Fruit Bat Crazy is a Betsoft video slot that emulates a fruit machine and gets away with it, too! While it’s full of fruit symbols and other generic icons, it was smart enough to incorporate them in its theme. Well, for the most part! We’re not sure what a fruit bat would want with a lucky number seven.

He probably wants some of that good luck for itself so it can win some insane free spins, followed with multiple cascading wins!

Fruit Bat Crazy introduction, including RTP and variance

Players can play this game on a 5×3 board with 243 ways to win, forgoing tradition paylines. Wins are awarded by collecting three or more identical symbols in adjacent positions from left to right. And since Betsoft’s release uses the ways to win system, you don’t have to worry about any paylines. So long as the first condition is met, your win is safe and sound in your deposit!

The theoretical payout (RTP) for Fruit Bat Crazy is 95.22%, which is slightly below the current average. Not so much for it to be devastating, but certainly enough to cause some concern. This slot is high volatility, which becomes very obvious once you get familiar with it. You’ll be spinning along as usual, and suddenly you’re saddled with 200 free spins! That won’t work for anything but high variance games.

Fruit Bat Crazy gameplay and pay table

Available symbols are about as generic as they come if we’re honest. Golden bells, cherries, oranges, watermelons, plums, lucky sevens and pineapples all pose a snack for our fruit bat friend! We wouldn’t mind the faux fruit machine much if all the regular icons were fruits. However, the presence of lucky sevens and bells was utterly unnecessary. It ruins the fun theme Betsoft’s release set.

The pineapple is the most valuable symbol, although it doesn’t pay much by itself. Special icons include the fruit bat which creates free spins. There’s also the diamond Wild, which can substitute for all symbol except Scatters.

Bonus Features

When a win happens, icons that were part of that combination explode! The lowest value symbols are the first ones to explode, and other icons will fall to fill the empty spaces. After that, the next least valuable symbol will blow up, and the cycle continues until no more wins are left. This occurs on every win, including in between free spins.

And speaking of free spins, you can win a whole heap of them while playing this Betsoft release! Three or more Scatters will grant a certain number of extra turns – that isn’t anything revolutionary. What helps Fruit Bat Crazy stand out is how many free spins it offers. You could win up to 200 free spins! Under the condition, you get a full reel of Scatters, which is nigh on impossible.

If waiting isn’t your strong suit, you can also buy the Bonus feature directly. You’ll pay 90x your total bet to get 20 free spins. The price is initially steep but slowly drops over time. Each time a golden bonus coin appears, the price drops. If you play long enough for it to reach zero, it will automatically trigger, giving you 20 free spins.

CasinoWizard’s verdict: 3 out of 5 stars

The game’s strong point isn’t originality, but execution! After all, these special features have all been done before. But the combination of cascading reels and free spins is impressive, especially if you get a lot of extra turns. And if your luck is genuinely rotten and you can’t win free spins, not to worry! You can now force the issue by throwing money at it.

There’s not much we can say on the graphics. They’re alright, but far from the best, we have seen. The symbols are the boring fruits you have seen time and again. There are no interesting animations that play on each win. Heck, there’s not even a proper background image present!

Fruit Bat Crazy has high volatility, and an RTP that’s slightly below the average. We don’t find this to be a good mixture, but Betsoft can make it work. We recommend trying a demo version before committing actual money to this slot. We liked it, but it’s not for everyone.

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