Space Spins

Going by the name of this slot, I just know you won’t be surprised to hear that the theme is all about aliens and galaxies far, far away. And it isn’t the sort of realistic, eerie space as portrayed by Sandra Bullock and George Clooney either. Space Spins wholeheartedly takes on a very 80s inspired, kitsch reinterpretation of space. That means many little green monsters contained within glass spaceships, floating around and looking mildly concussed. The 5×5 reels are set against a vision of utterly barren land. Presumably a planet only inhabited by these little green and blue aliens who seem to have utterly shunned infrastructure of any kind. The mountainous earth is cavernous and dry, so not much to keep you riveted there.

Across the reels are several symbols that are — mostly — befitting of the theme. You’ll find that the dinky aliens are accompanied by rockets, sunbursts, shooting stars, spacemen and planets. The design is great if you’re into cartoon animation but I feel like the designers dropped the ball slightly with the low value A, K, Q, and J symbols. Surely more space themed symbols wouldn’t have been too hard to come up with?

You’ll be spinning to match up symbols that include a blobby green alien. You know the sort. Crazed goggly eyes, floppy tongue and lurid green skin tone. He’s in good company with a fellow in full spacesuit, one arm raised in salut, and the planet Saturn (is that where we’re headed?). Wild symbols are a little more exciting, a rocket, a purple shooting star and a big fiery sunburst, helped along by the fact that they each animate in their own way.

There are 40 fixed paylines and all payouts work from left to right. Unfortunately, free spins are only available on reels 1, 3 and 5 which does limit the probability of landing these to a certain extent. Wilds are hiding out on just reels 2, 3 and 4 BUT if you engage the right bonus feature these will expand onto reels 1 and 5 too, making it a full reel free for all.

Space Spins is a straightforward slot that runs without multipliers and all the other bells and whistles which often get a little confusing. This slot keeps things simple with special features that work logically and simply. You can place bets from as little as 0.20, all the way up to 100.00. The biggest wins will come when you engage any of the 3 Wilds. Unfortunately these are only available once you’ve activated the 8 free spins feature, and since free spins can’t be re-triggered, your window for bonus wins can feel a little limited.

But once you make it over this hurdle, it’s quite easy to rake in some decent winnings because the Wilds stick on the reels for each spin, which means your chances of a win per free spin are very high. And with the potential win set at a ceiling of 300x your bet it could be worth your while to take a tour with these other worldly beings.