Rick and Morty: Slot Overview

Mad scientist Rick and his grandson Morty return for another round of chaotic adventures in Blueprint Gaming’s second slot to feature the pair. Inspired by the popular Adult Swim animated series, the original game was a fun Megaways take loaded with references and features from the show. This follow-up, simply titled Rick And Morty, sticks to Blueprint’s The Goonies and Beavis And Butt-Head approach by packing in a huge selection of bonus games and random reel modifiers, while also bringing in a lineup of off-the-wall characters from the series, including Mr Meeseeks.

In line with its sister titles, this sci-fi romp runs on a 5-reel, 20-payline layout set inside Rick’s lab, with a pink, nebulous space backdrop. Animations, cut scenes, and audio callouts are everywhere, either lifted from the series or clearly influenced by it. If anything, it feels even more stuffed with content than the Megaways entry. It’s difficult to picture how Blueprint could have squeezed in much more. That means it may not be aimed squarely at hardcore slot purists, but dedicated fans of the show should find plenty to enjoy.

It should suit most bankrolls, with stakes starting at just 10 p/c per spin, or as high as $/€200. It also plays smoothly across devices, whether you’re on mobile, tablet, or desktop. The medium volatility makes it accessible to a wider casual crowd, leaning more toward sustained entertainment than all-out adrenaline. RTP is also solid at 96.11%, landing slightly above the norm.

Rick and Morty appear as two of the higher-paying symbols, joined by two crystal icons and A-J card royals. The top-paying symbol is the logo. It pays from two of a kind, reaching up to 25 times the bet for five, and it also appears heavily stacked across the reels. The spaceship wild matches the premium logo’s payout when it lands on paylines. It substitutes for any standard pay symbol to help complete wins. Beyond the regular base-game wild, several additional wild types show up throughout the features, which are covered next.

Rick and Morty: Slot Features

This is where the game really ramps up, offering no fewer than 8 random modifiers and 6 bonus games. First up are Pickle Rick’s modifiers, which can trigger at random on any spin:

• Ricks Wild Stacks – Rick transforms any of the three middle reels into wild stacks. These wild stacks can even turn into x2 multipliers which multiply themselves.
• Colossal Pickle – Rick fires a laser at the reels, changing reels 1,2,3 or 2,3,4 into a 3×3 colossal symbol.
• Pickle Rick’s Cash Spins – Rick’s laser beam places mystery cash symbols onto the reels. When the reels stop, any cash symbols on screen are held and the reels respin until no additional cash symbols land.
• Pickle Rick’s Mystery Mayhem – Rick adds mystery symbols to the reels. Once the spin ends, they all convert into the same pay symbol. From time to time, Rick may swoop in to shuffle and create new line wins.
• Pickle Rick’s Bonus Blitz – the bonus symbols change size from 1×1 to 1×3.
• Pickle Win Spin – Rick blasts symbols, converting them into a winning one.
• Laser Beam – deletes a row of symbols from a non-winning spin to force a win.
• Win Streak – holds winning symbols in place while respinning the rest until the win stops improving.

Once those modifiers are out of the way, the main attractions arrive. These are activated when 3 or more scatter symbols unlock the bonus round. A feature reel then spins and awards one option at random. You can Collect to take the feature immediately or Gamble for a chance to upgrade to a better one. Failed gambles award a consolation mystery cash prize instead. The available features are:

• The Pilot Bonus – the screen fills with Mega Seeds and players select them one by one to reveal items. When three matching items are found, the corresponding prize is awarded.
• Skeleton Organ Bonus – players move the two heroes along a multiplier trail to effectively collect bet multipliers.
• Mr Merseeks Free Spins – 10 free spins that track the position of any Mr Merseeks wild that lands. On the final spin, every highlighted position is filled with wilds or wild multipliers.
• Evolution of the Pickle Wild Free Spins – free spins played on a 5×4, 40-line format. Special syringe symbols increase the size of a roaming wild symbol. The game ends when the Syringe Meter is full.
• Anatomy Park Free Spins – 10 free spins featuring expanding wilds, plus a new monster symbol transformation.
• Big Money Bonus – begins with 3 Mega Spins, which reset when specific symbols appear. Each symbol shows a cash value that is paid when the spins count down to zero.

Rick and Morty: Slot Verdict

Rick and Morty is a classic Blueprint production that continues the proven blueprint established by The Goonies and other entries in the line. If you’re looking for a slot overflowing with features, it doesn’t get much more packed than this. The variety gives players a lot to test out, and it also boosts replay value since it takes quite a while to experience everything. The option to gamble features for a different result adds risk, because while you can climb toward the higher-paying options, losing and settling for consolation mystery prizes can feel a bit deflating.

That said, the bonus games themselves aren’t always a major step up. The lower-tier ones in particular often don’t deliver big returns, so even with the game’s huge win cap, it’s tough to imagine many players getting close. In fact, even when the top features land, it’s hard to see how they could realistically approach the stated maximum cap of 50,000x given the modest single-spin payouts.

Blueprint has clearly pushed the R&M license as far as it can go, cramming in as much content as possible. Naturally, anyone who’s indifferent to—or outright dislikes—Rick and Morty may bounce off it immediately. That’s especially true if you trigger the Mr Merseeks bonus, where his nonstop chatter could become grating—though fans will recognize that as very much in character for Mr Meeseek.

For most players, the fact that Rick and Morty isn’t a super high-powered slot probably won’t be a deal-breaker. Many will load it up due to brand familiarity or simply to try Blueprint’s latest buffet-style feature fest. Those players likely won’t feel short-changed, as Rick and Morty is as entertaining as these types of games get. Fans in particular will appreciate how much personality is packed into every corner. It’s genuinely enjoyable thanks to a steady stream of goofy, Simpsons’ style humour and a cast of bizarre characters driving the action. Production values are also extremely strong, making it feel like a hybrid of slot game and cartoon episode.