Carnaval Drums Slot

From the first beat, the lively percussion in the Carnaval Drums slot by Gameburger Studios and Games Global sets the tone for a festive adventure. In Rio style, the soundtrack invites you to be part of the carnival, put on your most colorful costume, and enjoy the fun. While the background is a tad generic and retro, the big carnival face mask with white eyes teams up with the beat of the drums perfectly, motivating you to join in on the fun.

Right next to the 5x3 grid, you see a trophy-like award scale related to your bet, which you can win during the gameplay. The face mask is the scatter that brings you epic wins. As you collect wild symbols, you can win the Epic Strike bonus and then get a cash prize or the free spins round. Free spins come with multipliers, upgrades, cash prizes, and extra spins. Just like during any respectable carnival, action and fun are guaranteed in this slot. So, join me on this Carnaval Drums slot review to see what's in it for you.

Carnaval Drums shines in the audio section. Representative of the theme are the drums that play powerfully in the background, with a beat that invites you to put on your dancing shoes and join the performers. At the back of the grid, however, nothing really happens, except some green spirals going in and out, misfitted to the theme, I must admit. The developers could have done much more to better represent the theme in the background, but they went with a simpler approach.

Now, the essential symbols on the grid certainly fill in the void. The face mask is the scatter, one drum is the bonus symbol, and another is a collect symbol. The wild is a diamond, which substitutes for all but the scattered symbols.

Below the grid, in the right corner, you can see that the slot offers 20 lines in the base game. This number can grow up to 48 during the free spins. Now, you need to form winning combos on these lines after you place your bet, of course. The betting range goes from 20c to $80. As you go through the betting range, you see the prizes on the trophy-like scale increase or decrease. The main prize is 3,000x the stake, which you can win throughout the gameplay.

Unlike the scattered symbols and the wild, the rest of the symbols on the grid are not really theme-related. You have dollar signs, triple 7s, melons, gold bells, and bar symbols, all more related to a classic slot. However, paired with the wild, they certainly give you nice wins. Whenever you land a win, the winning combo is highlighted on the screen, and you will see the payout you get for it highlighted on the trophy. As you land a wild, it’s collected in the dish below the trophy.

You cannot really know how many wilds you’ve collected as it is not shown. However, at any moment, these collected wilds can trigger the Epic Strike bonus round. You can get a cash prize from 5x to 3,000x the stake here or activate free spins.

When three or more epic strike scatters appear, you get a scatter win of 1x to 3,000x the stake. These appear in the base game only.

Free spins scatters are the drums with the word bonus written on them, which appear on the middle reels only. When three free spin scatters land, you get three free spins, starting at bonus level 1.

• The drum with no words on it appears during this bonus as the collect symbol. Accumulate these collect symbols to advance the bonus levels up to level 8.
• After upgrading to the next bonus level, the number of collected symbols resets.
• When you reach the highest bonus level or have no more free spins available, the free spins round ends, and you win your cash prize from 4x to 3,000x the stake.

During the bonus round, you may get one additional free spin if you land the extra spin symbol.

On around my tenth spin with the max bet, the collect wilds helped me trigger the Epic Strike round. I didn't get the free spins, but I won a $1,200 cash prize, which is 15x the stake. In the next dozen spins, I won two or three scatter wins of up to 5x the stake.

I continued playing with the hopes of triggering the free spins. However, I only managed to get 25x the stake cash prize via Epic Strike. But honestly, I won quite a lot, and basically every second spin was successful. I even won 25x the stake again, thanks to the collected wilds. I got a total of $4,832 for around the 30 spins I played.

Then, I won five free spins with the three scatters and was instructed to collect five drums to upgrade. I collected seven, and then I needed ten more to upgrade. I collected six, but when the free spins ended, I won a total of $3,632. In all, the game was quite rewarding for me, and I'll surely give it a go again.

The Carnaval Drums slot offers an average RTP of 96.00%. It may not be one of the best RTP slots, but this is a fairly standard return rate for video slots. Carnaval Drums is also highly volatile, and the maximum you can win playing it is 3,000x the stake.

Even though the game lacked more enthusiasm regarding theme representation, it certainly compensated for it in terms of payouts. Seriously, every other spin I paid for was a success. I managed to win a total of $7,872 in around 30 spins. So, I certainly recommend giving it at least a try at any top online casino, and you’ll see that you’ll love the action and the frequent payouts it delivers.

Games Global's Carnaval Jackpot has the same theme but with a much nicer representation. Play’n GO’s Samba Carnival is a great option, too, but this slot offers a smaller max payout when compared to Carnaval Drums.