Magic Piggy: Slot Overview

Have you ever thought about what pigs might say if they could comment on how often people link them with riches? That idea shows up a lot in online slots, where pig characters regularly pop up next to heaps of cash. Hacksaw Gaming adds another entry to the list with Magic Piggy. Here, the pig-and-money theme comes with a magical twist, as Magic Piggy and Magic Hat symbols interact to power a mystery reveal mechanic in the base game and across its two free spins bonus rounds.

If you’re familiar with Hacksaw Gaming’s harder-hitting titles like Wanted Dead or a Wild or Hand of Anubis, Magic Piggy may seem comparatively light at first glance. With bouncy, smiling piggies, coin piles, and a classic-looking grid layout, it carries a retro vibe. It initially comes across like it’s aimed at players craving an old-school throwback, but once you get into the flow, the mechanics and features feel decidedly modern rather than truly vintage.

To begin, you choose your stake, with bets ranging from 10 p/c per spin up to a maximum of $/€100. In some regions, there’s also a broad selection of bonus buy choices, which we’ll cover shortly. Before that, note a few key figures: the top RTP is 96.19% when playing single spins, and the game runs at medium volatility, scored at 3 out of 5. Keep in mind that RTP and volatility can change when purchasing features.

Playable on any device, Magic Piggy uses a 5×5 gaming panel with 19 fixed paylines for standard line wins. The lower symbols are 10-A green card royals, followed by a lemon, cherries, a horseshoe, a plum, and a diamond as the five premium icons. A five-of-a-kind line win returns 1-3x the bet for low symbols and 10-30x the bet for premiums. Supporting line completions, the wild can land on all reels and substitutes for any paying symbol. If you land a five wild line win, it pays 30 times the stake.

Magic Piggy: Slot Features

Two other key symbols in Magic Piggy are Magic Piggy itself and the Magic Hat. When the Magic Hat appears, it reveals either a wild symbol or Bill Stacks, which it transforms into. After that, every Magic Piggy symbol currently on screen transforms into this same symbol – Bill Stacks carry values of 1 to 1,000x the stake. When the Magic Hat reveals Bill Stacks, there’s also a possibility that a Magic Piggy instead reveals a Multiplier Coin. Multiplier Coins come in x2, x3, x4, or x5 values, and they multiply the value of 1-5 Bill Stacks. A single Bill Stack may be multiplied multiple times by the same Multiplier Coin or by different coins.

Pig Bonus

Hitting 3 FS symbols in the base game awards 10 free Pig Bonus spins. During the Pig Bonus, Stars can land to add 1-5 points to the meter above their reel, while Super Stars add 1-5 points to all reel meters. When the Magic Hat lands, a number of Magic Piggy symbols equal to the reel meter value is placed into random positions on the corresponding reels. After this happens, the points are reset. If you manage to fill every meter, you receive +10 additional free spins, while landing 3 FS symbols during the round grants +4 free spins. If 4 FS symbols land, the feature is upgraded to the Epig Bonus – and if fewer than 10 spins remain, the total is increased back up to 10.

Epig Bonus

This feature can be reached from the previous free spins round or triggered directly in the base game by landing 4 FS symbols. In that base-game trigger, 10 free spins are awarded. The key difference that makes the Epig Bonus stand out is that Piggy Points are not reset after a Magic Hat trigger.

Buy Bonus

Pressing the Buy Bonus button (where available) gives you these five choices:

• Bonushunt FeatureSpins – 3x the bet where each spin is 5 times more likely to trigger a bonus game. Highly volatile with a max RTP of 96.34%.
• Magical FeatureSpins – 20x the bet where each spin guarantees a minimum of 3 Magic Piggies and 1 Magic Hat. Highly volatile with a max RTP of 96.12%.
• More Magical FeatureSpins – 40x the bet where each spin guarantees a minimum of 8 Magic Piggies and 1 Magic Hat. Medium volatile with a max RTP of 96.07%.
• Pig Bonus – 100x the bet. Highly volatile with a max RTP of 96.26%.
• Epig Bonus – 200x the bet. Highly volatile with a max RTP of 96.26%.

Magic Piggy: Slot Verdict

Hacksaw Gaming repeatedly proves how flexible it is as a developer. The studio doesn’t stick to one type of theme, moving easily from some of the darkest releases around, such as Rotten, to bright, charming titles. Magic Piggy is a good example, and it even echoes the provider’s earlier days, around the original Canny the Can period. That was when the team leaned heavily into mobile-first design, particularly alongside its Pocketz Series. Even though Magic Piggy looks friendly and innocent, it’s still a punchy online slot from a studio that understands how intense gameplay can get.

That’s not to say Magic Piggy is one of Hacksaw Gaming’s most dangerous creations—only that it may be less harmless than it appears. A careful approach can be wise, especially if you’re experimenting with the bonus buy menu. FeatureSpins can be entertaining, but they can also burn through a bankroll quickly, and buying the Pig Bonus or Epig Bonus comes with no promise of a positive outcome. Still, when things line up, Magic Piggy can be seriously fun. As expected, the Epig Bonus produced the biggest highlights in testing, since it lets you build Piggy Points on the reel meters without resetting, ready to flood the grid if/when a Magic Hat lands. Adding a multiplier or two alongside Bill Stacks can be a rush, and so can covering the reels with wilds. When it’s in full swing, Magic Piggy can absolutely deliver, reaching up to 7,500x the bet at its peak.

As with many Hacksaw Gaming releases, Magic Piggy can swing between excitement and irritation depending on how the session plays out. That’s true of slots in general, but Hacksaw Gaming games have a particular talent for amplifying both extremes—so if you enjoy the studio’s style, Magic Piggy is well worth a spin.