Forgotten Slot Review
Behind a warped wooden fence in an abandoned backyard, something is waiting: a murky teal sky, a warm amber glow leaking between the boards, and a set of childhood toys standing guard against whatever’s out there. Forgotten takes the oldest bonus structure in the genre and gives it a return most of its rivals won’t match. A book slot that pays back 97.03% on a ten-line, high volatility card is rare enough to argue over.
It’s a well-judged piece of atmosphere from BGaming, running on a 5×3 grid with 10 paylines. The studio has plenty of spooky form, from Book of Hidden Tombs to Noche de Almas and Witchcraft Riches, but the toys-as-guardians idea here gives the horror a warmth those games don’t try for.
Symbols and Payouts
The reels are stocked with childhood toys, and the game pays for two to five of a kind on any of its ten win lines. All values below are multiples of the total bet.
- Doll (purple dress), two: 10x
- Doll (purple dress), three: 100x
- Doll (purple dress), four: 1,000x
- Doll (purple dress), five: 5,000x
- Baby doll (blue outfit): 5x, 40x, 400x, 2,000x for two to five
- Teddy bear / rabbit plush: 5x, 30x, 100x, 750x
- Spinning top (tiered pyramid) / toy car: 5x, 40x, 150x for three to five
- Spinning top (small) / cube toy / ball: 5x, 20x, 100x for three to five
Two premium toys pay from just two of a kind, which softens the edges of a high volatility game slightly. The doll is the one worth waiting for: five of her across a line returns 5,000x the bet. Only the highest combination per line counts.
Below the dolls, the plush tier is where the mid-range wins live. A teddy bear or rabbit plush pays from two of a kind, climbing to 750x for five, while the toy-box end of the paytable, the spinning tops, the toy car, the cube and the ball, only pays from three. Those smaller wins arrive more often, but they’re change rather than money: five of the lowly ball returns 100x, which is a twentieth of what the doll pays for the same combination.
A single book symbol does double duty as both Wild and Scatter. As the Wild it substitutes for any symbol on a winning line. It’s also the joint richest symbol on the reels, matching the doll at 5,000x for five.
As the Scatter, the book has its own pay ladder:
- Three Scatters: 2x the bet
- Four Scatters: 20x the bet
- Five Scatters: 200x the bet
Free Spins and the Expanding Symbol
Free Spins
Landing three or more books on a single spin opens the bonus and awards 10 free spins. During the round the Scatter keeps working as the Wild, standing in for any symbol to complete winning lines. Additional free spins can be won inside the bonus, so the round can run well past its starting length.
Per the game’s own rules, 3 or more Scatter symbols dropped on the reels for one spin trigger 10 free spins, with the five-book version having already paid 200x on the way in.
Run it as a sequence and it goes like this: the Scatter lands three times or more, the free spins counter starts at ten, and any further Scatters that arrive during the round add more spins. Because the Scatter substitutes as the Wild throughout, every book that shows up mid-round is doing two jobs at once: topping up the spin count and standing in on winning lines.
The Expanding Symbol
Every time the bonus opens, one regular symbol, never the Scatter, is drawn at random to serve as the special Expanding symbol for that round.
When enough copies of the chosen symbol land, every one of them expands to cover all positions on its reel. Expanded symbols don’t need to sit adjacent to each other to produce wins, which matters more than it sounds: on a ten-line game it’s the difference between needing the toys lined up neatly and simply needing enough of them on screen.
Which symbol gets drawn decides what the round is worth. An expanding ball pays a fraction of an expanding doll, and there’s no skill or choice in it, just the draw. A premium symbol stretched across all five reels is the sort of hit high volatility exists to deliver.
It’s a book-slot structure, and BGaming doesn’t hide it. What makes this version interesting is the RTP: 97.03% total return is well above the genre’s usual setting, and it applies to the base game rather than being locked behind a purchase.
Bonus Buy and Double Chance
Two purchase options sit alongside the reels. The Buy Bonus costs 108x the total bet and jumps straight into the free spins round. The Double Chance mode adds 0.60x the bet on top of each spin.
- Buy Bonus: 108x the total bet
- Double Chance: +0.60x the total bet per spin
Given that the standard game already runs at 97.03%, the buy is more convenience than necessity. Players who like the base game’s atmosphere can let the Scatters arrive on their own; those chasing the Expanding symbol can skip the queue.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.6/10
This is a slow burn in a genuinely lovely setting. The reason to pick it out of the book-slot crowd is the price of admission: 97.03% back on every spin is a deal the genre almost never offers, and the backyard-at-night artwork makes the waiting easy to sit through.
Its strength is that the Expanding symbol draw makes every bonus feel different, and the Wild-Scatter book keeps working all round. Its weakness is the round itself: ten spins is short, the award never scales past three Scatters, and a low-symbol draw can turn the whole feature into a shrug.
It’s for players who like the classic scatter-and-expand format and want it dressed with real atmosphere rather than another Egyptian tomb. Anyone after layered bonus rounds or constant action will find it thin. For the patient type, though, an evening behind that fence, in the company of toys that never left, is better company than it sounds.
Forgotten FAQs
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What is the RTP of Forgotten?
The RTP is 97.03%, which is well above the online slots average and unusually generous for a high volatility game. -
Is Forgotten high volatility?
Yes, Forgotten is a high volatility slot, so wins tend to be less frequent but larger when they arrive. -
How do you trigger free spins in Forgotten?
Land three or more book Scatters anywhere on the reels in a single spin and the round opens with 10 free spins. The Scatter keeps substituting as the Wild throughout, and more spins can be won while it plays. -
How does the Expanding symbol work in Forgotten?
Each time the bonus starts, a random regular symbol is drawn as the Expanding symbol. Land enough of it and every copy stretches to fill its reel, and they count towards wins without needing to sit next to each other. -
Can you buy the bonus on Forgotten?
Yes, the Buy Bonus costs 108x the total bet and starts the free spins round immediately. A Double Chance mode is also available for an extra 0.60x the bet per spin. -
What does the Wild do in Forgotten?
The book symbol is both Wild and Scatter. As the Wild it substitutes for any symbol on a winning line, and it’s also the joint top payer at 5,000x the bet for five. -
Can free spins retrigger in Forgotten?
Yes. Additional free spins can be won during the bonus round. -
Who makes Forgotten?
Forgotten is made by BGaming.
