Zombie Hoard (Slingshot Studios): Review

Zombie Hoard is a 5-reel, 9 betways slot from Microgaming partners Slingshot Studios. It runs on all devices and lets you wager from 0.90 to 45 Eur a spin. The game goes for a light-hearted zombie vibe and centres on a free spins feature that can be activated in two different ways.

In terms of presentation, it leans heavily into comedy with bright, colourful, cartoon-style visuals. With a large city skyline silhouette in the background, zombie hands sit on either side of the reels, clapping and giving you a thumbs up when you hit a slightly bigger win — a playful touch that, together with the 8-bit video game-style soundtrack, adds to the atmosphere.

Symbol-wise, you’ll see the usual A, K, Q, J and 10 royals, plus 4 different zombies. The chef zombie is the top-paying regular symbol, awarding 55.55 times your stake for 5 across a payline. The wild is the Zombie Hoard logo and shows up fully stacked on the 3rd and 4th reel in the base game. It also pays the most overall, delivering 133.33 times your stake for 5 of a kind.

Zombie Hoard (Slingshot Studios): Features

Zombie Hoard is largely built around its free spins bonus, which you can start in one of the two ways below:

• Watch for low-value symbols that come with collectable (brains) tokens, with each token counting as one free spin. Once you collect 30, the free spin feature activates.
• Hitting 3, 4 or 5 scatter symbols will also launch the free spins and lets you enter the bonus using all spins you’ve gathered via tokens. In total, there are up to 34 free spins available.

After you enter free spins, you get a 2x multiplier and super stacked wilds on all 5 reels. Beyond that, there isn’t much more to the feature.

Zombie Hoard (Slingshot Studios): Verdict

Zombie Hoard is a straightforward slot that feels more focused on showcasing its slick visuals than on delivering deep gambling mechanics. Still, it does hint at some promise from Slingshot Studios. The simplicity isn’t a drawback here — it’s actually nice to jump into a 9-liner between all the Megaways releases — and the overall look and feel is excellent. If the win potential were stronger, it would be far more thrilling. As it stands, though, it doesn’t quite get there.