Chicken Road is a 5-reel online casino slot game developed by Yggdrasil Gaming, a renowned provider in the iGaming industry. This game takes players on an exciting journey through a rural landscape where chickens roam free and fortune can be found around every corner.
Theme
The theme of Chicken Road is farm-themed, with illustrations inspired by rustic farmland. The backdrop features rolling hills, trees, and a country road leading to Chicken Road the horizon. Game symbols are colorful and cartoon-style representations of everyday farm animals: cows, pigs, ducks, chickens, and even a rooster or two.
Design
The game’s design is clean-cut, with clear visibility on each reel. Symbols are easily recognizable due to their high definition graphics quality. Players have access to 10 fixed paylines spread across the reels, creating numerous opportunities for landing winning combinations. Game settings can be adjusted through the menu options located in the top right-hand corner of the screen.
Symbols
Chicken Road features both low-paying and high-paying symbols, providing a mix of instant rewards throughout gameplay:
- Low-Paying Symbols: 4 different types of farm animals serve as these. Their names are not explicitly mentioned but are easily distinguishable from one another.
- High-Paying Symbol: The Rooster symbol is the highest paying in this game.
Payouts
In terms of payouts, Chicken Road follows a standard online slot framework with various reward multipliers assigned to each symbol type and combination. Specific multiplier amounts associated with landing multiple-of-a-kind wins or participating combinations are:
- 4/5 consecutive high-paying Rooster symbols: $100,000/$150,000
- Three consecutive chicken symbols in the middle reels (2nd & 3rd): $1,500/$3,750
Wilds
Chicken Road does not explicitly mention a dedicated ‘wild’ symbol as per its core game features.
Scatters
There are two unique bonus scatters:
- Scatter Roosters : When both scatter rooster symbols land on reels 2 & 5 simultaneously, it initiates the "Fowl Play" feature. The Fowl play wins all existing active combinations across each reel for an instant payout boost.
Bonus Features
This game includes one progressive jackpot and a local daily drop of cash available:
- Daily Drop Jackpot : Chicken Road awards part of its generated revenue as bonus jackpots to online players who participate, creating continuous opportunities at a large monetary reward.
- Fowl Play Feature : If two or more scatter Rooster symbols land on reels 3 and/or reel 4 (not necessarily in either order), it activates the ‘fowl play’ feature – allowing player rewards.
Free Spins
The Chicken Road slot offers only one set of free spins, which is part of a larger jackpot. With progressive daily jackpots available at random intervals throughout each day (e.g., 12 PM & 8 PM respectively in many time zones).
RTP and Volatility
RTP stands for ‘return-to-player’ ratio – it gives an indication about expected average player payout percentages over an infinite game cycle relative to bets placed. The Chicken Road’s Return To Player (rtp) rate is roughly: 96% .
Volatility measures the standard deviation from betting activity by its slot machine performance; we classify this particular title at ‘high’.
Betting Range
Chicken Road uses a dynamic minimum bet value which varies across currencies, currently ranging between $0.20 and $100 per spin – with more specific values shown in real-time based on your current location.
The game has two major maximum payouts as seen:
- Jackpot Max Payout ($2M-$50M)
- Fowl Play wins of up to ($1,500/$3,750) for low-paying animal combinations on any given reel (dependent on currency value).
Gameplay
Each round initiated begins at a randomly selected background image, though all visuals otherwise remain constant. Players can adjust various game settings using the provided drop-down menu options within the top-right corner of their screen. A ‘reset’ option helps return initial bet parameters set by players before each session.
Chicken Road plays well on desktop machines since most modern operating systems offer smooth graphical performance even with very low-end devices, like those running Windows 10 or Mac OS High Sierra 2017 version(s).