Piggy Riches 3 Hog Heaven: Slot Overview

Not long ago we took a look at Red Tiger’s Piggy Riches Begins, a slot that added some extra context to the Piggy Riches tale; now it’s time to step back into Mr and Mrs Piggy’s money-soaked universe. This instalment is Piggy Riches 3 Hog Heaven, created by partners NetEnt, the studio behind the original Piggy Riches slot from 2010. Here, players can follow a winged pig in a top hat into a cloud-filled bonus round, while respins, walking wilds, and colossal wilds provide plenty of action back on the reels.

The Piggy Riches base games usually play out outdoors, letting players admire Mr and Mrs Piggy’s extravagant home. In Piggy Riches 3 Hog Heaven, you’re invited inside the Piggy mansion, where red-carpeted stairs curve left and right in a heart-like shape, and huge pig statues stand guard. If you’re curious about the “heaven” in the title, here’s the giveaway: when the bonus round hits, the scene shifts to a cloudy, heaven-style setting in the sky. Why that’s the case is anyone’s guess. Perhaps it’s a nod to the idea that, rich or not, every pig’s run has to end eventually?

Running on a 5×3 gaming area, Piggy Riches 3 Hog Heaven is a highly volatile slot featuring 20 paylines for forming winning lines. Bets range from 20c to $/€40 per spin, and several options can also be purchased via the Elevate bonus buy menu. The top RTP is 96.06%, although there are three reduced RTP settings available too.

Stylish 10-A card ranks act as the lower-paying symbols, returning 0.75x to 2.5x for a 5 OAK win. Above them are cash bags, bottles on ice, gold bars, and diamonds, which pay 5x to 30x for a 5-of-a-kind combination. Wild symbols in Piggy Riches 3 Hog Heaven replace all symbols except the scatter. They show up as Mr Piggy Wild or Mrs Piggy Wild and share the same payout value as the diamond.

Piggy Riches 3 Hog Heaven: Slot Features

Mr and Mrs Piggy Wild tie into a respins mechanic, while the headline attraction is an original collector-style bonus round that can be purchased, alongside other options, from the Elevate section.

Walking Wild Respins

Mr Piggy and/or Mrs Piggy Wild symbols landing on the reels in the base game trigger Walking Wild Respins. At the beginning of each respin, wilds shift horizontally to the next position until they leave the reels. Mr Piggy Wilds travel to the right, while Mrs Piggy Wilds head to the left. Respins finish once there are no wilds remaining on the reels.

If Mr and Mrs Piggy Wilds collide on the same row, they transform into a colossal wild symbol, which will randomly move left or right until it disappears from view. The colossal wild is 3×3 if the collision happens in the middle of the reel or 3×2 at the top or bottom of the reel.

Every wild symbol that appears carries an x1 multiplier that increases by +1 whenever that wild contributes to one or more wins during a respin. When wilds with multipliers of x2 or higher are included in the same win, their multipliers are totalled first. Colossal wild multipliers combine the multipliers from the two wilds that collided.

Free Spins

In the main game, landing a Golden Pig Scatter triggers 10 free spins on a 5×5 game area. During the feature, only Coins, Jackpot symbols, x1 multiplier, +3 free spins, Pearls, Level Up symbols, and Mystery Wheel symbols can land.

When the round begins, a 2×2 frame appears in the bottom-left corner and collects any symbols that land inside it. If a Pearl lands outside the frame, the frame moves to collect it along with any other symbols now contained within the new borders. Pearls are worth 1.25x to 25x the bet. Also, collecting 5, 9, or 12 Pearl symbols increases the colossal symbol in size to 3×3, 4×4, and 5×5, and awards an extra +2, +3, and +4 free spins, respectively.

When a Level Up symbol is collected, the collection bar fills to the next available gem, and the frame expands to match, up to 5×5. Once the meter is full, it stops collecting any further Pearl or Level Up symbols. Collecting the +3 symbol grants +3 free spins, while collecting the x1 symbol increases the multiplier counter by +1 up to a maximum of x10.

Coin symbols come with values of 2.5x to 50x, while Jackpot symbols can be worth 1,000x, 2,000x, or 5,000x the bet. Any Coin, Jackpot, and Pearl symbols that land are multiplied by the relevant multiplier before they’re collected. When a Mystery Wheel symbol is collected, it spins to award either an x1 multiplier, +3 extra free spins, a Level Up, or Coins.

Elevate Feature

Optional in-game features can be purchased through the Elevate menu. These include the Golden Pig at 5x the bet to boost the chance of landing a scatter. Walking Wild Respins can be bought for 10x, or Colliding Wilds, which ensures Mr and Mrs Piggy collide during respins, for 30x. Free spins are priced at 100x, while 500x buys free spins with an x5 multiplier, and once free spins finish, Walking Wild Respins begins with a guaranteed Mr and Mrs Piggy collision.

Piggy Riches 3 Hog Heaven: Slot Verdict

It felt a little unusual to cover two Piggy Riches titles so close together, especially since a full decade separated the original game and Piggy Riches Megaways. With Piggy Riches 3 Hog Heaven, the series returns to NetEnt, and the developer has taken the chance to deliver a solid new entry. The vibe is as polished as you’d expect from two well-heeled pigs, and getting access to the inside of their home for the base game feels like a proper treat. The reason the bonus round floats off into the clouds remains a mystery, but the thematic shift fits the gameplay changes nicely.

Walking Wild Respins add some sparkle to the base game, but when a collision creates the 3×2 or 3×3 wild, you may want to brace yourself for plenty of rightward steps. A colossal wild will likely connect more wins when it moves left, so it’s probably not wise to rely on that too often. The seemingly endless march to the right started to feel a bit ridiculous after repeated Elevate buys, but that’s simply how it plays. The bonus round can also be both entertaining and irritating. It might look like it has hold ‘n’ win DNA, yet it’s not that kind of feature at all. And seeing prizes miss the collection frame by a tiny margin can be frustrating. Still, gathering rewards inside the frame is enjoyable, particularly as the frame grows and shifts around, and this approach brings something fresh to the Piggy Riches series.

That alone should be enough to tempt Piggy fans to give it a spin, as a 10,387x max win, a quirky thematic direction, and new mechanics work together to inject extra life into the Piggy Riches line-up—assuming the piggies are still alive?