Peaky Pigs: Slot Overview

Scandinavian studio Snowborn Games keeps rolling out its line of anthropomorphic, animal-led slots with a cheekily named release, Peaky Pigs. Piggy banks previously appeared in Snowborn Games’ Coin Bash, though the title that most closely mirrors Peaky Pigs is Cat Clans. The animal link between the two isn’t especially strong, but Peaky Pigs is largely a reskin of Cat Clans with a couple of tweaks. As a result, you get familiar mechanics like multiplier wilds, a Piggy Pots Bonus, and free spins featuring sticky multiplier wilds.

If the term ‘Peaky’ makes you think of the popular TV series Peaky Blinders, that’s essentially the vibe. Peaky Pigs centres on ‘goofy pig gangsters fighting for rule of the gritty streets‘, with Pork&Sons hunting for a new family boss. The setting is a gloomy, grey city street filled with Tommy Guns, smoking chimney stacks, and plenty of gangster-themed clutter. Even so, the tone stays light and humorous, continuing Snowborn Games’ playful approach in the animal slots they’ve released so far.

Mechanically, Peaky Pigs is a highly volatile slot offered in multiple RTP configurations. The top return available is 96.09%, and at that setting players can expect a hit rate of roughly 33.22%. You can join the piggy mayhem on any device, choosing stakes from 20 p/c to $/€25 per spin.

The action plays out on a 5-reel, 3-row layout with 20 fixed paylines, where wins are formed by landing three to five matching symbols on a line. There are six ‘Other Symbols’—knuckle dusters, broken bottles, boxing gloves, razors, horseshoes, and mugs—paying 1.25 to 5 times the stake for five on a payline. Next come four ‘Pig Symbols’: Billy Bacon, Sam the Ham, Ricky Ribs, and Tommy Hilpigger, which return 10-12.5x the bet for a five-of-a-kind. Wilds add plenty of punch: five wilds on a line pay 111x the bet, and they also substitute for any standard paying symbol. On top of that, wilds can land carrying multipliers of x1 to x5, and when a win contains multiple multiplier wilds, their values are multiplied together.

Peaky Pigs: Slot Features

Peaky Pigs puts the spotlight on two main attractions: free spins and the Piggy Pots Bonus. Free spins can be triggered naturally, and in some cases they can also be purchased.

Piggy Pots Bonus

Coin symbols may land on top of any Pig symbol and are collected when they appear. Each time Coins are collected, there’s a chance to activate the Piggy Pots Bonus. When it triggers, you receive 5 free spins, and each pig is linked to one of the four Piggy Pots prizes. Throughout the free spins, any Pig symbols that land are collected. Once the round ends, the pig that has been collected the most awards the prize assigned to it. Prizes are worth 15x, 20x, 200, or 5,000x the bet.

Free Spins

Hit 3 pocket watch scatter symbols on reels 1, 3, and 5 to trigger 3 free spins. Whenever a wild symbol lands during the feature, it turns into a sticky wild, staying locked in place for the remainder of the round – and the spin counter is reset to 3. With every spin, 1 random sticky wild on the screen has its multiplier value increased by +1. A single sticky wild multiplier can climb as high as x9. Finally, when the option is available, free spins can be bought for 50x the bet.

Peaky Pigs: Slot Verdict

Much like the game it’s based on, Peaky Pigs has plenty going for it. Whether this style of gameplay feels more at home with pigs or cats is down to taste, but setting that aside, the features remain just as fun as they were before. The most obvious change is that the top prize in the Piggy Pots bonus is half of what could be won in Cat Clans‘ Clan Battle Bonus – 5,000x vs 10,000x. RTP is a touch higher this time, yet in most respects Peaky Pigs delivers the same kind of excitement as its feline relative, only with gangster pigs taking centre stage.

As with the earlier title, Peaky Pigs mixes its extras nicely: multiplier wilds spice up the base game, while Coin symbols add tension whenever they’re collected. In testing, the bonus rounds appeared with decent frequency, and when available, paying 50x the bet to buy them feels almost old-fashioned compared to modern games where purchases can reach 3,000x. You also get a strong feature for the price, as those sticky multiplier wilds—potentially multiplying each other—have room to shine. At maximum potential, Peaky Pigs offers a top win of 20,000x the bet.

After running through a few of these releases, it’s clear Snowborn Games has a real fondness for animal-focused slots. The upside is that the studio has developed genuine know-how, and Peaky Pigs is another solid example of their cute-creatures-meet-powerful-features formula. Yes, it benefits from being built on a proven framework. Still, if you enjoyed Cat Clans, there’s a strong chance Peaky Pigs will land well too—and if you also happen to favour pigs over cats, it should feel like a full-on porcine party. The remaining question is which animal Snowborn Games will recruit next – dogs, bees, buffalo, or something even more unusual?