Freak Show Revelation Slot Review
Join our host, B.T. Parnum and prepare yourself for the show of a lifetime in Freak Show Revelation, courtesy of Sneaky Slots. After travelling around the world, recruiting the freakiest freaks to perform in his show, two unforgettable acts, five freaks, and the host himself are ready to thrill & entertain their audience.
Only, all is not what it seems. While it’s easy to believe your eyes are deceiving you, the dark truth reveals itself in the final act…
Take to your seats and prepare for a hair-raising experience in Sneaky Slots’ second release, Freak Show Revelation – a 5×3 video slot with a daring theme, high-quality aesthetics, and plenty of thrills & features.
Sneaky Slots is a new software developer that has merged with Evolution Gaming to create immersive slots with bold themes & animations, taking inspiration from Nolimit City. With years of experience within the iGaming industry, and the creators of some of the most ‘extreme’ themes & mechanics, it’s safe to say that Sneaky SLots are in safe hands.
Nip Tuck was the start of something pretty spectacular for this studio. As we progress through each release, popular xMechanics start to come out of the woodwork, but will Freak Show Revelation reveal any in between the scenes?
With a fixed RTP of 95.77% and a high (10/10) volatility score, Freak Show Revelation can produce wins worth up to 13,000x your bet. Continue reading our full Freak Show Revelation slot review for further insights into gameplay, mechanics, features, and our honest opinion & rating…
Base Game & Features
Freak Show Revelation is the latest high volatility release from Sneaky Slots, featuring 5 reels, 3 rows, and 20 fixed pay lines. Winning combinations occur when 3 or more identical symbols appear on adjacent reels, starting from reel 1.
The game’s 10 paytable symbols include 5 Freak Characters & 5 low-paying symbols that spell F.R.E.A.K. After a winning combination is evaluated, depending on the type of symbol, payouts up to 20x your bet are awarded.
The Host
During gameplay, the Host symbol acts as a Wild on the reels, substituting for all symbols when completing a winning combination. When the Host symbol appears anywhere on the reels, it will award 1 of 3 Features at random:
- The Generous Host: Expands to cover the entire reel it appears on
- Host Multiplier: The toggle above the reels will reveal a random Multiplier of x5, x10, x25, or x50, which is applied to all wins at the end of a spin
- Host Cash: Counts all the Freak Characters in view, including himself. The accumulated value is then multiplied by your current bet. Additionally, the Host symbol will multiply the accumulated value between x2 and x10 at random
Throughout spins, up to 5 Host symbols can land, but only 1 per reel. The Host symbol cannot land on a reel with xBomb or Scatter symbols. When multiple Host symbols appear on the reels, they execute in the order of their features: Generous Host, Host Cash, & Host Multiplier.
xBomb
The xBomb symbol acts as a Wild, substituting for all symbols except Host & Scatter symbols. When an xBomb symbol hits, it will explode, removing all adjacent symbols in a specific area, increasing the current Multiplier in the next cascade.
xBomb symbols cannot land when a Host and Scatter symbol are present in the same spin. Each pay line untouched by an xBomb symbol in the current spin will remain unchanged, including Respins, and is paid twice.
Freak Show Revelation Free Spins
Triggering the Free Spins mode requires 3 Scatters to land within the base game spin, where players can choose between Heaven Spins or Hell Respins. Alternatively, a Super Free Spins mode can be triggered by landing 4 Scatters in the same spin.
Heaven Spins begins with 10 Free Spins. In this mode, Host symbols appear more frequently, triggering random Features each time they appear in view, which are executed in the same order as the base game.
Landing a single Scatter symbol will instantly upgrade the current mode to its Super Mode, awarding an additional +3 Free Spins.
In the Super Heaven Spins mode, a Host symbol is guaranteed to land at least once per spin.
Hell Respins
When the Hell Respins Bonus is selected, the round will begin with 3 Respins, where only Multipliers (between x1 & x10), Blank, Scatter, & Host symbols can appear on the reels.
Displayed above each reel are random Multipliers, starting at x1. When a Multiplier symbol hits, its current value is added to the Reel Multiplier directly above its position. Additionally, when a Host symbol appears, it will double the value of its Reel Multiplier above its current position.
If a Multiplier & Host symbol lands simultaneously on the same spin, all Multipliers are collected and doubled for the relevant reels. When at least 1 Multiplier or Host symbol appears in view, it will award an additional +1 Respin.
At the end of the feature, the Reel Multipliers are added together to reveal the final win times your current bet. Finally, landing a single Scatter symbol will upgrade the current mode to Super Hell Respins, awarding an additional +2 Respins.
In the Super Hell Respins mode, each Symbol & Multiplier value remains the same as before, except Scatters will no longer appear on the reels. When a Host symbol hits, it will triple the Multiplier above its respective reel.
Sneaky Boost & Bonus Buy
Players may purchase any of the following Sneaky Boost & Bonus Buy options:
- Sneaky Boost: Guarantees 1 or 2 Sneaky symbols to appear in view, enhancing your chance of triggering the Free Spins mode for 2x your bet per spin
- Super Sneaky Boost: Guarantees 1 or 2 Super Sneaky symbols to appear on the reels, boosting your chance of triggering a Super Free Spins mode for 5x your bet per spin
- The Host: Awards at least 1 Host symbol on the reels for 15x your bet
- Bonus: Direct access to the Free Spins mode, where players can choose between Heaven Spins or Hell Respins, for 100x their bet
- Super Bonus: Instantly triggers the Super Free Spins mode, where players can choose between Super Heaven Spins or Super Hell Respins, for 500x their bet
Freak Show Revelation has a max win potential of 13,000x your bet. If a single session exceeds this, the current mode ends, and the player returns to the base game with the qualifying amount.
Our Honest Verdict
Well, here we are again, at the heart of another Sneaky Slots release, with little time passed since we were shopping for botched facelifts and budget lip fillers in Nip Tuck. For their second release, Sneaky Slots subjects us to a terrifying & torturous show, where the Host is freaky and the recruits are even freakier.
Freak Show Revelation is certainly a daring addition to their portfolio, and one that is rather fitting for the upcoming festivities. As promised, Sneaky Slots is slowly introducing Nolimit City’s iconic xMechanics into each new release, starting with the xBomb mechanic.
With ties to Nolimit City & Evolution Gaming, it’s clear that they’re not just your average studio, but will Sneaky Slots be to Nolimit City what Bullshark Games is to Hacksaw Gaming? A studio that utilises many features & mechanics equal to most of their own? Quite possibly.
Evident from both their releases so far, Sneaky Slots may be the dawn of Nolimit City 2.0, but they may also choose their own path under the guidance of Nolimit City. Either way, we can’t wait to find out where they take their next release.
The base game of Freak Show Revelation is rich, daring, and exciting all in the same breath, both in the base game and Free Spins sessions, as it should be. The 13,000x max win potential is higher than the average in Nip Tuck, which is worthwhile on its own, but how high can we expect to see these max wins climb?
Putting on quite the show, Sneaky Slots has thrown in a choice of two Free Spins modes to finish off the final act in style. Whether you prefer Free Spins or Respins, Sneaky Slots has got you covered. All in all, a big thumbs up to Sneaky Slots – this dark instalment definitely has a bright future.
*The images found in this slot review are currently from Demo Play. On average, our reviews are written prior to the initial release date and before real play is available.
