Trickstar Spins: Slot Overview

This may sound a bit out of left field, but do you have a favourite Jack-in-the Box? If you do, and you’re here reading a slot review, you might be pleased to hear provider Yggdrasil Gaming proclaiming, ‘Your favourite Jack-in-the-Box is back, and he’s more alive than ever!‘ That line seems like it’s pointing back to Yggdrasil’s The Dark Joker Rizes from 2015, although feel free to correct that if it’s off. It was a while ago, after all. Either way, we’re now 9 years on, diving into Trickstar Spins—a contemporary fruit slot featuring Full-Reels Multipliers, Second Chance Respins, Jackpots, graves, and ghosts.

Rather than entertaining crowds under a big top or pulling party tricks, this game’s prankster has decided to lurk around a cemetery instead. Even with ghosts and gravestones in the mix, Trickstar Spins isn’t truly terrifying, largely because Yggdrasil goes for a cartoony, Cuphead/early Disney-inspired visual style. It’s a similar vibe to what Hacksaw Gaming used not long ago in its grim-but-oddly-charming slot SixSixSix. And it looks like Yggdrasil Gaming is leaning into that aesthetic again with its upcoming slot, The Dark Joker Returns. It’s a fun presentation that fits the offbeat joker theme and the 3×3 format perfectly.

A touch macabre, Trickstar Spins’ playfield sits inside a gravestone and uses 3 reels and 3 rows. With 5 paylines in play, only 3 OAK wins can form on the grid. Players can wager 10 c to $/€100 per spin, and they should note the game runs on a medium volatile model with an RTP of 94% on the most favourable setup.

The lower-value symbols in Trickstar Spins are cherries, grapes, lemons, oranges, and watermelons—each with glaring eyes and gnashing teeth—while the higher pays are a star, a bell, and a lucky 7, also given the same toothy treatment. Hitting 3 low symbols pays 0.4 to 1.2 times their bet, while 3 high symbols return 2-5 times the stake. There’s also a wild that substitutes for all paying symbols and delivers 16x for 3 OAK.

Trickstar Spins: Slot Features

The main tricks available in Trickstar Spins are Full-Reels Multipliers, Second Chance Respins, and a Jackpot Bonus Game.

Full-Reels Multiplier

When every reel shows matching symbols, the total payout is multiplied by a random value from x2 to x10.

Second Chance Respins

If a spin produces no winning combinations, but two reels are filled with matching symbols, the game awards 3 Second Chance Respins. During the respins, those completed reels become sticky, while the remaining non-matching spots continue to spin. Any new matching symbol locks in and resets the respin counter back to 3, giving extra opportunities to land a Full-Reels Multiplier.

Jackpot Bonus Game

The special Jackpot symbol can appear on any spin. When it lands, it may trigger the Jackpot Bonus Game. Inside the bonus, players draw cards from a deck, and if 3 of the same cards are revealed, they win the corresponding Jackpot. The available jackpots are the 15x Mini, the 50x Medium, and the 500x Mega.

Trickstar Spins: Slot Verdict

If you jump into Trickstar Spins, it helps to approach it with the right expectations. That’s true of most 3×3 fruit slots, but it’s especially relevant here. On the plus side, Trickstar Spins delivers a strong atmosphere—spooky without being genuinely frightening, a little oddball, a bit silly, yet in an appealing way. This visual style has been popular for ages, so you could argue Trickstar Spins is simply another entry in a long-running tradition. The gameplay is straightforward, but the Full-Reels Multiplier gives players a reason to keep grinding through the base game, and the Jackpot element may tempt some into sticking around longer.

That said, Second Chance Respin runs often felt like they were mostly there to toy with you, frequently stopping with matching symbols everywhere except one final spot—meaning the multiplier never arrives. Even so, if you do manage to land 9 of the ‘lucky 7’ symbols with the x10 multiplier, that’s 250x the bet in your balance. It’s not exactly jaw-dropping, even for a compact grid. The x500 Maxi Jackpot is more appealing, and a screen of wilds plus an x10 multiplier paying 800x is better still, but it still doesn’t scream massive win potential. Then again, the slot universe has room for everything from huge to tiny. It’s not hard to tell where Trickstar Spins sits on that spectrum, so if limited upside doesn’t bother you, Trickstar Spins’ ‘cartoon chaos’ could be a solid pick for players who enjoy the 3×3 style.