Arcade Raider

Arcade Raider Slot Review

Arcade Raider is at its best when it stops caring about paylines. Its biggest wins come not from lining symbols up but from painting the whole 5×5 grid with them, courtesy of two frame modifiers that convert or multiply every matching symbol at once. That’s a bold way to build a 19-payline game, and the neon-lit arcade hall around it, all airbrushed synthwave and receding cabinets, makes the ambition easy to miss.

It comes from Bullshark Games, and sits in the busy-grid company of Bullshark Brawl and Ancient Paws. The numbers underneath are conventional: 96.22% RTP, five reels, 19 fixed lines, and a 12,000x ceiling that’s reachable in every mode. Whether the frame system carries that ceiling, or just decorates it, is the question worth answering.

Base Game & Features

Wins pay across 19 fixed paylines on a 5×5 grid, with only the highest combination on each line counting. The wild substitutes for every symbol in the paytable. It can land during the base game and the bonus games alike.

The real engine of the game is its pair of frame modifiers. Both can land on any cell, in the base game and the bonus games. Both affect every matching symbol on the grid, not just the cell they sit on. Several frames can land in the same spin, though never two in the same cell.

Blue Frame

The Blue frame is the simpler of the two. When it lands, the symbol in that cell and every matching symbol anywhere on the grid turn into wilds before the win is calculated. Multiple Blue frames on the same symbol type don’t stack; the matching symbols simply turn wild. The frame has no other effect beyond that transformation.

Red Frame

The Red frame applies a random multiplier to the symbol it lands on and to every matching symbol on the grid, again before win calculation. Each affected symbol gets its own random value. When several multiplied symbols form part of the same win, their values are added together before being applied.

Fourteen values are possible:

• 2x
• 3x
• 4x
• 5x
• 6x
• 8x
• 10x
• 15x
• 20x
• 25x
• 30x
• 50x
• 75x
• 100x

In the base game, multipliers reset at the start of every new spin, so a Red frame is spent the moment it lands. If several Red frames land on matching symbols in one spin, each frame adds its own value and the amounts are summed. That’s the ceiling of a single base-game spin: a cluster of frames, all firing at once.

One restriction applies to both frames: neither can land on the same cell as a free spins scatter. A Blue and a Red frame can share a cell in the same spin, though. When they do, the Blue frame turns the symbols wild first, and the Red frame then applies its multipliers to those new wilds.

Big Symbols

Any paying symbol can arrive as a Big symbol occupying a 2×2 or 3×3 area of the grid, in the base game and the bonus alike. A Big symbol hit by a Blue frame becomes one giant wild. A Red frame’s multiplier counts once per win passing through it, but it can apply to multiple wins if the Big symbol forms part of more than one.

Multiple frames can land inside a Big symbol’s area. Extra Blue frames add nothing beyond the wild conversion. Each Red frame contributes its own multiplier, and those values add together. That’s where the base game’s biggest moments come from: a 3×3 symbol turned wild and multiplied in the same spin.

Arcade Raider Bonus: Cabinet Run Free Spins

Landing three FS scatter symbols opens the Cabinet Run with eight free spins. The bonus keeps every base game mechanic and adds one of its own: any Blue or Red frame that lands stays on the grid until the feature ends.

On each spin, every frame on the grid moves to a new random cell and triggers its effect again before the win is calculated. Frames of the same colour can never share a cell, but a Blue and a Red frame can occupy the same position together.

Frames that start on the same cell separate and move to different random cells, never the one previously occupied. They may still end up sharing a cell again in a later spin, if the random placement puts them there.

The effect of that one change is considerable. Where the base game spends its frames the instant they land, the bonus accumulates them. A run of lucky spins can leave the grid patrolled by a small fleet of roaming wild-makers and multipliers.

The retrigger rules are simple:

• Each FS scatter landing during the feature adds one extra spin
• The spin is added before the win is calculated
• The scatter itself then transforms into either a random paying symbol or a regular wild

That last detail matters more than it looks. A scatter doesn’t just extend the feature; it joins the grid as a paying symbol or a wild, so it can immediately feed a win on the same spin it lands. In a feature where frames are stacking up, every extra spin is another roll of the dice for both the frames and the symbols they land on.

A spin can also end with several frames moving at once, each to its own new cell. Two frames that finish on the same symbol type both convert or multiply that symbol together, which is how the largest bonus wins are assembled: overlapping frames, matching symbols, and a Big symbol in the middle of it.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.8/10

Playing this is mostly waiting for the cabinets to open. The base game spins are tidy but self-contained, and the reason to keep going is the Cabinet Run, where the frames stop vanishing and start collecting. You came to beat the leaderboard, and the game only really lets you try once you’re inside the bonus.

Its best idea is that roaming frames make every bonus spin different from the last; the grid you finish with bears no resemblance to the one you started on, and that’s rare in a feature this simple. Its worst is the ground you cover getting there, because 19 lines on a 5×5 grid leaves a lot of spins where the frames don’t arrive and nothing much fills the gap.

It’s a good fit for anyone who likes a bonus that builds, and a poor one if you want the base game to do more than set the scene. The arcade looks great at every stage of the wait, and the bonus is worth the walk down it.

Arcade Raider FAQs

• What is the RTP of Arcade Raider?

  Arcade Raider runs at 96.22% RTP, which sits just above the industry average.
• What is the maximum win on Arcade Raider?

  The maximum win is 12,000x your bet, and it can be achieved in all game modes.
• How many paylines does Arcade Raider have?

  It’s a 5×5 grid with 19 fixed paylines, and only the highest combination on each line counts.
• What is the grid size of Arcade Raider?

  The game plays on a 5×5 grid, with Big symbols able to occupy 2×2 or 3×3 areas of it.
• What does the Blue Frame do in Arcade Raider?

  The Blue frame turns the symbol it lands on and every matching symbol on the grid into wilds before the win is calculated. Several Blue frames can land in one spin, but they can’t stack on the same symbol type.
• How do the Red Frame multipliers work?

  The Red frame applies a random multiplier of between 2x and 100x to its symbol and every matching symbol on the grid. Multiple multiplied symbols in the same win add their values together. In the base game the multipliers reset every spin; in the bonus they stick around.
• How do you trigger the Cabinet Run bonus in Arcade Raider?

  Three FS scatter symbols start the Cabinet Run with eight free spins. Each scatter that lands during the feature adds one extra spin, and transforms into a random paying symbol or a regular wild.
• Can you buy the bonus on Arcade Raider?

  Yes, there’s a Buy Bonus button in the bottom-left corner of the game screen.
• When is Arcade Raider released?

  Arcade Raider’s release date is 20 November 2026.
• Who makes Arcade Raider?

  Arcade Raider is made by Bullshark Games.