Apart from making New Year’s resolutions, the beginning of the New Year is a very good time for us to recollect the best moments in 2021. We have decided to talk about the best video slots released in the previous year.
For those of you who did not have the time to explore games in the last twelve months and are not prepared to create a list of the best games on your own, we have prepared our top five games that you should try.
1. Starburst XXXtreme (NetEnt)
It is hard to fill the shoes of one of the most popular video slots of all time, but these are the perils most sequels need to face once they hit the market. Starburst XXXtreme from NetEnt had the most difficult job in 2021, acting as the sequel of the iconic Starburst video slot. This highly volatile game comes with an RTP of 96.26% and a max sin of 200,000x bet.
The game is played on a 5×3 grid with 9 fixed paylines. Three of a kind is the minimum for landing wins, and the slot pays left to right, starting from the leftmost reel. Most of the action revolves around Starburst Wilds. They appear only on the three central reels. Whenever on-screen, Wilds expand to cover entire reels. Once expanded, the Wild locks and triggers a respin.
Wilds come with random multipliers, from 2x up to 150x. They multiply each other, so players can get a top win multiplier of 450x. The Random Wilds feature can be expected after every spin or a respin. The feature adds 1-3 Wilds on the reels.
The XXXtreme Spins feature is a bonus player can buy. For a certain price, you get 2 options, 1 guaranteed WIld per spin or 2 guaranteed Wilds per spin. The RTP gets bigger during the feature, set at 96.45%.
2. Jammin’ Jars 2 (Push Gaming)
Another sequel of a popular original has seen the light of day in 2021, and, yet again, the sequel had big shoes to fill. Jammin’ Jars 2, a product of Push Gaming has taken us to the dancefloor, just like the famous Jammin’ Jars video slot. This is a highly volatile game with an RTP of 96.4% and a max win of 50,000x bet.
Enjoy the music played by the jar DJ as you find your way through an 8×8 reel grid. The 2021 release benefits from cluster pays, meaning that players need to land clusters of 5 or more matching symbols, vertically or horizontally connected. Thanks to the Collapse feature, winning symbols are removed, and new icons fill the blanks.
The Wild Jar is there to substitute for all regular icons. It also shifts to another vacant position when a new collapse occurs. It stays on the reels as long as there are new winning clusters. It starts with a 1x multiplier, which rises after each successive winning collapse. Use the help of the Instant Prize symbol, land 5 or more of them in a cluster, and collect an instant win.
The Fruit Blast feature is triggered randomly after any collapse. It will add a giant symbol on the reels. To trigger the Free Games feature, you need 3 Wild Jars on the reels at the same time. Get 6 freebies with Wild Jars that carry increasing win multipliers.
The collectible Gold Vinyl feature allows you to collect Gold Vinyl records, go through levels and increase the RTP of the game. Once you get to Level 5, you trigger the Giga Jar feature. At that point, all icons are removed from the grid. Players get 3-4 Wilds on random positions and the Giga Jar symbol lands on the reels, formed of 2×2, 3×3, or 4×4 Instant Prize symbols. After that 8 Giga Jar spins are yours with moving Wilds.
3. San Quentin xWays (Nolimit City)
It is time for us to take you to one of the most guarded prisons in the World. No, you will not serve time there, you will battle for a max win of 150,000x bet per spin. You start with 5 reels and 243 ways to win. Players may benefit from up to 13,189,257,216 winning ways. The Nolimit City product is an ultra-high volatility game that comes with an RTP of 96.03%, but it can go up to 96.95%.
The Enhancer Cell feature is triggered each time you land 1 or 2 Bonus Scatters on the reels. This will open locked cells at the top or at the bottom of each reel. These locked cells hide Wilds, top-paying icons, Razor Splits, or xWays icons. The Razor Split icon will split all cells in the corresponding reel, increasing the number of ways to win. The xWays symbol reveals the same regular icon that will be stacked on the entire reel.
Split Wilds can be expected on any spin and on any reel. They activate the Split Wilds feature, which splits all symbols on the corresponding reel, except the Wild. The Lockdown Spins feature starts when 3+ Tower Scatters land.
Players begin with 1-3 Jumping Wilds, while it is randomly decided how many free spins you get and which of the symbols will be the special multiplier symbol. Jumping Wilds go from one position to another during the feature, increasing the win multiplier each time they land on a Razor Split enhancer. The multiplier can be as big as 512x. There is also an option to buy the feature.
4. Mega Moolah: The Witch’s Moon (Aurum Signature Studios & Microgaming)
We don’t have to tell you muh about the famous Mega Moolah edition. The new game in the series is Mega Moolah: The Witch’s Moon, representing a result of cooperation between Aurum Signature Studios and Microgaming.
The RTP of the game is a bit low, 88.12% to be precise. The volatility is also low, while the maximum non-progressive payout is set at 1,800x bet. The game is played on 5 reels, 3 rows, and 25 paylines.
The Wild doubles all wins when part of a winning combo. The Free Spins feature offers 15 freebies. Since the feature is rettrigerable, players can get as many as 30 free spins in total. All wins are tripled during the feature. Of course, there is a chance to trigger the Mega Moolah Progressive Jackpot.
5. Bigger Bass Bonanza (Pragmatic Play)
As you can suppose, this is a sequel of the popular Big Bass Bonanza video slot. The Pragmatic Play title is played on a 5×4 grid and 12 paylines. With an RTP of 96.71% and a max payout of 4,000x bet per spin, this is a highly volatile game.
Get 3 or more Scatters on the reels to trigger up to 20 free spins at once. During free spins, all money symbols will be collected when they land on the reels at the same time as the angler Wild. Money symbols may offer up to 4,000x bet. For every fourth Wild landed during the feature, players can get 10 free spins with a win multiplier up to 10x. Players can get 10 freebies up to 3 times.
