The pirate crab in Reef Raider believes that the oceans are filled with unimaginable wealth, but should you join him in his search for treasure? In our review, we explore the depths of this online slot game by taking a look at what it has to offer, how to play it, the graphics and soundtrack, and other elements. Let’s find out what awaits you under the sea.

Game overview

Reef Raider is an exciting cluster-wins online slot from popular game developer NetEnt. It features a 7×7 reel with an RTP of 91.1% and medium volatility. This means players can expect a mix of small and medium wins when spinning the reels. This title doesn’t feature paylines because it uses the Cluster Pays game mechanic. 

How to play

If you regularly play slots online, you won’t be too surprised by the gameplay on offer in Reef Raider. Before you hit the Spin button, you must decide how much you want to wager. Bets start at as little as $0.20 and go all the way up to $100 per spin. Once you’ve set your wager, you can choose to spin the reels manually or use the Autoplay feature. If you want to enjoy some hands-free gaming, you can select between 10 and 1,000 spins. If you’re going for a higher number of spins, we’d recommend using the Quick Spin option, which rapidly decreases the amount of time it takes for new symbols to appear. You can configure these spins to stop under a number of conditions, such as “On any win” or “If Free Spins are won.”

Graphics and soundtrack

Regarding the visuals, the graphics in this slot are very cartoony and wouldn’t be out of place in an episode of an ocean-themed Saturday morning cartoon. The most obvious example is the peg-legged crab mascot with his pirate hat and eye patch. The ocean-bottom background doesn’t deviate from this approach with simple but appealing coral designs, with stones and coins scattered about. The “reels” are contained within the game’s Treasure Trail, a square path around the various symbols connected to various bonus games, which are visible in the form of different symbols. Inside this trail is the game’s “reels” with various cartoonish symbols of gems, shells and other game icons.

The music and sound effects don’t deviate from this cute and cartoonish approach, either. Players’ ears are graced by a bubbly tune backed by the sounds of the ocean, with the occasional grunting sound from the crabby pirate to mix things up a little.

If you were looking for one word to describe Reef Raider’s graphics and soundtrack, it would be “fun!”

Features

Reef Raider may look like a simple game, but it comes absolutely packed with features.

Cluster Pays feature

The first feature is one we already mentioned above, and is something that will immediately help this slot stand out from other games, and that’s the Cluster Pays game mechanic. This system means that wins are decided by clusters or groups of matching symbols instead of specific horizontal patterns. A player can potentially rack up big wins in all directions, as long as the symbols land next to each other and touch one of the four sides of another identical symbol. Of course, the more symbols touching each other, the bigger your wins! 

These types of slots will undoubtedly remind players of mobile games like Candy Crush, where the goal for the player was to line up as many matching symbols as possible.

Avalanche feature

The next thing players are likely to notice is the Avalanche feature, or cascading symbols. When you get a winning combination of symbols, these will disappear and new ones will fall into the reels, potentially triggering another win, and another, and another! However, if you don’t get a win, this feature will stop.

Wild features

Players can also enjoy a variety of wilds, including the Wild Coin, Clam Wild and Random Wilds. The Wild Coin can appear on any reels, as well as during Free Spins if the Random Wilds feature or Cannon Blast feature has been triggered. A Clam Wild will appear in a winning cluster of at least three low or medium win symbols after the win has been awarded and the symbols have disappeared, but before the new symbols fall into place. The Random Wilds is part of the Treasure Trail bonus game, and is covered in detail below.

Multiplier feature

Multipliers also feature in this game, with values equal to 2x, 3x, 5x or 50x. These multiplier symbols must be next to a winning cluster to be applied to any wins. The great thing is these symbols can be applied to multiple clusters, as long as one of the multiplier symbol’s sides are touching a winning cluster! If a multiplier is touching a winning cluster, they are counted as part of the cluster and will disappear with it.

Treasure Trail feature

The Treasure Trail sits on the edge of the reels, with the Reef Raider crab making his way along it when you receive a specific number of wins with a Clam Wild. Here’s how many Clam Wild wins you’ll need to get to move along a segment on the Treasure Trail and the features you’ll trigger:

• 3 Clam Wild wins: Anchor Drop feature – When the Anchor Drop feature is triggered, between one and three low-value symbols are chosen at random. All symbols that match these are then removed from the reels.
  
• 6 Clam Wild wins: Random Wilds feature – When the Random Wilds feature is triggered, four to eight symbols will randomly appear.
  
• 9 Clam Wild wins: Mystery Chest feature – When the Mystery Chest feature is triggered, between two and 16 medium and low-value symbols are selected and are changed into Mystery symbols. The Mystery symbols then change into new symbols, potentially triggering new Cluster Pays wins!
  
• 12 Clam Wild wins: Cannon Blast feature – When the Cannon Blast feature is triggered, a random symbol is selected. Any medium and low-value symbols in the same row and column as this random symbol are removed, along with the randomly selected symbol.

Bonuses and jackpots

The maximum multiplier in this game is 8,500x. 

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If you like to spin the reels on the deep blue sea, or enjoy cluster-matching-style games, you may want to try these fun online gambling slots:

• Big Fishing Fortune
• Emerald Smash
• Gem Heat
• Great Blue
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