Hey there slots fans, it is time for our monthly round up of the hottest slots that are hitting the market in October.
With the weather turning wetter and the nights getting shorter the companies know people are spending more time indoors and so they ramp up their releases as a result.
We’ve also got Halloween at the end of the month and so the scary themed slots have started to appear too, especially ones with pumpkins.
Here we’ve picked our autumnal favourites.
American Diner
Starting off with our numero uno slot of the month, is American Diner, a delicious taste of Americana in video slot form. With a stylish 50s theme, American Diner brings back memories of yesteryear, when the world was a simpler place, filled with malt drinks roller skates.
This 5×3 video slot has 10 fixed paylines and an RTP of 96.12% and is brought to you by DragonGaming.
Three or more scatters trigger free spins, and there is also an expanding walking wild feature that can trigger at any time during the base game.
Fitting with the theme, all of the high value icons are things which would feel at home in a good old-fashioned American diner, such as a coffee machine, a jukebox pumping out oldies, a Cadillac (the classic American car), and roller skates. Okay technically you probably wouldn’t find roller skates in a diner, but it is still fitting with that feel-good 50s theme.
Wild Hop & Drop
Another exciting title that we think is going to be incredibly popular this October is Wild Hop & Drop from Pragmatic Play.
Pragmatic Play has been a huge name in the industry for a long time, and they have been positively churning out the titles lately. Wild Hop & Drop is one of their latest efforts, having come out on Sept 22nd of 2022, and we think you guys are going to love it.
A 6×6 video slot with an RTP of 96.46%, Wild Hop & Drop is an extremely high volatility slot just loaded with nifty features, like the froggy wild which can substitute for any base icon and comes in 1×1, 2×2, 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, or 6×6 sizing.
There is also the little flying bug bonus symbol. Four or more bonus symbols trigger free spin rounds, which have an ever-present 1×1 wild that rotates around the screen. You can also retrigger additional free spins.
And if you are tired of waiting for your free spins, you can buy them outright. Although they do cost a pretty penny.
Wins come in 6 symbol blocks connected either horizontally or vertically, and the more winning symbols in a combination the higher it pays, up to a maximum of 26 in a combination. The highest value symbols are the different coloured frogs.
Cornelius
Moving on, our next top slot for the month of October is NetEnt’s Cornelius. Cornelius is the quintessential fat cat on a mission to get his hands on some tasty treats. Although someone should probably tell the makers of this slot that cats are obligate carnivores, and not in the slightest bit interested in sugary cookies.
The sugary cookies play an integral role in Cornelius as scatters that trigger free spins when you get three or more. There are also cash drop sugar cookies, which have a value of anywhere from 25% to 300% of your bet.
Three or more cash drop symbols trigger the cash drop minigame. Every new cash drop that shows up resets the spin counter back to three. Once you run out of spins all your cash drops are tallied up and paid out.
Cornelius was released on Sept 29th, 2022. If you are a fan of furry felines, then you might want to check this game out.
Cornelius is a 5×4 video slot, with an RTP of 96.04% and a max win of 1,051x your bet. It is a low volatility slot. The min bet is 0.20 and the max bet is 200.
The higher value symbols include some milk, a fish shaped chew toy, a tin of cat food, and a photo of the titular star of this slot, Cornelius himself.
Plenty Pumpkins
Our final slot for October is the festively-themed Plenty Pumpkins from the German software development firm Apparat Gaming.
The base symbols in this game are all fruit, as well as a bell and a jack o lantern. There are 40 possible paylines, going left to right, and the wild can substitute for any symbol.
There is also an interesting ‘spooky spins’ mechanic, which is triggered if you get four identical symbols on the first reel. This grants two additional respins, and wilds as well as the triggering symbols stay around, with the payout evaluated at the end of all the spins.
Overall this slot is fairly uncomplicated, and not too heavy on the gameplay, but it is a great Halloween theme and very appropriate for this time of year. There are some interesting graphical elements as well, like the spook jack o lanterns in the background.
This 5×4 video slot has an RTP of 96.18%.