Introduction
Fruit Party has no paylines and does not pay anywhere: it pays by clusters. You win when five or more matching symbols sit touching each other on the 7×7 grid. The winners vanish, new ones drop in and the sequence can chain several times.
It is the cleanest version of the cluster format the studio has. Pragmatic gives two RTP figures: 96.47% in the game data sheet it hands to casinos and 96.50% on its website. High volatility, and it plays from €0.20 to €240 a spin.
Key mechanics
The trick sits inside the winning block itself: any of its symbols can randomly carry a 2x multiplier. And when several land they do not add up, they multiply against each other, up to a maximum of 256x.
Three or more scatters award 10 free spins. There multipliers appear more often and can be worth 2x or 4x. If a further 3 to 7 scatters land during the round, another 10 to 14 spins are added. It has a bonus buy.
Verdict
A deceptively simple game: the grid looks like a puzzle and the mechanic clicks on the first spin, but those multipliers multiplying against each other can send an ordinary win through the roof without warning. The official ceiling is 5,000 times the bet.
The good and the bad
Pros
- Multipliers that multiply each other, up to 256x.
- Cluster mechanic that is easy to grasp on the first spin.
Cons
- High volatility.
- Pragmatic gives two RTPs: 96.47% in its sheet and 96.50% on its website.
