Wild Survivor: Slot Overview

As a kid, surviving out in the wilderness can seem simple: throw together a shelter from sticks and leaves, spark a fire by rubbing twigs, then cook something up on the makeshift grill you’ve built. No problem. Then adulthood arrives and you realise that, without training, surviving in the wild is not only extremely hard but also extremely uncomfortable. Maybe the safer adventure is the short trek from the sofa to the fridge. Still, the call of nature is real, and plenty of people love heading outdoors to prove themselves. If that idea appeals to you but you’d rather experience it from a comfy seat, come along as we explore Play’n GO’s online slot Wild Survivor.

Play’n GO doesn’t hold back on the setting in Wild Survivor, dropping you into a seriously untamed outdoor scene. If you can stop watching the hypnotic flowing water, you’ll notice towering mountains, quiet forests, and, once the reels get going, a whole host of wild animals. Visually, it even gave off some similar vibes to Huntress Wild Vengeance in places.

Where it differs is in the mechanics and numbers: Wild Survivor is a medium volatile slot, scored 6 out of 10 for volatility, and it accepts bets of 10 c to $/€50. It comes in several RTP versions, with the highest default option set at 96.2% – Play’n GO’s familiar benchmark. Set among stacked logs, the game uses a 5 reels by 3 rows layout and runs on 10 paylines. Wins are formed by 3 to 5-of-a-kind combinations and must begin from the leftmost reel.

For lower-value symbols, you’ll see card ranks from Ten through Ace, while 5 animals act as the premium icons – fish, ducks, deer, wolves, and bears. A 5 OAK line with low pays returns 3 to 5 times the stake, while landing 5 matching high pays on a payline boosts that to 10-40 times the bet.

Wild Survivor: Slot Features

Wild Survivor carries a touch of Big Bass Bonanza in its design, featuring collectable cash prizes and a free spins round (with boosters) where you gather wilds to unlock extra free spins along with stronger multiplier levels.

Wild Prizes

Wild Prizes are attached to animal symbols and are randomised on each spin. These wild prizes may be collected during wild respins or free spins. In wild respins, wild prizes can be 1x, 2x, or 5x the bet. In free spins, they may be 1x, 2x, 5x, 10x, 25x, 50x, 100x, or 250x the bet. Landed wild symbols collect wild prizes during wild respins and free spins. Wild respins randomly trigger in the base game, and wilds also substitute for all other symbols except scatters.

Free Spins

Landing 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols in the base game grants 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. Scatter symbols do not appear during free spins. When the free spins round begins, 1 of 4 boosters is randomly selected:

• Calls & Lures – boosts how often animal symbols land.
• Mug Booster – boosts how often wild symbols land.
• Night Vision – raises the multiplier for wild prizes on animal symbols by x1.
• Knife – grants an additional 3 free spins.

Any wild symbols that land are tracked on the Wild Checkpoints panel throughout the feature. Every 4th wild collected awards an extra +5 free spins and increases the multiplier for the wild prizes on animal symbols by x1. In total, there are 12 checkpoints. The wild prize multiplier is x2 upon reaching the 4th Wild Checkpoint, x3 when reaching the 8th Wild Checkpoint, and x4 once the 12th Wild Checkpoint is reached. If the Knife booster is selected, the multiplier is x2 by default, and +1 is added to Wild Checkpoint values.

Wild Survivor: Slot Verdict

We mentioned Big Bass Bonanza earlier in the Features section, but with a different animal lineup and tweaks to how the action plays out, Wild Survivor manages to feel like its own creature. That said, it’s not exactly a monster in terms of maximum potential, thanks to a 3,000x the bet win cap. Still, that ceiling is higher than the one in the original BBB, so players who are fine with what Pragmatic Play’s megahit can pay out will likely be comfortable with what Wild Survivor can deliver as well.

And if you believe it’s the journey that matters, Wild Survivor offers a decent ride for anyone wanting an outdoorsy theme while they play. Collecting cash values from animals that aren’t fish is a refreshing switch, and you can also do it in the base game through wild respins rather than having to rely solely on free spins. Naturally, the free spins round adds extra punch thanks to wild collection via the Wild Checkpoints plus the larger range of possible Wild Prizes. If you manage to stack up enough wilds, the resulting multipliers can make a real difference. Again, the 3,000x top win isn’t a huge headline figure, but it’s not embarrassingly low for this type of slot either.

So, there are solid reasons to venture into the wilderness if this kind of gameplay is your thing. Wild Survivor may not be the Bear Grylls of slot survival, but it gives players an outdoor-themed alternative where they can hunt for animals other than fish for a change.