Football 2022

Football 2022 Slot Review

Deep green fading to black at the edges, faint mown stripes crossing the turf, orange lettering blazing over the reel frame: Endorphina put you on the pitch under the floodlights and leave you there for the whole session. Football 2022 argues that a slot can be the most generous thing you’ll spin all year and the meanest at the same time. The 5×3 grid runs ten fixed paylines at a 98.15% RTP, dropping to 92.5% if the Bonus Pop option is switched on.

Line pays are modest, the wild doubles any win it joins, and the penalty bonus can take back every prize it just handed you if the computer wins on penalties. It’s a bolder piece of design than Joker Ra, The Vampires 2 or Minotaur ReBurn ever attempted, and tournament football gets the full treatment, right down to 32 national flags on the reels.

The Base Game and Its Symbols

Ten fixed paylines across a 5×3 grid, with wins paid left to right. It’s a straightforward setup, and the symbol set keeps it that way: boots, gloves, a stopwatch, cards and arrows, then the royals from ace down to jack. The visuals are glossy and tidy, with a mint-green panel behind the reels that keeps everything readable against the darkening pitch.

Only the highest win on each payline counts, and payline wins for different lines are added together. So a full screen of matching symbols across all ten lines is where the modest table can still stack into something respectable.

Wins pay as multiples of the total bet rather than the line bet, which is worth keeping in mind when comparing these figures against other games.

The wild is a smiling golden ball mascot. It substitutes for everything except the flags and scatters, and any win it helps to complete is doubled. It’s the most valuable symbol on the reels in its own right.

Symbol pays, as multiples of the total bet:

• Wild – 1.5x for two, 15x for three, 20x for four, 30x for five
• Boot – 0.2x for two, 2.5x for three, 7.5x for four, 12.5x for five
• Blue glove – 0.2x for two, 2.5x for three, 6x for four, 12x for five
• Stopwatch – 1x for three, 5x for four, 10x for five
• Red arrow / Yellow card – 1.5x for three, 4.5x for four, 9x for five
• Ace – 1x for three, 4x for four, 8x for five
• King / Queen – 1x for three, 3x for four, 7.5x for five
• Jack – 0.2x for two, 0.5x for three, 2x for four, 6x for five
• Scattered flags – 10x for four, 20x for five

The scatter symbols are country flags, drawn from the 32 nations of the game’s own tournament. They carry the only route into the bonus: flags on reels 1 and 5 at the same time send you to the shootout.

The Penalty Bonus Game

Scatter flags landing simultaneously on reels 1 and 5 trigger the Penalty Bonus Game. You play for the country whose flag sits on reel 1, and the computer takes the nation on reel 5. From there it’s a shootout played out over penalty rounds, each made up of two steps.

Step one: you pick a corner of the opponent’s goal to shoot at. Your team takes the penalty, the ball goes to the spot you selected, and the opposing keeper either saves it or concedes.

Step two: the computer picks a spot and shoots at your goal. The corner you chose for your keeper to defend decides whether the shot is saved or the opposition scores.

Every goal scored or saved awards a prize, and all prizes accumulate as the rounds unfold. Green dots track goals next to each flag, red dots track saves, and a scoreboard keeps the running tally for both teams.

Both choices matter, since a save at your own end is worth a prize just as a goal at the other end is. Five rounds decide it unless the score is level, in which case the shootout continues until one side wins a round outright. It also ends early if one team builds a lead the other can no longer overhaul.

The All-or-Nothing Prize

Score more goals than the computer and you take the full accumulated amount. Score fewer and the entire reward goes to your opponent – every prize you built during the shootout, gone.

It’s a genuinely punishing settlement, and it makes the corner-picking more than decoration: the accumulated pot rides on every save as well as every shot. The bonus plays at the same bet as the triggering spin and can’t be retriggered during the feature.

Extra Football 2022 Win

There’s one more layer. Match the outcome of a real fixture from the game’s own tournament – the same two countries meeting, the same final score – and an extra win of 2,500x the total bet lands on top.

On a ten-line game whose paytable tops out at 30x for five wilds, that figure dwarfs everything else here, and it stands as the game’s richest prize.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.8/10

Most of a session on Football 2022 is spent on quiet midfield possession: ten lines, small pays and a doubling wild doing the running. The reason to be here is that the floodlit stuff – the shootout – turns up eventually and puts something real on the line.

Its best idea is making you defend as well as shoot. Picking your keeper’s corner means the pot you’ve built rides on your own judgement, not just a coin flip at the other end, and that’s rarer in bonus rounds than it should be. The cruel part is the settlement: lose the shootout and you walk away with nothing from it, so a whole session can swing on a single save.

For football fans and for players who like a bonus with genuine jeopardy, this is easy to recommend. Anyone who wants a feature that pays out however they perform will find the final whistle unforgiving. Either way, the floodlights stay on and the pitch keeps calling.

Football 2022 FAQs

• What is the RTP of Football 2022?

  Football 2022 runs at a 98.15% RTP in its standard configuration. With the Bonus Pop option switched on, the RTP is 92.5%. The 98.15% figure is well above the average for online slots.
• How do you trigger the Penalty Bonus Game in Football 2022?

  Land scatter symbols, shown as country flags, on reels 1 and 5 at the same time. Your side is the nation on reel 1; the computer plays the nation on reel 5.
• Can you lose your winnings in the Football 2022 bonus round?

  Yes. If the computer’s team scores more goals than yours in the shootout, the entire accumulated prize goes to the opponent and you receive nothing. You only collect the full pot if you win the shootout.
• What is the Extra Football 2022 Win?

  Replicate the outcome of a real fixture from the game’s tournament – the same two nations drawn against each other and the identical final score – and a 2,500x total bet extra win is added on top of your result. It’s the game’s richest prize.
• Can the Penalty Bonus Game be retriggered?

  No. The bonus plays with the same bet as the triggering spin and cannot be won again while the feature is running. You’ll need to return to the base game to land another pair of scatter flags.
• What does the wild symbol do in Football 2022?

  The wild is a golden ball mascot that substitutes for all symbols except the flags and scatters. Any win combination featuring a wild as a substitute pays double, making it the game’s most valuable symbol.
• How many paylines does Football 2022 have?

  Football 2022 has ten fixed paylines on a 5×3 grid. Wins pay left to right across those lines.
• Who makes Football 2022?

  Football 2022 is made by Endorphina, a studio known for its varied and often unconventional slot themes.