By Doug Holmes
Summary:
- Yggdrasil Gaming releases FruitPunk slot
- Betting range from $/€0.20 – $/70
- Max win of 7,000x
Yggdrasil Gaming’s latest FruitPunk release is intended as a healthy take on sweet themes, swapping out candy for fruit and soda cans.
The game offers neon-drenched, retro Miami vibes, complete with palm trees, hip-hop swagger, and pink flamingos.
The game features a bold look, but the mechanics beneath it all might give you a strong sense of déjà vu, particularly if you’re already familiar with Pragmatic Play’s iconic Sugar Rush hit.
Played on a 7×7 grid, FruitPunk is a high-volatility cluster-pays slot where wins trigger cascading symbols. Two RTP versions exist, 94% and a notably lower 90.5%, but the hit rate is surprisingly decent at 54.1%.
Bets range from €0.20 to €70 per spin, and there’s a relatively affordable feature buy option as well.
Clusters of at least five identical symbols, including bananas, limes, strawberries, juice boxes, bar packets, bell snacks, and soda cans, trigger wins.
Landing five matching symbols will trigger a modest payout of 0.2x to 1x the original bet. Players who stack up 15 or more matching symbols climb to 20x to 150x. Oddly, there are no wilds to help fill gaps, which means what you see is what you get.
Special Features
Where FruitPunk gets interesting is in its multipliers. When a win happens, the position is marked. If another win happens there again, a multiplier appears and increases with every new hit, maxing out at x128.
Multipliers apply to all winning combinations that appear on top of it, and if multiple multipliers align, they’re combined for even bigger payouts.
Free spins come via 3 to 7 scatter symbols, awarding up to 30 spins. In this mode, multipliers will not reset between spins, creating the potential for snowballing wins. The game also gives players the possibility to buy their way in for 34x the bet.
All in all, while Yggdrasil’s new game is wearing a new outfit, seasoned players will quickly recognize the familiar rhythms of Sugar Rush underneath. Whether that’s homage or copycatting is up for debate, but the resemblance is hard to miss.
