit big wins. I saw some decent payouts along the way and reaching the max 5,000x doesn’t seem out of the question. Watch out for high volatility that could prove to be slightly less than friendly to your balance as you play and opt for the top 96.01% RTP model where possible.

My Verdict

Manimals is superb. The artwork and the game’s graphics are stunning and the music is probably the most exhilarating I've heard while playing a slot. The max win isn’t so impressive but thanks to the split symbols, the number of win ways and the breadth of features, there’s plenty of scope to win big.

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